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回复填空答案格式如下:1____2____3____...et.al.
Before moving on to a new topic, I want to finish up ourunit on______by looking at what may seem a very unusual aspect of_____behavior, a______where the young spiders actually_______the body of their mother. Unlike most other spiders, this species lays one, and only one,______of 40 eggs in her lifetime.The young spiders hatch in mid-spring or early summer, inside a nest of______leaves. Their mother spends the warm summer months bringing home large insects—often 10 times her weight—for meal. The______is always significantly more than her young spiders can eat. So, the mother_____herself up on this extra prey and stores the______in her extra______eggs. As the weather turns colder, there are fewer insect prey to hunt. That's when the nutrients stored in those extra eggs begin to seep into the mother's______.So, when there are no more insects to feed to the young spiders, they attach themselves to the mother's leg______and draw_____by sucking the nutrient-rich blood. After several weeks, the mother is depleted of all nutrients and shedies. But then how do the young get nourishment? They start to feed on one another. Now, if you recall our discussion of Darwin, you'll see the evolutionary value of this: Only the strongest spiders of the clutch will survive this "_______," and the mother spider will have ensured that her genes have an increased chance of survival through future generations.
答案原文
【填空答案】
- arachnid: n. [C]蜘蛛类动物(包括蜘珠、蝎子、虱子等)
- spider: n. [C]蜘蛛
- species: n. [C]种类
- consume: v. 吃
- clutch: n. [C]一次产的或孵的蛋
- eucalyptus: n. [C]桉树
- catch: n. [C]捕获物
- fatten: v. 养肥,使肥胖
- nutrient: n. [C]营养物
- unfertilized: adj. 未受精的
- bloodstream: n. [C]血流
- joint: n. [C]接合处
- nourishment: n. [C]食物,营养品
- cannibalism: n. [C]嗜食同类,自相残杀
【听力原文】
Before moving on to a new topic, I want to finish up our unit on arachnids by looking at what may seem a very unusual aspect of spider behavior—a species where the young spiders actually consume the body of their mother.
Unlike most other spiders, this species lays one, and only one, clutch of 40 eggs in her lifetime. The young spiders hatch in mid-spring or early summer,inside a nest of eucalyptus leaves. Their mother spends the warm summer months bringing home large insects, often 10 times her weight, for meal. The catch is always significantly more than her young spiders can eat. So, the mother fattens herself up on this extra prey and stores the nutrients in her extra unfertilized eggs. As the weather turns colder, there are fewer insect prey tohunt. That's when the nutrients stored in those extra eggs begin to seep into the mother's bloodstream. So, when there are no more insects to feed to the young spiders, they attach themselves to the mother's leg joints and draw nourishment by sucking the nutrient-rich blood.
After several weeks, the mother is depleted of all nutrients and she dies. But then how do the young get nourishment? They start to feed on one another. Now,if you recall our discussion of Darwin, you'll see the evolutionary value of this: Only the strongest spiders of the clutch will survive this"cannibalism," and the mother spider will have ensured that her genes have an increased chance of survival through future generations.
听力精解
【听力精解】
1. arachnids 蛛形纲,生词之一。简单概括第一段意思就是:在即将开始新单元之前,在本单元蛛形纲动物的结尾,我想讲述蜘蛛所具有的一种非同寻常的行为方式——有一种蜘蛛,它们的幼虫会吃掉自己的母亲。在这里consume这个单词很多童鞋直接翻译成消耗,其实不够准确。英语词汇尤其是动词的译法是很灵活的。这里翻译为吃掉才符合我们的思维方式。
2. 40 和14 大家不要听错,要留意一下 ,在这前面clutch of 就是一窝的意思
3. eucalyptus leaves 桉树叶 就是考拉吃的那个~
4. Their mother spends the warm summer months bringing home large insects,often 10 times her weight, for meal. 这里很多童鞋没有把母蜘蛛体重10倍的这一点翻译出来。听的时候注意主语就不会再出此类问题。
5. unfertilized eggs 未受精的卵fertilize 这个动词既有施肥的意思,也有使受精的意思,但大家注意fertilizer就只是化肥的意思而和受精不受精木有关系了。
6. leg joints 腿关节joint这个词很常见,譬如joint venture 合资企业 大家一定多多积累相关词汇
7. cannibalism 生物学词汇 同类相食 相关的如:carnivorous 肉食性的,表示食肉类的。同时注意区分这个词:carnival 狂欢节 这几个词汇发音相近,请大家留意
【参考译文】
移动到一个新的主题之前,我想可能蜘蛛的幼虫吃掉它们母亲的身体,似乎是很不寻常的蜘蛛方面的行为,一个物种的单位完成了蛛形纲动物。不像大多数其他的蜘蛛,这个物种奠定之一,只有一个,40个卵在她的有生之年。幼蜘蛛孵化春季或初夏,桉树叶的巢内。他们的母亲度过炎热的夏季带来一窝昆虫,往往是10倍于她的体重。美中不足的是始终没有显著比她年幼的蜘蛛可以吃。因此,母亲自己变得丰满来对这个额外的猎物,并将其营养存储在她额外的未受精的卵子。随着天气转冷,有更少的昆虫成为狩猎的猎物。这时候,这些多余的卵中的营养物质开始渗透到母亲的血液。所以,当没有更多的昆虫喂养年轻的蜘蛛,它们依附于母亲的腿关节,借鉴吮吸营养丰富的血液滋养。几个星期后,母亲的所有营养物质被耗尽,她死了。但幼虫再怎么获得养料?他们开始互相喂。现在,如果你还记得我们讨论达尔文,你会看到这种进化价值:只有最强的离合器的蜘蛛生存之本“自相残杀”,母蜘蛛会确保她的基因给子孙后代增加一个生存的机会。
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AmyLee