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
学英语单词
achnanthium
ADREPP
air cooled generator
airtight joint
Ampleril
aopa
aphoxide(triethylenephosphoramide)
argiope minuta
aspectless
astucious
automatic sampler
back pollination
Barrasford
brand-name drugs
british house of lordss
bromoacetanilide
buffer prefix
bulkhead stiffener
Buprestis sibirica
calendar plate
canarybird
carbapenemases
cerianite-(Ce)
chined
clutchess
code preserving permutation
confirm in
confounding variables
contact seal
counterweights
cozzers
crash-landeds
dead-ending
degree of packing
dermatitis uncinarialis
ecdysiasm
Evansdale
factorable
flower cars
fluoros
free as air
French Republic
fusion of the dreamer and doer
fuze escapement mechanism
get the pink slip
gilva
give the opportunity
gold ours
half-groats
heavy field artillery
hippotigrine
hornophyes andamanensis
hydrosphygmograph
indifferent mineral
inherent distortion
International Telephone Exchange
ionic channel
Ischaemum goebelii
joe louiss
K-9
laciniata
lexingtons
line-synchronization
mac (medium access control)
Macc.
Mahra Sultanate
meatwallet
NAAFI
non-singular bilinear form
nothosaurids
overanalyse
overflow indicator
overside loading
Pallaviciniaceae
Pee Dee
Phyllanthus arenarius
qiaquick
rachiopagus
Rasti
reclusage
rolling bridge
Rubus grandipaniculatus
rule of scaling
Sahelanthropus
sekos
snares
Solenostemon scutellarioides
strulls
superinjunction
superprogrammer
tongue (image)
transaction counter
twelve-year-old
unslaked lime
visual flight rules flight
weather proof receptacle
wet-chemical etching
Whitsunday
whos
win free
xiangsu powder
xlendi