听力原文

As evening approaches, an age-old ritual unfolds. It's the mating season and male paddy frogs are competing for the attention of the females.
当薄暮降临，另一场古老的仪式上演了。现在是交配的季节，雄禾田蛙们为了吸引异性而卖力高鸣。
But it doesn't always pay to draw too much attention to yourself.
但这并非总能为你吸引来关注的目光。
The Chinese Pond Heron is a pitiless predator. Even in the middle of a ploughed paddy field, nature is red in beak and claw.
中国池鹭是个残忍的掠食者，就算在耕作过的稻田中央也会上演喙与爪的血腥剧目。
This may look like a slaughter but as each heron can swallow only one frog at a time, the vast majority will escape to croak another day.
或许这看上去像一场屠杀。但每只池鹭一次只能吞噬一只蛙，剩余的多数田蛙得以逃生并获得了明日再度高歌的机会。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. compete for
争夺（以获取）；
eg. Banks and building societies are competing fiercely for business.
银行和购房互助协会为了争夺业务而展开激烈的竞争。
eg. The two teams compete for the championship.
那两队都要争当冠军。
2. draw attention to
促使……注意； 引起对……的注意；
eg. He scaled the London office building to draw attention to global warming.
他爬上了伦敦办公建筑以求吸引别人对全球变暖问题的注意。
eg. A headline on the front page draws attention to the fuller story inside.
扉页上的大字标题为的是吸引你注意里面的详细内容。
3. the middle of
中部；中央；中间；
eg. I was in the middle of the back row.
我在后排的中间。
eg. Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street.
海德加速驶离路边，突然向街道中央一个急转弯。