英语听力：自然百科 大迁徙之繁衍生息 Need to Breed—10
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2011年
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The nursery lies at the heart of a twitching 1, thriving structure, built almost entirely 2 of the aunts of themselves. Long legs stuck together with tussle 3 cores. They are the scaffolding, bricks, and mortar 4 of the nests. But they’ve been in one place for 3 weeks, ravaging 5 the forest floor from miles in all directions. It's time to migrate。
In the darkness, they pour out of the nests, porters carrying the precious larvae 6.
There are virtually all sisters, daughters of one queen. They will migrate about 330 feet each night, the equivalent in human terms of Marathon. Death and virtually blind, they nonetheless communicate brilliantly through touch and complicated chemical signals and now the message goes out to beeswax
1 twitching
n.颤搐
- The child in a spasm kept twitching his arms and legs. 那个害痉挛的孩子四肢不断地抽搐。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- My eyelids keep twitching all the time. 我眼皮老是跳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 entirely
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
- The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
3 tussle
n.&v.扭打，搏斗，争辩
- They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.他们互相扭打起来，抢夺那支手枪。
- We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。
4 mortar
n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。