听力原文

The newts are said to leave an odour trail that potential mates can follow.
据说鳄蝾会为其潜在的伴侣留下气味线索。
The crocodile newt gets its name from the bumps along its back.
类鳄蝾螈得名于它背上嶙峋的凸起。
These are its defence. If grabbed by a potential predator, the tips of its ribs squeeze a deadly poison from the bumps. The deluge wakes another forest inhabitant.
这是它们的天然防御。一旦被潜在的肉食者捕获，肋骨的顶部的隆起物中便会挤压出致命的毒素。暴雨唤醒了另外一种森林生物。
This one is particularly astounding in its vigour! It can grow up to a metre a day, fast overtaking the other plants around it.
它那勃发向上的朝气令人叹为观止！它一天能够生长一米，使其迅速傲视四周。
The taller it grows, the faster its growth rate, so that in a matter of days it towers above the undergrowth, and continues reaching for the sky.
长得愈发高挺，长势愈发猛烈，数日间便拔地而起，凌驾于灌木丛之上，并且持续向着天际进发。
Not bad for what is essentially a grass. It's bamboo.
对于出身草根的它而言干得还不赖。它就是竹子。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. so that
（用于引出结果）因此，所以；
eg. There was snow everywhere, so that the shape of things was difficult to identify.
到处是雪，所以万物的形状都难以辨认。
eg. He has enough money so that he can live in comfort.
他有很多钱，足可舒舒服服过日子。
2. a matter of+时间
强调时间短；
eg. That school was sorted out in a matter of two months.
那所学校仅用了两个月的时间就整顿好了。
eg. This job will only take a matter of minutes.
这件事只要几分钟就会做好。
3. not bad
不错的，不坏的，挺好的；
eg. They are not bad in themselves but they're so weak-minded.
他们本质并不坏，只是优柔寡断。
eg. That was not bad for a first attempt.
按初次尝试来说，那就算不错了。