时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:国家地理2008年


英语课

How do you like a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nature's most luxurious 1 full service, hippos' spas.
Our dominant 2 male hippo customer has already arrived here at the Mezima Spring in Kenya, Africa. The carp goes right to work. It uses its wide, vast big mouth to scour 3 the hippo's hide. The hippo gets squeaky clean skin, and the fish gets a rich buffet 4 of dead skin, algae 5 and parasites 6.


How about that tail that looks kind of like a toilet brush, the cichlid fish takes care of that. Now how about, well, how can I say this discreetly 7, the hippo's hindquarters, where the hippo produces hippo dung. The barbel fish eagerly dives in here, especially when the hippo was in dung production mode. The barbel is so eager for what the hippo is trying to get rid of that they will race after him like an autograph seeker chasing a rock star.


Finally,the hippo opens its mouth, home of the good stuff. And fish rush in like  hungry shoppers at a half-off big sale.


The hippo was enjoying the full treatment, and after it's done, enjoys a relaxing yawn of relief. 



1 luxurious
adj.精美而昂贵的;豪华的
  • This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
  • The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。
2 dominant
adj.支配的,统治的;占优势的;显性的;n.主因,要素,主要的人(或物);显性基因
  • The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
  • She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
3 scour
v.搜索;擦,洗,腹泻,冲刷
  • Mother made me scour the family silver.母亲让我擦洗家里的银器。
  • We scoured the telephone directory for clues.我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
4 buffet
n.自助餐;饮食柜台;餐台
  • Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐?
  • Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗?
5 algae
n.水藻,海藻
  • Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
  • Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。
6 parasites
寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫
  • These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的,而与寄生虫无关。
  • Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。
7 discreetly
ad.(言行)审慎地,慎重地
  • He had only known the perennial widow, the discreetly expensive Frenchwoman. 他只知道她是个永远那么年轻的寡妇,一个很会讲排场的法国女人。
  • Sensing that Lilian wanted to be alone with Celia, Andrew discreetly disappeared. 安德鲁觉得莉莲想同西莉亚单独谈些什么,有意避开了。
学英语单词
ABC parties
ADACC
adjustable vaulting horse
after-recording
alpha-adrenergic antagonist
alphaproteobacterium
anchoring orders
antivirulin
arenology
as yellow as a crow's foot
avowant
barometric discharge pipe
baseline management
belt brake
britishamerican
budget constraints
cam pawl
capnodium footii
clean separation
cochlearform
crude oil washing equipment
data-driven robot
definitive position
dingbatters
direct dryer
diurnal arcs
double branch stop valve
dropped goods
electrolysis relay
endoturbinates (or entoturbinals)
epoxidize
essential problem
Fagridalur
file system input source
flow from a pump
FLWG
full scale members
functional diagnosis
Good Templar
graphite backing
gross player
high production capacity
i-woxen
inlcusion
isophan
Kamalampaka
kawawas
keep note
knotter disc
Landi Muhammad Amīn Khān
leather industry
ligamentum lateral calcaneocuboi deum
locked onto
Mai Teb
matrixing function
mentula
mesorelief
metal-dificient star
minimum cut-out
mipmapping
misgovernaunce
Mobigesic
momordicae fructus
Moro, R.
mutlak
newspapers and magazines
oil emulsion mud
oil field equipment
on-board diagnostics
Oostendorp
overcorrect
overshot tubing seal divider
overventilate
oxy-natural gas cutting
pancreatic sarcoma
pare
police offices
pot-hanger
powder photographies
prepared coal tar
pyogenic parotitis
quasi-states
R&D (research and development)
recessus camerae posterioris
scapuloanterior
shmoos
soon
sser (supplement to the safety evaluation report)
stigmatic hair
taper dowel
temperature registering system
thiaminoprotein enzyme
thinkings
tlt
tokheses
underdraught
unit delay predictor
volketswil
witch-balls
wonderest
zeghryk