Wild Africa - Deserts 浩瀚沙漠 - 12
Teamwork has helped the weavers 1 find a neat solution to the problems posed by the Kalahari sun. But some creatures are even better equipped.
Ground squirrels have ready-made parasols. Under the shadow of their fluffy 2 tails, they can resume foraging 3 while the sun is still high in the sky.
But the trouble with being active at this time of day is that so are cold-blood animals, like the cape 4 cobra. Ground squirrels have such quick reflexes, they're in no real danger. But they're still anxious to be rid of it. They now use their bushy tails to intimidate 5 and frustrate 6 the snake, rather like a red rag to a bull. It's all too much for the cobra, better to just slip away quietly.
As the evening draws in, temperatures in the Kalahari can plummet 7. Sociable 8 weavers retreat to their insulated nest chambers 9, and by snuggling together can sleep warm and comfortable through the night.
Small mammals, like ground squirrels and meerkats return to the safety and warmth of their burrows 10. Time now to lie low, prepare the warren and bond.
Today, despite its extreme temperatures, the Kalahari is Africa's mildest desert.
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words:
1.ready-made:already made, prepared, or available现成的
2.plummet:a plumb bob,decline directly铅锤，垂直下降
- The Navajo are noted as stockbreeders and skilled weavers, potters, and silversmiths. 纳瓦霍人以豢养家禽，技术熟练的纺织者，制陶者和银匠而著名。
- They made out they were weavers. 他们假装是织布工人。
- Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
- The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。
- They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火。 来自辞典例句
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
- You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？
- The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
- But this didn't frustrate Einstein.He was content to go as far as he could.但这并没有使爱因斯坦灰心，他对能够更深入地研究而感到满意。
- They made their preparations to frustrate the conspiracy.他们作好准备挫败这个阴谋。
- Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
- Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。
- Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
- Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。
- The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网