选择性必修四Unit2 Reading For Writing副歌
THE AMAZING ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA
澳大利亚神奇的动物
知识点整理
短语：
1.be unique to 是...特有的
什么叫最简分数2.lots of 许多
3.a symbol of …的象征
4.have a wide distribution广泛分布
5.walk backwards倒退行走
6.at birth出生时
7.find one’s way into 找到去...的方法
8.go out出去
9.try their legs试腿力
10.encounters with them与它们邂逅
11.the truth is事实是
12.quite a lot of time 大部分时间
13.hang onto tree trunks挂在树干上
14.cau them a lot of stress给它们带来极大的压力
15.interaction with 和…的交流
瞻观16.make law 立法
17.as well as 也，以及
18.pick up 捡起来
19.make sure 确定
20.in a good state状态良好
21.talk about 讨论
22.come across 偶然遇见
23.look like 看起来像
24.hunt at night在夜间捕食
25.about the size of 个头跟...差不多
怎样看手机型号26.hear of听说
27.not at all 不是
28.lay eggs产卵
29.feel like 感觉像是
30.the n of sight 视觉
31.have a capacity to do sth 有能力做某事
32.ns of sight or smell视觉或嗅觉
33.a small handful of 屈指可数
熟词生义：
tough adj. 强硬的；棘手的，艰苦的；严厉的；坚韧的
疯狂齿轮weigh v. 衡量；称(重量)；重达 ...
pet n. 宠物；受宠的人 adj. 宠爱的 v. 爱抚；亲抚
clarify vt. 澄清；阐明；净化
panic n. 惊慌；恐慌 v. 使…惊慌；感到恐慌 adj. 恐慌的；惊慌的
certain adj. 确定的；肯定的；特定的；轻微的；微小的
mostly adv. 主要地；通常
lie v. 躺下；位于；在于；说谎
觥筹交错的意思lay v. 放置；产卵；
bill n. 帐单；钞票；清单；鸟喙；
Our topic today is “Creatures Unique to Australia”“澳大利亚特有的生物”，由野生动物专家吉姆·史密斯博士回答问题。
Australia has lots of unique animals, but which animal is a symbol of the country?澳大利亚拥有众多独一无二的动物，但哪种动物才是这个国家的象征呢？
It has to be the kangaroo, as it has a wide distribution throughout the country. 毫无疑问是袋鼠，因为这种动物广泛分布于澳大利亚全国。 It’s a tough animal that has to survive in a difficult environment. 袋鼠是一种强壮的动物生存于恶劣的环境中。Also, it cannot walk backwards, so it is always moving forwards. 此外，它不会倒退行走，所以总是勇往直前。This express the strength and resolve of the Australians as individuals and as a nation. 这表达了澳大利亚人作为个体和民族的力量与决心。 Baby kangaroos weigh only two grammes at birth. 袋鼠宝宝出生时只有两克重。They then find their way into their mothers pouch—a kind of a pocket—to stay safe and warm. 然后，它们会钻进母亲的育儿袋——一种口袋——以保持安全和温暖。They sleep and drink milk in that temporary, protected environment until they are about ven or eight months old. 它们在这个临时、受保护的环境中睡觉和吃奶，直到七八个月大。After this pha, they go out to try their legs. 在这个阶段之后，它们会出去试试腿力。 After they learn to jump, they gradually spend less time with their mother and learn to be independent. 学会跳跃之后，它们与母亲相处的时间就会逐步减少，学会独立。 Kangaroos may look cute, but encounters with them don’t always end so well. 袋鼠可能看起来十分可爱，但与它们邂逅的结局并不总是
那么美好。 Kangaroos can hit and kick very hard, so plea folks, if you e some kangaroos, remember they’re not for petting!袋鼠的踢打相当有力，所以大家要小心，如果你们看到袋鼠，要记住它们不是用来爱抚的！
Koalas are cute, and we e so many pictures of people holding them. 考拉非常可爱，我们可以看到很多人抱着它们的照片。 But in many places in Australia, it is against the law to even touch them. 但是在澳大利亚的许多地方，即便碰一下它们都是违法的。Can you clarify that?你能说明一下这点吗？
They are really quite cute, but the truth is, koalas are very nsitive creatures who can easily panic becau of even small changes in their environment. 考拉确实十分可爱，但事实是，考拉是非常敏感的动物，即便只是环境中的微小变化都会让它们惊慌失措。They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, and hanging onto tree trunks, so interaction with humans can cau them a lot of stress. 它们大部分时间都在吃东西、睡觉和挂在树干上，所以与人类互动会给它们带来极大的压力。Becau of this, the government began to make laws against touching koalas, in the interest of animal protection, as well as publi
c safety. 因此，政府开始立法禁止触摸考拉，也是出于对保护动物和公共安全的考虑。 So, if you e one in the wild, you shouldn’t approach it to pick it up or even touch it. 所以，如果你在野外看到一只考拉，你不要靠近它去把它抱起来或是去触摸它。 If you want to hold a koala, you have to go to certain licend zoos where animal experts make sure that the koalas lected for each ssion are in a good state for human contact and that they are handled for only a limited time and on a limited frequency of occasions.如果你想要抱一抱考拉，你必须去那些获得正式许可的动物园，在那里动物专家会确保为每场互动而选出的考拉状态良好，可以与人接触，而且只在有限的时间内，以有限的次数与人互动。
So, we’ve talked about some cute animals. What about animals which aren’t so cute?
我们已经谈了一些可爱的动物，那么，不太可爱的动物呢？
My favourite is a little creature called the Tasmanian devil. 我最喜欢的是一种被称为塔斯马尼亚恶魔的小动物。If you are out camping in Tasmania and come across one, the experience might scare you! 如果你在塔斯马尼亚野外露营时遇到一只，那经历可能会吓
到你！Tasmanian devils hunt at night, so you won’t usually e them, but you may hear their loud cries when they are fighting or eating. 塔斯马尼亚恶魔在夜间捕食所以你通常不会看到它们，然而当它们打架或者吃东西时，你会听到它们震耳的嚎叫声。 The noi they make could wake the dead. Frightening! 它们发出来的噪音能把死人叫醒。十分恐怖！They are about the size of small dogs and look like rather large black rats. 它们个头跟狗差不多，看起来像只大黑鼠。They also have a terrible smell! 它们身上还有一股难闻的气味！Their diet is mostly dead animals. 它们的食物主要是动物的尸体。Fortunately, despite their name, they are generally not violent towards people.幸运的是，尽管它们名为“恶魔”，但是它们基本上对人类没有攻击性。
Australia also has some animals that many people have never heard of, for example, the duck-billed platypus. Is that some kind of bird?
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澳大利亚还有一些许多人从未听说过的动物，例如鸭嘴兽。那是某种鸟吗？
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Not at all. 完全不是。While it may lay eggs in a nest like a bird, it’s really a primitive mammal, with a unique biology. 虽然鸭嘴兽可以像鸟一样在巢中产卵，但它实际上是一种
原始的哺乳动物，具有罕见的生物特性。Its eggs hatch after about ten days, and then the baby platypus nurs from its mother like all other mammals. 它的蛋大约十天后孵化出来，然后新生鸭嘴兽像其他所有哺乳动物一样由母亲哺乳。 Its no looks like a duck’s bill and it has feet like a duck’s so it can dive under the water, but it’s covered in hair. 它的鼻子看起来像鸭嘴，脚也跟鸭子的一样，所以它可以潜到水下，但它浑身都是毛。 Do you know what’s really strange about a platypus? 你知道鸭嘴兽真正奇怪的地方是什么吗？ The platypus doesn’t u its ns of sight or smell to find food. 鸭嘴兽并非用视觉或嗅觉来觅食。It has a capacity to find food in the water by using electrical nsors in its bill. 它拥有一种能用嘴里的电传感器在水中找到食物的能力。 There are only a small handful of animals in the world that can do that!世界上具备这一能力的动物屈指可数！
