早安英文 第169期:美国朋友关注什么世界未解之谜

 英语学习笔记：

totem ['to?t?m] n. 图腾

eagle ['i?ɡl] n. 鹰

legend ['led??nd] n. 传说

monk¹ [m??k] n. 僧侣

smuggle² ['sm?ɡl] v. 走私

transition [tr?n'z??n] n. 转变

cease [si?s] v. 终止

sideshow ['sa?d?o?] n. 穿插表演

capacity [k?'p?s?ti] n. 能力

The most popular would have to be the Sasquatch AKA Big foot. At least that’s what we call him in North America.

最受欢迎的是大脚 AKA 。至少当时在北美地区是这样的。

The native Americans spoke³ of him and even added him onto their totem poles along side animals we KNOW are real like bears and eagles. And native american legend is full of mythical⁴ creatures so why would they choose ONLY big foot to add next to real creatures rather than others? Because to them, he was just as real.

当地美国人说到他的时候，甚至会将他列入到图腾柱沿侧动物，其他的图案我们知道一般是熊和鹰。美国原住民的传说充满了神秘生物，所以为什么他们会选择大脚到图腾，而不是其他？因为对他们来说，他可能比较真实。

Monks⁵ of the Himalayas actually claimed to have a finger of the yeti. It took a lot to coax⁶ the monks into allowing them to take a single finger so they could do tests on it. It was then smuggled⁷ out of the country to be taken back to America but it mysteriously disappeared. Almost as if someone didn’t want the information to be found out.

喜马拉雅山的修道士们声称看到雪人的手指了。用了很久，僧侣们才允许他们采个手指做测试。后来这个手指头被走私到国外，被带回美国，但后来它神秘地消失了，就好像有人不想要这个消息被发现。

You know, some people say that the dàjiǎo guài and yeti is the missing link - the animal that shows the transition from ape to man. If that’s the case, the theory of evolution jìn huà lùn would cease to be a theory, it would be fact.

有些人说大脚怪和雪人是缺失的一环——从猿到人的过渡这一环的动物。如果是这样，进化论就不是一种理论，是事实。

After l looking at the pictures of this guy, I’d say he has some form of microcephaly. I watched a very old movie about sideshow freaks and in the movie they present “pinhead”. The head shapes look very similar. The brain doesn’t develop properly which causes the person to have a child like mind capacity.

我看这人的照片，我觉得他有某种形式的头小畸形症。我看过一部很老的关于杂耍怪胎的电影，在电影中他们把这类人叫做"针头"。因为头的形状看起来非常像。大脑没有正常发育，所以心智就像小孩子一样。

1 monk   

n.和尚，僧侣，修道士

参考例句：

• The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
• Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。

2 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。

5 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 coax   

v.哄诱，劝诱，用诱哄得到，诱取

参考例句：

• I had to coax the information out of him.我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
• He tried to coax the secret from me.他试图哄骗我说出秘方。

7 smuggled   

水货

参考例句：

• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网