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英语听力：自然百科 黄石公园的夏天 Yellowstone—16

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 Bison calves1 are more independent of their mothers. The adults' focus is now set on a ruthless competition to mate. A male bids to enter a herd2 with females in season. He uses dust to accentuate3 all his size and power.

 
Another male already established in the herd, answers the display, and waits. 
 
The newcomer responds by scent4 marking and moving even closer.
 
This challenge can not be tolerated.  
 
The resident male has won. Having seen off his rival, next summer's calves will likely be his-------victory in the dust of high summer. But now there's a larger challenge to the whole of Yellowstone. These clouds don't signal rain.

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1 calves bb808da8ca944ebdbd9f1d2688237b0b     
n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解
参考例句：
  • a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
  • The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 herd Pd8zb     
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
参考例句：
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。
3 accentuate 4I2yX     
v.着重，强调
参考例句：
  • She has beautiful eyes, so we should accentuate them in the makeup.她眼睛很美丽，我们在化妆时应该突出她的眼睛。
  • Mrs Obamas speeches rarely accentuate the positive.奥巴马夫人的演讲很少强调美国积极的一面。
4 scent WThzs     
n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉
参考例句：
  • The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
  • The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

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