英语听力：2013-07-07 《恐龙的战争》3 顽强防御—10
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…19 meters tall and almost 30 meters long. Its neck alone is 4 stories long, a single vertebra almost as tall as a grown man. And a single thighbone weighs over half a ton.
They seem to break all of the rules. There’s nothing like them around today.
Containing over 72 million calories of fresh meat, you’d think Sauroposeidon would be the jackpot for a bloodthirsty carnivore.
They don’t have horns. They don’t have armor. Really, the only antipredator defense 1 they have is sheer size.
And size does matter. When a Goliath like this is fully 2 grown, even the most vicious predators 3 keep their distance, even the most ferocious 4 raptor of the Cretaceous—Deinonychus. At 90 kilos, this raptor pales in comparison to its 50-ton prey 5.
If we’re talking about a single adult Deinonychus and a single adult Sauroposeidon, the story would go something like this. “Hi! I’m a Deinonychus.” “I’m a Sauroposeidon.” Kuh!
But for a Sauroposeidon, reaching full size can take years. To make things worse, fossil evidence shows that juveniles 6 live alone, separated from the herd 7 until they reach at least a third of their adult weight. That means for nearly a decade, they wander the forest alone. And that forest is crawling with Deinonychus.
Intelligent and well-armed, they hunt on their own or sometimes in packs, they run with a top speed of 65 kilometers per hour.
These raptors can take on a youngster. For a young Sauroposeidon, there’s just one solution—get big quickly. And that’s gonna take a lot of…
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
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.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的
- The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
- The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。
n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨
- Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
- The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
n.青少年( juvenile的名词复数 )；扮演少年角色的演员；未成年人
- Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? 你对暴力犯罪的惩罚对于青少年和成人应一样吗？ 来自生活英语口语25天快训
- Juveniles Should we not exactly in need of such strength and conviction? 少年的我们难道不正是需要这种力量和信念吗？ 来自互联网