英语听力：自然百科 黄石公园的夏天 Yellowstone—17
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2012年
英语课
They are vast smoke plumes 1. Yellowstone is burning. Throughout the summer, the dry lodgepole pines have become like a tinderbox, and lightening has struck the match. The worst wild fires will burn for weeks. In 1988, a third of Yellowstone burnt in a single summer. Devastation 2.
Animals that depend on these forests will starve this winter. But Yellowstone itself has a longer perspective. Ashes fertilize 3 the soil, and fire opens it up to sunlight. As the forests regenerate 4, new life finds opportunity.
In August, fledgling hummingbirds 5 gorge 6 in fields of fireweed that have risen from the forest's ashes. For them, the summer is already nearly over. They must chase the sun south before winter returns.
羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物
- The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
- The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。
n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.使受精，施肥于，使肥沃
- Fertilizer is a substance put on land to fertilize it.肥料是施在地里使之肥沃的物质。
- Reading will fertilize his vocabulary.阅读会丰富他的词汇。
vt.使恢复，使新生；vi.恢复，再生；adj.恢复的
- Their aim is to regenerate British industry.他们的目的是复兴英国的工业。
- Although it is not easy,you have the power to regenerate your life.尽管这不容易，但你有使生活重获新生的能力。
n.蜂鸟( hummingbird的名词复数 )
- Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious. 蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。
- Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones? 为什么蜂鸟和大猩猩都有脊骨？