英语听力：2012-02-03 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—8
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2012年
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Deer are frequent casulties of the harsh winter. And these leopards 2 are not above scavenging from a corpse 3. African leopards could never survive here. But the Russian cats have thick fur to shied them from the cold. There are only 40 Amur leopards left in the wild. And that number is falling. Like so many creatures, the cats have been pushed to the very edge of extinction 4 by hunting and the destruction of their habitat. The Amur leopard 1 symbolizes 5 the fragility of our natural heritage. The future of an entire species hangs on the survival of a tiny number of mothers like this one.
All animals, rare or common, ultimately depend for their energy on the sun. In Japan, the arrival of the cherry blossom announces the beginning of spring. The sun’s energy brings colour to the landscape. The earth, as it makes its annual journey around the sun, spins on a tilty axis 7. And it’s this tilt 6 that creates the seasons.
n.豹
- I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
- The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。
n.豹( leopard的名词复数 )；本性难移
- Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats. 狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight. 例如，飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 来自英语晨读30分（初三）
n.尸体，死尸
- What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
- The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种
- The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
- The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
v.象征，作为…的象征( symbolize的第三人称单数 )
- The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。
- She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace. 她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.(使)倾侧；(使)倾斜；n.倾侧；倾斜
- She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
- The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平，有点儿歪.