英语听力：自然百科 野性俄罗斯之西伯利亚 Siberia—1
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2010年
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Russia, inaccessible 1 to the rest of the world for so long. Now open borders spill its secrets. In its heart lies a place of surprises, Siberia. Not only a frozen wilderness 2, it is a region of incredible diversity, of precarious 3 beauty and endangered animals, where wild life and wild lands amaze. This is Siberia.
At 70 times the size of the United Kingdom, but with just over twice the population, Russian remains 4 on of the world's great wildernesses 5. It sprawls 6 across 10,000 kilometers, reaching nearly halfway 7 around the world. Covering almost ten percent of the planet's land mass is Siberia. Synonymous with punishing cold, parts of it can bake at 40 degree Celsius 8. But think Siberia, think snow. Winter lives up to its reputation. From November to February, one hundred percent of Siberia was snow covered. Sometimes 80 centimeters’ deep.
But Siberia doesn't close for the season. Its residences just find it a litter tougher to get things done. As ravens 9 greet the morning, warmly insulated Eurasian wolves shrug 10 off the cold. These social animals live and hunt in packs, sometimes as small as a pair or, in prosperous times, as large as three dozen. A good-size wolf pack can lord over a territory as large as 13,000 square kilometers, that's five times the size of Paris.
1 inaccessible
adj.达不到的，难接近的
- This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
- The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。
2 wilderness
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
3 precarious
adj.不安定的，靠不住的；根据不足的
- Our financial situation had become precarious.我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
- He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家，他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
4 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
5 wildernesses
荒野( wilderness的名词复数 )； 沙漠； （政治家）在野； 不再当政（或掌权）
- Antarctica is one of the last real wildernesses left on the earth. 南极洲是地球上所剩不多的旷野之一。
- Dartmoor is considered by many to be one of Britain's great nature wildernesses. Dartmoor被很多人认为是英国最大的荒原之一。
6 sprawls
n.（城市）杂乱无序拓展的地区( sprawl的名词复数 )；随意扩展；蔓延物v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的第三人称单数 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）
- The city sprawls out to the west, north and south. 该市向西、北、南方不规则地扩张[延伸]。 来自互联网
- Explanation: Our magnificent Milky Way Galaxy sprawls across this ambitious all-sky panorama. 说明：我们宏伟的银河系蜿蜒穿过这幅高企图心之全天影像。 来自互联网
7 halfway
adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途
- We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
- In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。
8 Celsius
adj.摄氏温度计的，摄氏的
- The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
- The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。