北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit11 les43

[00:00.00]Unit 11 Working with Animals
[00:06.12]Lesson 43
[00:08.71]1.3 The cheetah¹ is a beautiful animal.
[00:13.97]It is yellow-brown with black spots.
[00:17.78]Most cheetahs² live in Africa.
[00:21.20]The cheetah is the fastest land animal.
[00:25.51]It can run at 70 miles per hour.
[00:30.47]Whales are large animals.
[00:33.72]The blue whale is the largest animal
[00:36.97]on the planet³.
[00:38.69]In fact,it is the largest animal
[00:41.79]that has ever existed.
[00:44.67]A bule whale can be 110 feet long
[00:48.95]and can weigh up to 209 tons.
[00:54.61]Giraffes live in Africa,
[00:57.50]south of the Sahara Desert.
[01:00.04]They eat the leaves from trees.
[01:03.59]The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world.
[01:07.97]It is 19 feet tall.
[01:12.08]Stick insects are long and thin.
[01:16.51]They look like the sticks and leaves
[01:19.73]of the plants that they live on.
[01:22.71]They live in hot regions⁴.
[01:25.37]The stick insect is the world's longest insect.
[01:30.12]It can measure 15 inches.
[01:34.33]There are two types of elephants,
[01:37.90]the Indian elephant and the African elephant.
[01:42.15]The African elephant is the heaviest
[01:45.84]land animal on Earth.
[01:48.53]An adult male weighs up to 8 tons.
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1 cheetah   

n.(动物)猎豹

参考例句：

• The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.猎豹被公认是世界上跑得最快的动物。
• The distribution of the cheetah ranges from Africa to Central Asia.印度豹的足迹遍及从非洲到中亚的广大地区。

2 cheetahs   

n.（奔跑极快的）非洲猎豹( cheetah的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Unlike lions or cheetahs, leopards are secretive, solitary cats. 花豹不像狮子或印度豹，是属于较神秘而隐居的大猫。 来自互联网
• Among this lot are cheetahs, lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, spotted hyenas and elephants. 印度豹、狮子、花豹、犀牛、斑点土狼、大象等，都是此地的居民。 来自互联网

3 planet   

n.行星

参考例句：

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。

4 regions   

n.地区( region的名词复数 )；[数学]区域；（艺术、科学等的）领域；行政区

参考例句：

• A flying doctor service operates in remote regions. 在偏远地区有飞行医生服务。
• More powers are gradually being devolved to the regions. 正逐步向地方下放更多的权力。 来自《简明英汉词典》