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 In the immortal1 words of Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Part II,”My father always taught me: keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Perhaps no creature has taken this advice more literally2 then the remora, also known as the sucker fish. As the official ocean survival manual clearly states: “Upon spotting a shark, flee, unless you also happen to be a shark.” Or a remora. When a shark approaches, not only does the remora not flee–it swims right up to the shark, finds a nice comfortable spot, and attaches itself with a suction cup located on the top of its head. Why, you may be wondering, would any fish want to be so close to a predator3? If remoras could talk, they would calmly explain something called commensalism–a relationship where one species benefits from proximity4 to the other without harming or helping5 the other species. In this case, remoras benefit from riding on sharks without doing the sharks any harm.


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1 immortal 7kOyr     
adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的
参考例句:
  • The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
  • The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽!
2 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
参考例句:
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
3 predator 11vza     
n.捕食其它动物的动物;捕食者
参考例句:
  • The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
  • Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴,它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。
4 proximity 5RsxM     
n.接近,邻近
参考例句:
  • Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
  • Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。
5 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

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