英语听力：2013-06-19 《恐龙的战争》3 顽强防御—2
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2013年
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These plant eaters are no pushovers. They are no… they’re no pansies. We have records, quite a few, of adult dinosaurian 2 predators 3 being killed by herbivores. It did happen. It happens today. Lions get kicked in the face and die from a single blow from the rear end of a zebra.
Despite advanced defensive 4 tools, being a plant eater during the Cretaceous is not easy.
These guys had to be able to deal with living in a world with sophisticated meat eaters.
There were raptors hunting you. There were Tyrannosaurs hunting you. And there was death from the sky.
Death in the form of Quetzalcoatlus, a 180 kilogram, flying carnivorous reptile 5, or the raptor Deinonychus—fast and lethal 6. It has a top speed of 60 kilometers an hour and claws that can slice through even the toughest hide.
But there’s one meat eater who tops them all.
Tyrannosaurus Rex is the most awesome 7 creature that has ever lived in the history of the planet.
The powerful jaws 8 of Tyrannosaurus Rex can bite down with 3 tons of force—twice the power of a saltwater crocodile. But the herbivores T-Rex hunts are worthy 9 adversaries 10, and they fight back.
If there’s an animal whose scent 11 would frighten a T-Rex, it’s Triceratops.
It represents what happens when you evolve something that can stand up to the power of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Triceratops is the most dangerous dinosaur 1 and probably the most dangerous animal ever to have evolved on land.
This plant eater is a formidable creature. Eight meters long …
n.恐龙
- Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
- He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。
adj.恐龙的，似恐龙的n.恐龙
- Those who having dinosaurian body is medium grain is in its local the muscle that aardwolf. 有着恐龙身躯的中粮在它的局部显出了土狼的肌肉。 来自互联网
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）
- birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
- The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的
- Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
- The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
n.爬行动物；两栖动物
- The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。
- So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以，你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。
adj.致死的；毁灭性的
- A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
- She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的
- The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
- That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
n.口部；嘴
- The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
- The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的
- I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
- There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
n.对手，敌手( adversary的名词复数 )
- That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
- Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的，始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句