英语听力：自然百科 大迁徙之繁衍生息 Need to Breed—14
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2011年
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At the top, red eyed, yellow browed and full of spunk 1, they celebrate their ascent 2 and reunion, and are quickly assorted 3 by their ravenous 4 chicks. Now, the earlier, the bigger the adults. More food is the chorus ringing out up and down the shores and cliffs of the Falklands.
Migrants who spend their lives gracefully 5 plying 6 hundreds of miles of sea and air, feeding at their leisure are now bound to these frozen shores of rock and sand, battered 7 by the cause of their young, more food..
It’s nightfall in Australia. Rush hour is in full swing. The little red flying foxes are migrating, and parched 8 with thirsts. But to drink on the wing is a dangerous undertaking
1 spunk
n.勇气，胆量
- After his death,the soldier was cited for spunk.那位士兵死后因作战勇敢而受到表彰。
- I admired her independence and her spunk.我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。
2 ascent
n.(声望或地位)提高；上升，升高；登高
- His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。
- Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.伯克按动电钮，电梯开始缓慢上升。
3 assorted
adj.各种各样的，各色俱备的
- There's a bag of assorted sweets on the table.桌子上有一袋什锦糖果。
- He has always assorted with men of his age.他总是与和他年令相仿的人交往。
4 ravenous
adj.极饿的，贪婪的
- The ravenous children ate everything on the table.饿极了的孩子把桌上所有东西吃掉了。
- Most infants have a ravenous appetite.大多数婴儿胃口极好。
5 gracefully
ad.大大方方地；优美地
- She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
- The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
6 plying
v.使用（工具）( ply的现在分词 )；经常供应（食物、饮料）；固定往来；经营生意
- All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It was rather Mrs. Wang who led the conversation, plying Miss Liu with questions. 倒是汪太太谈锋甚健，向刘小姐问长问短。 来自汉英文学 - 围城