【英语时差8，16】狼蜘蛛选择交配对象
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
英语课
Ya?l: My cousin is always falling for these obnoxious 1, awful men who are just like her father. You'd think she'd learn not to make the same mistake her mother made.
Don: Well, you know what they say. A woman will marry the man who reminds her of her father, and a man will marry a woman who reminds him of his mother.
Y: Yeah, yeah. I just think that's so silly. Humans must be the silliest animals on the planet.
D: Actually, we're hardly the only animals to choose mates based on our early social interactions. In fact, though worlds away from us as a species, some female wolf spiders also make their mating choices on the basis of familiarity. Male wolf spiders run the gamut 2 in physical appearance. They can vary in color and in hairiness. What's interesting is that there isn't a general preferred look among females, but instead, females prefer males who look like males they encountered when they were young and sexually immature 3. In fact, some female wolf spiders prefer familiarity to the extent that they will often eat a male suitor that doesn't fit that profile. The wider her range of familiarity with different looking males, the more discriminating 4 a female is, and thus more likely to devour 5 a male who looks unfamiliar 6. The influence social experience has on the female wolf spider's mating choice is almost unheard of among invertebrates 7. This spider challenges what we thought we knew about arachnids and invertebrates.
Y: I guess it also challenges my theory that humans are the silliest animals on the planet. If we are silly, we're not alone.
adj.极恼人的，讨人厌的，可憎的
- These fires produce really obnoxious fumes and smoke.这些火炉冒出来的烟气确实很难闻。
- He is the most obnoxious man I know.他是我认识的最可憎的人。
n.全音阶，(一领域的)全部知识
- The exhibition runs the whole gamut of artistic styles.这次展览包括了所有艺术风格的作品。
- This poem runs the gamut of emotions from despair to joy.这首诗展现了从绝望到喜悦的感情历程。
adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的
- Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
- The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。
a.有辨别能力的
- Due caution should be exercised in discriminating between the two. 在区别这两者时应该相当谨慎。
- Many businesses are accused of discriminating against women. 许多企业被控有歧视妇女的做法。
v.吞没；贪婪地注视或谛听，贪读；使着迷
- Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
- Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵，终会被皱纹所吞噬。
adj.陌生的，不熟悉的
- I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
- The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
n.无脊椎动物( invertebrate的名词复数 )
- Insects and worms are all invertebrates. 昆虫和蠕虫都是无脊椎动物。 来自辞典例句
- In the earthworm and many other invertebrates, these excretory structures are called nephridia. 在蚯蚓和许多其它无脊椎动物中，这些排泄结构称为肾管。 来自辞典例句