英语听力：探索发现 2012-12-05 美洲大平原 American Serengeti—17
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2012年
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And all this meat in one small area attract the scavenger 1, the short-faced bear. Led by his super sensitive nose, his long limbs carry him many miles a day in search of carrion 2. He's picked up a scent 3, but where's the carcass? Sometimes the smaller, speedier scavenger gets there first, on this occasion a coyote.
Right now the short-faced bear will take whatever he can get. He hasn't had a decent meal in days, and needs at least one good-sized carcass every week to stay alive. This time the coyote's left him nothing but the skeleton. But with his huge, bone-crunching jaws 4, the bear can crack them open for the marrow 5 locked inside.
With water so scarce elsewhere, animals from miles around converge 6 here in the valley, which is good news for the local lions—their pride territory is now overflowing 7 with food.
Once the midday heat subsides 8, the females rouse themselves to hunt.
1 scavenger
n.以腐尸为食的动物，清扫工
- He's just fit for a job as scavenger.他只配当个清道夫。
- He is not a scavenger nor just a moving appetite as some sharks are.它不是食腐动物，也不像有些鲨鱼那样，只知道游来游去满足食欲。
2 carrion
n.腐肉
- A crow of bloodthirsty ants is attracted by the carrion.一群嗜血的蚂蚁被腐肉所吸引。
- Vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill.兀鹫通常以腐肉和公路上的死伤动物为食。
3 scent
n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉
- The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
- The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。
4 jaws
n.口部；嘴
- The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
- The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
5 marrow
n.骨髓；精华；活力
- It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow. 天气太冷了，他感到寒冷刺骨。
- He was tired to the marrow of his bones.他真是累得筋疲力尽了。
6 converge
vi.会合；聚集，集中；(思想、观点等)趋近
- The results converge towards this truth.其结果趋近于这个真理。
- Parallel lines converge at infinity.平行线永不相交。
7 overflowing
v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）( subside的第三人称单数 )；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上
- Emotion swells and subsides. 情绪忽高忽低。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- His emotion swells and subsides. 他的情绪忽高忽低。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》