时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:国家地理2008年


英语课

How do you like a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nature's most luxurious 1 full service, hippos' spas.
Our dominant 2 male hippo customer has already arrived here at the Mezima Spring in Kenya, Africa. The carp goes right to work. It uses its wide, vast big mouth to scour 3 the hippo's hide. The hippo gets squeaky clean skin, and the fish gets a rich buffet 4 of dead skin, algae 5 and parasites 6.


How about that tail that looks kind of like a toilet brush, the cichlid fish takes care of that. Now how about, well, how can I say this discreetly 7, the hippo's hindquarters, where the hippo produces hippo dung. The barbel fish eagerly dives in here, especially when the hippo was in dung production mode. The barbel is so eager for what the hippo is trying to get rid of that they will race after him like an autograph seeker chasing a rock star.


Finally,the hippo opens its mouth, home of the good stuff. And fish rush in like  hungry shoppers at a half-off big sale.


The hippo was enjoying the full treatment, and after it's done, enjoys a relaxing yawn of relief. 



1 luxurious
adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的
  • This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
  • The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。
2 dominant
adj.支配的,统治的;占优势的;显性的;n.主因,要素,主要的人(或物);显性基因
  • The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
  • She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
3 scour
v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷
  • Mother made me scour the family silver.母亲让我擦洗家里的银器。
  • We scoured the telephone directory for clues.我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
4 buffet
n.自助餐;饮食柜台;餐台
  • Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐?
  • Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗?
5 algae
n.水藻,海藻
  • Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
  • Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。
6 parasites
寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫
  • These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的,而与寄生虫无关。
  • Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。
7 discreetly
ad.(言行)审慎地,慎重地
  • He had only known the perennial widow, the discreetly expensive Frenchwoman. 他只知道她是个永远那么年轻的寡妇,一个很会讲排场的法国女人。
  • Sensing that Lilian wanted to be alone with Celia, Andrew discreetly disappeared. 安德鲁觉得莉莲想同西莉亚单独谈些什么,有意避开了。
学英语单词
Ackeret method
ADIS (automatic digital interchange system)
airdome control station
altered-self hypothesis
aluminum-silicon bronze
ampere-wire
anchorage device
antitriplet
argentum chloratum
ASH,A.S.H.
asymboly
atomizing unit
blue tit
brake shoe test rack
cadalso
category D noxious liquid substance
centre-line shrinkage
ceramic armour
chain insulation
charge step polarography
checked and balanced
clutch pressure plate
communication log
control of wage fund
cordovas
critical price
culture in vitro
cybernatic
defense satelite communication system (dscs)
Didymin
diffused-base phototransistor
dilution ratio of water
disilanylthio-
disinwrap
distention in chest during pregnancy
double core-barrel drill
erka
evacuation of vacuum tube
fahmarr
faradic
farm plan
floor push
free control
green gang
hardly anybody
high-center
highboy
Ile-St-Louis
invigorating yang
Jack Nasty
Kaffir circus
Kingdom of Ireland
Kruschen
labor organization
lanserias
Leicesters
lermontov
Liebermann's test
locally countable
mausners
metallic gauze
middle fishing vessel
mixed gas welding
mucilaginousness
mucinous carcinoma
multi-curie processing
nitrogen index
nuclear-driven
nut (screw)
octal chain code
Oelixdorf
os scaphoideum
osseous ampulla
overelaborates
p.n.c
package inspection and verification
passive safety system
PI-I-Ut(NBL-9)cell(CCL74)
pinzgauers
portageville
reclaiming crane
rushliker
sampling by design
Scardinius
sectio urethralis
service release 1
side gutter angle
single pulse voltmeter
spraying unit for plaster-like coats
staffier
stepped sliding regulator
submiliary tuberculosis
TEMED
tennisers
thallium chlorodibromide
three ply cloth
TIVC
tomato soup
torchonette
unmotivated
ventilator clamp pin
Yttroilmenite