英语听力：探索发现 2013-02-24 猛玛象进城记 Mammoths to Manhattan—12
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2013年
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And farming fuelled the growth of another habitat, one that would become an even bigger challenge to North America's wildlife. The modern city was born. The city is an artificial environment, built around the needs of millions of people, and yet it also offers unexpected opportunities for wildlife.
This burrowing 1 owl 2 lives in one of the biggest high-tech 3 urban sprawls 4 of North America. It maintains a tenacious 5 foothold in Silicon 6 Valley. Burrowing owls 7 originally lived on open prairies, but they've been forced to adapt to city life because the urban environment has grown around them. They survive by occupying any tiny sliver 8 of grassland 9 that remains 10. Like many city animals, they take advantage of the darkness to protect them and move around mostly at night. These adaptable 11 birds traditionally nest in the burrows 12 of prairie dogs. But in the city, a piece of old pipe will do. The parents split their duties. The father does much of the hunting. But in this case, it's the mother that actually feeds the chicks. The burrowing owl's ability to hover 13 gives it time to judge an attack before pouncing 14 on its prey 15.
v.挖掘（洞穴），挖洞( burrow的现在分词 )；翻寻
- What are you burrowing around in my drawer for? 你在我抽屉里乱翻什么？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The forepaws are also used for burrowing and for dragging heavier logs. 它们的前爪还可以用来打洞和拖拽较重的树干。 来自辞典例句
n.猫头鹰，枭
- Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
- I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。
adj.高科技的
- The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
- The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
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
adj.顽强的，固执的，记忆力强的，粘的
- We must learn from the tenacious fighting spirit of Lu Xun.我们要学习鲁迅先生韧性的战斗精神。
- We should be tenacious of our rights.我们应坚决维护我们的权利。
n.硅(旧名矽)
- This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
- A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )
- 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
- The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句
n.裂片，细片，梳毛；v.纵切，切成长片，剖开
- There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
- Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上，莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。
n.牧场，草地，草原
- There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
- The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。
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。
adj.能适应的，适应性强的，可改编的
- He is an adaptable man and will soon learn the new work.他是个适应性很强的人，很快就将学会这种工作。
- The soil is adaptable to the growth of peanuts.这土壤适宜于花生的生长。
n.地洞( burrow的名词复数 )v.挖掘（洞穴），挖洞( burrow的第三人称单数 )；翻寻
- The intertidal beach unit contains some organism burrows. 潮间海滩单元含有一些生物潜穴。 来自辞典例句
- A mole burrows its way through the ground. 鼹鼠会在地下钻洞前进。 来自辞典例句
vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫
- You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
- A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。
v.突然袭击( pounce的现在分词 )；猛扑；一眼看出；抓住机会（进行抨击）
- Detective Sun grinned and, pouncing on the gourd, smashed it against the wall. 孙侦探笑了，一把将瓦罐接过来，往墙上一碰。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- We saw the tiger pouncing on the goat. 我们看见老虎向那只山羊扑过去。 来自互联网