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。
学英语单词
a stack of people
absolute invariance principle
aeternum
all to mash
aluminum-silicon bronze
attack trainer
back-arc area
bias-fabric
blepharomelasma
blibe
Boila
bosom piece
bye-blow
calling subscriber
cartridges for weapons
caryopilite
clasp joint
coarse dispersion
coupled transport
cranial fontanelles
cube-connected structure
cubic inches
Decca long range area coverage
discordant permutation
dust the eyes of someone
endowed scholarship
entobronchus
gene-pools
genealogized
genus Nimravus
ground state relaxation
handle without mittens
heating or cooling medium
high altitude equipment
homestar
hsien ning chih wu
hudson seals
hung up on
idoism
import employment
inspector of taxes
irregular menstrual cycle
Jagiellon
Kata tataki
knowledge-based software
lateral postanals
lazarettos
line-format data
longitudinal runner
lower income group
meltage
monardas
nabobical
nervi thoracales
observation tour
on-islander
ooporphyrin
paraoral
percase
pivot blade shear
political fund
poop ladder
proportion by inversion
protodoric
qualified ultimatum
quality assurance planning
question of procedure
radio blackout
radio-frequency corona discharge detector
restoration work
rightliest
roberth
rogue wave
rpublique
salami attack
search coil
series pyrolysis
shac
shipping policy
slantwise instability
small formation
sonontise
sparking plug
spondylus imperialis
St-Sauveur-de-Montagut
standard voltage
tammite
tauted
three-stage counter current extraction system
time division telegraph
tow target system
tractive competence
tungsten carbide insert
turfel
unde-
unincrusted
verhaerens
Verrucatosporites
wander from proper conduct
windmill restart
Wunbe-in
zigging