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 reign of terror
active hydathodes
aggregate risk
Alizarine Yellow R
assistant fitter
atmospheric column
attachment of anther
bagload
bearded seals
budget for expenditure
Buenolandia
Carex psychrophila
centrust
condition field
conditional constant
Corot, Camille
count probability method
cowl lip
cyberphilia
denotes
dichirus
discharge pay
eletrocute
emergency control center
equilateral hemianopsia
esterbrook
exhaust pipe line
exposure field
factifies
family Loasaceae
flat mirrors
flimsify
get up one's Injun
glasscloth
hochschildren
horizontal differentiation
hydraulic pressure switch
ice barge
immunophotosensitizer
increased outgoing longwave radiation
initial temperature difference of condenser
input crystal
instantaneal
invasive growth
Jim Jones
Kýpros
Lanacetyl
laying for direction
Lchashen
micrometer microscope theodolite
microphonic noise
modal legacy
mode, control
mononucleosis
monotone plankton community
mosne profits
neighbouring country
noncompliances
ombrogenic bog
partes membranacea septi atriorum
plowings
production manufacturing
provides against
put into circulation
rectitudinarians
red supergiant
reef proper
remarry
rida
rotor feed type polyphase shunt motor
septum gouge
set-backs
shoebirds
short-shunt winding
shoulder extension
spiral lobe compressor
standard attainment tests
stays-at-home
stratospheroid
sweet alyssum
system residence volume
Sånfjället Nationalpark
tachyglossid
temperature movement
the next woman
thlmann
tolyposporium bullatum
tracking preprocessor
tray span
twelve-months
uncomplainingly
unverdorben
utriculopiasty
valve enclosure
VCNR
vegetative nerve
verbal fluency
waspnest
ychaunged
zabaneh
Zarmardān