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【英语时差8,16】墨西哥跳豆为什么会跳跃（上）

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On the table in front of you, it looks like a small, dried bean. Pick it up. To your surprise, it starts to wiggle, shifting around nervously1 in your palm. Suddenly, it squirms back onto the table again. We’ve all heard stories about Mexican jumping beans. What are they, and how do they do that remarkable2 trick? Actually, jumping beans aren’t beans at all. They are the seed pods of a certain shrub3 that grows in the rocky desert areas of northern Mexico and the American southwest. These seed pods can’t jump by themselves. What makes a jumping bean so jumpy is the larva of a small grey moth4 that has burrowed5 inside the seed pod and eaten the seed.


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1 nervously tn6zFp     
adv.神情激动地，不安地
参考例句：
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
2 remarkable 8Vbx6     
adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的
参考例句：
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
3 shrub 7ysw5     
n.灌木，灌木丛
参考例句：
  • There is a small evergreen shrub on the hillside.山腰上有一小块常绿灌木丛。
  • Moving a shrub is best done in early spring.移植灌木最好是在初春的时候。
4 moth a10y1     
n.蛾，蛀虫
参考例句：
  • A moth was fluttering round the lamp.有一只蛾子扑打着翅膀绕着灯飞。
  • The sweater is moth-eaten.毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。
5 burrowed 6dcacd2d15d363874a67d047aa972091     
v.挖掘（洞穴），挖洞( burrow的过去式和过去分词 )；翻寻
参考例句：
  • The rabbits burrowed into the hillside. 兔子在山腰上打洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She burrowed her head into my shoulder. 她把头紧靠在我的肩膀上。 来自辞典例句

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