英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(9)

Any land animals cut off from the mainland, had to adapt to perish, and on this island, one species has done so well, it's positively¹ flourished.

而被隔绝的大陆动物如果不能适应就只好灭亡。在这个小岛上有一种动物就适应得很好，种群欣欣向荣。

This is a yellow spotted² monitor lizard³,goanna,a few from this neck of woods,and it's a very successful in abundant animal on this island,

这是一只黄点砂巨蜥。当地人叫它goanna, 它成功地适应了岛上的环境，大量繁衍。

And it made really impressional Captain Cook when he came here in 1770, to the degree when they sunk down to think about a name for the island,

当库克船长1770年来到这里时，巨蜥给他留下了深刻印象。当他坐下来为这个岛想一个名字的时候，

not to be a too long process I think, he thought it's a island, and it's covered in lizards⁴, got it, lizard island, which is rather clever I think, you see why he did that.

我觉得一定没费多长时间。他想这是个岛而且到处都是蜥蜴，有了，蜥蜴岛。我觉得这个名字很贴切。你看到它在这里做了什么呢?

When hunting, the goanna is alert to any movement,if the grasshopper⁵ remains⁶ still, it has a chance of escaping the goanna's attention.

当猎食的时候，巨蜥对任何移动物体都相当敏感，如果蚱蜢不动，它就有机会逃脱。

1 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 lizard   

n.蜥蜴，壁虎

参考例句：

• A chameleon is a kind of lizard.变色龙是一种蜥蜴。
• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。

4 lizards   

n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外，没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
• Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗？ 来自辞典例句

5 grasshopper   

n.蚱蜢，蝗虫，蚂蚱

参考例句：

• He thought he had made an end of the little grasshopper.他以为把那个小蚱蜢干掉了。
• The grasshopper could not find anything to eat.蚱蜢找不到任何吃的东西。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。