英语听力：2013-06-16 《恐龙的战争》3 顽强防御—1
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2013年
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In a prehistoric 1 world, there’s a war waging between herbivores and carnivores, and the plant-eaters are winning. They seem to break all of the rules. There’s nothing like them around today.
For these plant-eating giants, survival relies on a battery of weapons and defenses as impressive on the inside as they are on the outside. A single blow from those horns could kill you.
Now, 65 million years, on, cutting-edge imaging technology takes us inside their minds to reveal what the world’s toughest defenders 2 are made of.
America during the Cretaceous Period, stalking the landscape are some of the most ferocious 3 predators 4 ever to inhabit the earth. Carnivores have evolved into formidable hunters. It’s the only way they can survive in this brutal 5 world. The prey 6 they hunt are the most well-armed, best-protected animals in history.
Herbivores of the Cretaceous are built to take on the biggest teeth and sharpest claws nature has ever produced. Ankylosaurus has armor designed like a bulletproof vest. Triceratops’ horns can pierce he skins of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Parasaurolophus can detect a threat miles away. And a full-grown Sauroposeidon is a colossus to big to overcome.
adj.（有记载的）历史以前的，史前的，古老的
- They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
- It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。
n.防御者( defender的名词复数 )；守卫者；保护者；辩护者
- The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 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.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.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。