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英语博客：ESL Podcast 761 – Animals in a Zoo

时间：2012-10-09 06:35:43

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（单词翻译）

 　　Deborah: I can’t wait to see the elephants at the zoo. I wish I could see them in their natural habitat, but a zoo is the next best thing.

　　Zach: I don’t want to go to a place where animals are kept in captivity1. How would you like it if you were locked in a cage and gawked at all day?
　　Deborah: The animals in zoos are lucky. They have a nice, safe place to live away from predators2, and their handlers make sure they never go hungry. Zoos preserve endangered species.
　　Zach: If you think it’s so nice living in zoos, I’d like to see you switch places with a lion or a monkey for a month and see how you like it.
　　Deborah: Animals aren’t people. They don’t have the same wants and needs.
　　Zach: That’s what you think. One day, the animals aren’t going to take it anymore. They’ll rise up and break their shackles3.
　　Deborah: And will you be their ringleader?
　　Zach: No, I’ll be their cheering section. It’s about time animals get some respect.
　　Deborah: Have you seen Planet of the Apes?! I’ll reserve a cage for you!
　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

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1 captivity qrJzv     
n.囚禁；被俘；束缚
参考例句：
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
2 predators 48b965855934a5395e409c1112d94f63     
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）
参考例句：
  • birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
  • The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 shackles 91740de5ccb43237ed452a2a2676e023     
手铐( shackle的名词复数 )； 脚镣； 束缚； 羁绊
参考例句：
  • a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism 为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家
  • The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles. 火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。

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