美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-10-08
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(十)月
英语课
They say the beauty is in the eyeball holder 1. For male rainbow finches, that's definitely right, has in right eye. The birds depend on their right eyes for scoping out potential mates. Many males are choocing when picking partners and the rainbow ingudio finch 2 is no acception. Some birds with colorfurl and variable plumage goaled in a male tend to go for a gal 3 with a pretty face, one that pretty match is. So male with black faces prefer the females with the same. But that bias 4 turns out depends how they look at. When researchers gave black face finches a choice, they could flirt 5 with black females, red face females or fellow male. Males with both eyes open cozy 6 to the dull with dark feathers. But when researchers covered the male's right eye, the male sing and dance with everyone, or hopped 7 up randomly 8 looking lost. You can use either eyes to see the finding in the journal Biology Letters. The right eye feeds and folds the left half of the brain, so it seems males are really particular when it comes to choosing a partner are not in their right minds.
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
- The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
- That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀，金丝雀等)
- This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。
- In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚，它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。
n.姑娘，少女
- We decided to go with the gal from Merrill.我们决定和那个从梅里尔来的女孩合作。
- What's the name of the gal? 这个妞叫什么？
n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见
- They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
- He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。
v.调情，挑逗，调戏；n.调情者，卖俏者
- He used to flirt with every girl he met.过去他总是看到一个姑娘便跟她调情。
- He watched the stranger flirt with his girlfriend and got fighting mad.看着那个陌生人和他女朋友调情，他都要抓狂了。
adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的
- I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
- We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花
- He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
- He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。