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
abortive form
acoustic intrinsic impedance
active fuze
allocate investment credit
amnon
anacoluthias
analytical density
androstanediols
antenna pattern loss
antimosan
Aphelenchoidea
Apis mellifera
approximation method
automatic blood cell counter
automatic letter sorting machine
backfill
Barsebäckshamn
begin life (as)
beograds
biopetrography
bulk resistivity
bullion theory
cape hyacinth
Caputene
changes of magnitude
Commerce Services Provider
coppice-land
cousinfucker
cuprane
dastur
debt payable at a future time
deconverting
directional quantization
donk
dream machine
dyadic phase
dyle
edit back-up command
else
exchange editor
fellate
gang up on someone
hematinic
hematopathology
heterokaryote
intergovernmental service contract
intermediate heating
iris-diaphragme
Jan Hendrix Oort
lancasterite (hydromagnesite)
landing craft and amphibian vehicle assignment table
Legendre, Adrien Marie
Lexibiotico
lime-silicate rocks
linkes
macedonias
market-oriented industry
neckbands
nephrosonograph
ochnaflavone
organic nutrition
orthogonal contrast
oscillating warning lamp
pennyworts
person-organization fit (p-o fit)
phenethyl benzoate
photon monochromator
phylum Entoprocta
physically
phyto-photo-dermatitis
Plouguenast
ponsol golden orange
premium oil
principal piece
property value
public transport fare
Regt.
return
root-sum square
S.S.P.
sale invoice
Scoparoside
secondary L/C
secondary speed
seeing as
silicon solar cells
single strap lap joint
speech plus half-duplex circuit
sphingids
spleen being acquired foundation
suffer the asperities of
sulfuryl bromide fluoride
swalks
TCT
trimdock
tuned resonation cavity
underlook
upper limit of exchange
V-necked
varsatile
Velox paper
Yoshida Shigeru