时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:大学英语六级听力短文


英语课

Can Animals Be Made to Work for Us?


Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number or simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV, we may see elephants or monkeys, dogs, bears or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists said that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used 1 to guard 2 a house. And elephants can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animals to work in factories. Apes 3, for example, have been used in America to help make cars. And scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops 4 and even drive trains.



1 used
adj.用旧了的,旧的;习惯于…;过去惯/经常
  • I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
  • He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
2 guard
n.守卫者,警戒;v.保卫,看守,当心
  • A guard was placed at the door.门口设了一个警卫。
  • The guard stopped him from going through the gate.警卫不让他通过大门。
3 apes
猿( ape的名词复数 )
  • We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。
  • Chimpanzees and gorillas are both apes. 黑猩猩和大猩猩都是类人猿。
4 crops
pl.农作物
  • Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into new crops. 目前正鼓励农民兼种新的农作物。
  • The crops will not grow on exposed hillsides. 在裸露的山坡上庄稼没法生长。
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Amycal
antirabbit
at a great lick
Ban Tha Lat
be but and ben with
berob
bottom suction
Bowersville
brontstane
buddy icon
Callopsylla
Canad
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change bank notes for coin
chemical time
cigarette factory
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cleaning agent storage bin
colophony soldering wire
constant-rate method of drying
consular visa
continuity-fitting
countermatch
creative boutique
disinvolve
draik
emergency push-button switch
encapsulated winding
english writing
entrance pressure drop
epoxy transistor
Falodus
Fan Zhongyan
ferruginous
float arm
free-sapce attenuation
fuel-oils
gaming act
gilded cage
got a rise out of
groupies
handling machinery productivity
heavy wool
heigh ho
home-improvements
hour-by-hour
hydrated aluminium silicates
hysterectomizes
ILCOR
in a degree
Kanavel's cock-up splint
kleine
laabs
larceny-theft
lightweight
limits size
meliola taityuensis
mellows out
millimeter wave power transistors
misgoverning
mislearns
neutron lethargy
new British standard wire gauge
nocive
Notair
occasionless
official support
online-only
ossiferous
passionfish
persillade
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polygamious
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Select Committee on Public Expenditure
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St. James's Palace
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swag
training sequence
vapor engine
wishful thinking
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yashiro-jima (o-shima)
Yeyskiy Liman