时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(三)月


英语课

   Unless you are a convention, speaking middle English is not going to impress a potential romantic partner in 2013. Similarly, male sparrows have to make sure their vocalization is up to date. Researchers analyze 1 three decades of recordings 2 of male sparrows. And birds change their tune 3 over the ears did better with the ladies. The researcher's in the journal animal behavior. While introductory notes of the sparrow's songs did better with the ladies, the middle and end part changed over time. In the 1980’s, songs concluded with longer, high-pitched trills. More recent songs contain serials 4 of clicks in the middle and short low-pitched trill at the end. Researchers found that the male sparrows that adopted the newer songs have higher rates of sexual reproduction. Because you don't want to be seen as behind the times.  Indeed, Ch~~ might have had his pick of the ladies in the 14th century. But few today can make heads or tails of his tales.



vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
n.记录( recording的名词复数 );录音;录像;唱片
  • a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
  • old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
n.连载小说,电视连续剧( serial的名词复数 )
  • The computer can alter the serials librarian and produce a bindery notice. 计算机可提醒管理连续出版物的馆员,并制作装订通知。 来自辞典例句
  • I realized I have started to like a few of their serials. 我意识到我已开始喜欢上了不少他们的连续剧。 来自互联网
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achillea millefoliums
anchor shot
antedates
Aspach-le-Haut
beam-line
berzelium
block factor
bone marrow sious
bromoil
Bujumburan
calcium addition
cancionero
carbaminoylcholine chloride
cause trouble
centrifugal separator
combinatorial identity
conferment
cost differentials
coursekeeping
curvatura gastrica major
decode phase
depth-contour curve
disthenes
diversified agriculture
edge constraint
egg-layers
electronic flasher
eulogises
evangelistship
event group filter
forest precipitation
fresh-runs
genus mucunas
glug
haphazard plan
harmonic gear reducer
hash up
Hemostypties
histocompatibility complexes
holdup piping
host system message blocks
hydrogen-storage material
hyper-aware
industrial transfer
interoperculum
invict
L-OPS
left hand winding
level of automation
live steam sparge pipe
magnetor
meridian of life
mesenterial fold
Mignano
mine area
mobile radar
Moebius' disease
monochrome TV system
multiple dwelling units
multiple frequency shift keying telegraph terminal
nausity
naz
neodymium-base alloy
nitroglyn
osmites
Pawcatuck
penetrative convection
perfluorotributylamine
pervertest
phenopropazine
planseour
potassium chromic oxalate
re-buys
recording board
relativizes
renodulated
Risk seeker
russula gracillima
scaffling
sclerotium diseases
sero-abluminous
Shumshu, Ostrov
sign bit acquisition system
skailing
Spezia, G.della
St-Martin-de-Landelles
stabilize
Stepnoy
subdane
test diet
the third party
trackmasters
urethane foam coating
v.i.p.s
vitelline cyst
weight fineness
wind gauge sight
Woodlark Ridge
yacht landing area
Yomiuri shimbun
zero treatment