时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:国家地理2007年


英语课
On the southern edge of Ngorongoro Swamp, the lake cats have a new opportunity to make a big kill. Buffalo 1 have poor vision. They are only 30 meters away, but in the dim morning light, they can't see the pride. While they don't see very well, buffalo can smell predators 2 over 150 meters away. This time, luck is on the lions' side. They are downwind.

The lake cats fail again. The other two buffalo take cover in the swamp. They'll simply wait for the pride to move on. The pride is still adjusting to hunting without Moj and now Kea has now become too slow to help in the chase. But hunger isn't their only problem now. There are enemies just outside their territory.

Four powerful male lions lurk 3 on the borders of Kea and Moran's home. Now that they are over three years old, these nomadic 4 lions have been chased out of their own pride to the crater 5. Today they set their sights on a big prize- the lake cat lionesses. The nomads 6 are now sexually mature, and they want to mate. But to win control of the pride, these young males would first have to get past Moran.

pride: a group of lions

downwind: in the direction that the wind is moving




n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 );奴役他人者(尤指在财务或性关系方面)
  • birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
  • The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.潜伏,潜行;v.潜藏,潜伏,埋伏
  • Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness.在这条荒野的小路上隐伏着危险。
  • He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.他觉得自己看见有人在演讲时潜藏在会议厅顶上。
adj.流浪的;游牧的
  • This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
  • The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。
n.火山口,弹坑
  • With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
  • They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。
n.游牧部落的一员( nomad的名词复数 );流浪者;游牧生活;流浪生活
  • For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America. 她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。
  • Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. 游牧民族在这地区居住已有数千年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
absorption nebulas
Adegem
analysis record
aplasias
arsenic
Aultbea
Barbon
bavarois(e)
bidars
biotyping
bosstones
bubbling potential
bunching effect of photons
calcium aluminate
cast in situ pile
catalase
cementing bond
Chinese checker
classroom situation questionnaire
coelopleurus maculatus
comparative cytology
counselful
cross-recovery method
CS-Prolog
diodoquin
domestic labor
dustfan
effective scanning periodic ratio
electrograph
Endurance Fracture Zone
eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
fender rattan
forslowth
freezing nuclei spectra
full sized brick
gabriel-sen statistic
Gomgrām
high-speed winch
high-temperature chemical reaction engineering
hynobius formosanus
image-editings
Impatiens brachycentra
in a good state of repair
inverted J curve
irreproductive
jiggliest
john canoe (jamaica)
joosten
keratosulfates
lecticans
local norm
locomotive kilometers
loose change
made his appearance
Mariscus cyperinus
mass-monger
methoxya-cetanilide
mudloggers
multi-address instruction code
multiple configuration
multistage allocation process
myotis taiwanensis
nag screens
national aerospace plane (nasp)
nationwide test
nautical functions
navigation and intercommunication equipment
number of turns
oscilloreg
overimaginative
pigment paste
plebifications
politicks
polyptotonic
pristiglomid
rearers
settle disputes between
slides
spiritrompe
spoilablest
strongyloidiasis
surplus pressure
tacon
temperature-sum rule
the vice
thermal data
Thiruvananthapuram
tricot warp knitting machine
tugless
twenty-fours
unversified
vacuum copy holder
vellous
Ventoline
vestibule of nasal cavity
waste sand
well-posed problem
whall
wille
wreck mark
wrele