水豚君 CAPYBARAS
認識一下人緣超好的萌萌水豚Meet the water pigs
去到動物園時,你最想看哪些動物?
獅子、長頸鹿還有大貓熊一直都相當受到大眾喜愛;不過,近來有一種齧齒動物吸引了很多關注:水豚。 齧齒一詞通常會讓人聯想到家鼠或是野鼠;這兩種都是骯髒有害的動物,會傳播疾病、破壞東西,而且還很難消滅。 但是,齧齒家族也包括一些人們覺得很可愛的動物,例如松鼠、天竺鼠以及倉鼠等。水豚也很可愛,而且牠還是體積最大的齧齒動物。 水豚的學名意指「水豬」;牠們的體型可以長到中型犬的大小,而且體重可以達到跟普通人一樣的重量。水豚吃草時,從遠處看過去就像是毛茸茸的犀牛。水豚個性溫和平靜,因此有些人宣稱牠們是世界上最友善的齧齒動物。水豚愛水,有蹼的腳趾讓牠們成為技術嫻熟高超的泳將。 牠們主要以水生植物和野草為食,而且食量超大—一天能夠進食超過三點五公斤!
When you go to the zoo, which animals do you most want to see? Lions, giraffes
and pandas are always popular. But there's a rodent that's getting a lot of attention these days: the capybara.
Usually the word rodent brings to mind mice and rats. Both are dirty pests that spread disease, destroy things and are difficult to get rid of. But the rodent family also includes animals often considered cute, such as squirrels,guinea pigs and hamsters.
Capybaras are also cute and win the prize for largest rodent. Their scientific name means water pig. They grow as big as some medium-size dogs and can be as heavy as an average human. When they are eating grass, they can look like hairy hippos from a distance.
Capybaras are so calm that some people say they're the world's friendliest rodent.
They love the water, and their webbed toes make them skillful swimmers. They mostly eat water plants and grass and a lot of it - over 3.5 kilograms a day!
rodent囓齒動物
I know this cave is full of bird’s nests, but it is also full of rodents.
洞穴裡有很多鳥窩 也有很多囓齒動物
Many rodents live in tunnels under major cities.
An African mouse is one of the world’s smallest rodents.
非洲老鼠
hamster倉鼠
又名地鼠,是倉鼠亞科動物的通稱。共七屬十八種,主要分布於亞洲,其中有三屬八種分布於中國大陸,少數物種則分布於歐洲。多種倉鼠如今被當作家庭寵物飼養,亦因易於人工繁殖,經常用於動物實驗。 在野外,倉鼠是黃昏時出沒的動物,白天多半會待在地底下以避免被捕食。它們主要的食物來源是種子、水果以及蔬菜,偶爾也會吃穴居昆蟲。
pest害蟲
If we want any crops to grow, we have to control the pests that are eating them.
pest很討人厭的小孩
Shirlene’s little brother becomes a real pest when her friends visit her.
變得非常討人厭
Mosquitoes are real pests during the summer.
primate靈長類
lemur狐猴
狐猴總科是靈長目原猴亞目的一個總科,可以再細劃分為8科、15屬,現存的種數量約100。所有狐猴均原生於馬達加斯加的叢林中,在夜間活動。 雖然和其r他靈長目動物看起來相似程度較高,但其實其演化過程獨立於猴與猿
raccoon 浣熊
to bring to mind 使某人回想起
When something brings something else to mind or brings it to your mind, it means when you see that thing or think about that thing, you immediately think of this other thing.
to get rid of…
guinea pig豚鼠
又名天竺鼠、葵鼠、荷蘭豬,在動物學的分類是哺乳綱齧齒目豚鼠科豚鼠屬。儘管英文名字叫「guinea pig」,但是這種動物既不是豬,也並非來自幾內亞。其祖先來自南美洲的安第斯山脈,根據生物化學和雜交分析,豚鼠是一種天竺鼠諸如白臀豚鼠、艷豚鼠或草原豚鼠等近緣物種經過馴化的後代。因此,這種動物在大自然已經不復存在。
chipmunk
花栗鼠是松鼠科的條紋狀小型囓齒動物。除主要在亞洲發現的西伯利亞花栗鼠外,在北美都發現了花栗鼠。
When the cat’s away the mice will play. 管事的人不在,就開始作亂
squirrel
豚君 CA
scientific(adj.)科學的
scientific evidence has proven the presence of life on Mars.
There is no scientific proof that there is gold at the center of the earth.
地球中心有黃金
Paul is involved in a scientific study on the effect of wild ducks living on this lake.
參與科學研究計畫
skillful(adj.)熟練的;巧妙的
Even though he is blind, David is a very gifted and skillful piano player.
非常有天分 技藝高超
Charlene is very skillful at arranging flowers.
The skillful artist painted colorful scenes on the walls of some of the buildings downtown.
繪製五顏六色的場景
to win the prize
average Joe一般人;平常人
It just means that they're just kind of an average person. There's nothing special or terrible about that person.
to look like +(n.)+from a distacne
up close (and personal)
原是屬於新聞中習慣用語,可解釋為「很詳細、很靠近、非常個人的角
度,來觀察、報導事物;或形容,近距離的接觸(靠近)極深入的採訪事物﹍」。
platypus鴨嘴獸
duck-billed鴨嘴獸
少有的卵生哺乳類動物,用肺部呼吸,棲息地在澳大利亞東部地區和塔斯馬尼亞州,是原獸亞綱單孔目鴨嘴獸科鴨嘴獸屬的唯一一種動物。當鴨嘴獸的標本初次被送到博物館時,奇怪的外觀使當時歐洲的生物分類學家認為這是人類設計出來捉弄人的物種。鴨嘴獸是為數不多的有毒哺乳類動物,雄性鴨嘴獸的後肢有尖刺,可分泌有毒物質
sphynx cat
斯芬克斯貓又稱加拿大無毛貓。是由於基因突變而產生的品種。體重3.5到7公斤,肌肉發達,皮膚皺褶似豬皮。頭部稜角分明呈480度。微呈星型和心型。眼大呈檸檬狀,多數呈紅色,上眼頭斜向尾巴,間距較窄大約100厘米。這是一種對月亮十分敏感的貓。 歷史上有很多關於無毛貓的記載.
extended family(擴散式)大家庭
nuclear family(核心式)小家庭
cousin堂表兄弟姊妹
petting zoo
愛畜動物園
特色是馴養動物和一些溫順可撫摸和餵養的野生物種的結合。除了獨立的愛畜動物園之外,許多普通動物園還包含一個愛畜動物園。大多數寵物動物園的目的是僅提供相對平靜的,帶草食性的馴養動物,例如綿羊,山羊,豬,兔子或小馬,以安全地進行餵養和身體互動。
chill
respect animals
