英语听力文摘 English Digest 163、小松鼠该如何迎战响尾蛇？
时间：2019-02-24 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
Squirrel vs. Snake
So let’s say you’re a common ground squirrel. Just for a moment, pretend you’re minding your own business, searching for seeds, doing whatever it is that squirrels like to do. Then, suddenly, out from behind a bush slithers a huge, sinister 1 rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike. What do you do?
Obviously, you run away, play dead, or perhaps negotiate a deal of some sort. In any case, given that you’re a furry 2, gentle squirrel and the snake is a deadly, rattling 3 killer 4, whatever you do, you don’t stand your ground and fight. Right?
Wrong! Calling upon the instincts passed down from your ancient squirrel ancestors, you rush at the snake, kick sand in its face, try to bite its tail, and then turn your back on it and whip your tail around.
Now why on earth, you might be wondering, would my squirrel self take such suicidal measures? Kicking sand and biting might do some good, but tail waving? Why further taunt 5 a venom 6-fanged snake already bent 7 on violence?
As you may have guessed, there is a method to such madness. When confronted by a rattlesnake, squirrels’ tails heat up, getting hotter by almost four degrees Fahrenheit 8. The infra-red sensors 9 built into rattlesnakes’ eye sockets 10 sense this increase in temperature as a big, waving, fiery 11 blotch 12.
This alarming display, plus the fact that squirrels are partially 13 immune to rattlesnake venom, actually gives the squirrel a distinct advantage when it confronts a rattlesnake. More often than not, the rattlesnake will slither away in search of a less intimidating 14 foe 15.
- There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
- Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。
- This furry material will make a warm coat for the winter.这件毛皮料在冬天会是一件保暖的大衣。
- Mugsy is a big furry brown dog,who wiggles when she is happy.马格斯是一只棕色大长毛狗，当她高兴得时候她会摇尾巴。
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- He became a taunt to his neighbours.他成了邻居们嘲讽的对象。
- Why do the other children taunt him with having red hair?为什么别的小孩子讥笑他有红头发？
- The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.毒蛇咬住猎物之后马上注入毒液。
- In fact,some components of the venom may benefit human health.事实上，毒液的某些成分可能有益于人类健康。
- He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
- We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
- He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
- The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。
- There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句
- All new PCs now have USB sockets. 新的个人计算机现在都有通用串行总线插孔。
- Make sure the sockets in your house are fingerproof. 确保你房中的插座是防触电的。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
- She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
- His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。
- He pointed to a dark blotch upon the starry sky some miles astern of us.他指着我们身后几英里处繁星点点的天空中的一朵乌云。
- His face was covered in ugly red blotches.他脸上有许多难看的红色大斑点。
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。
- They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
- This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。