Lesson 84-2 At the Zoo 在动物园

Listen to the dialogues and circle out the kind of animals they are talking about.

英语对话1
A:How tall is it?
B:Very tall, it's about 480 cm.
A:Wow, it's about four for five times of a human. What does it eat?
B:It eats tree leaves.

英语对话2
A:Where does it originally live?
B:Australia, the same as the hometown of kangaroos.
A:Where does it live?
B:It usually lives on the trees.

英语对话3
A:Can it jump high?
B:Yes. And, it can jump forward very fast at about 50 km per hour.
A:What is its pouch¹ for?
B:The pouch is using for feeding and growing the new born cub².

英语对话4
A:Wow,it is huge! Is it a hippopotamus³?
B:No.You see it has horns on its front head.
A:Oh,I got it. ltS horns can be made to a kind of Chinese medicine.
B:Yes.But, now, it's illegal.

英语对话5
A:These look like horsesl Are they zebra?
B:No. They are animals in dessert.
A:Really, don't they need to drink?
B:Yes. They drink water but they are able to store their water in their humps.

英语听力练习题

Listen to the dialogues and circle out the kind of animals they are talking about.
听MP3的对话并圈出他们所谈论的动物。

1.a) tiger b) lion c) giraffe d) deer
2.a) raccoon b) moose c) crocodile d) koala
3.a) panda b) kangaroo c) baboon⁴ d) fox
4.a) hippopotamus b) thinoceros c) chimpanzee d) hyena⁵
5.a) camel b) wolf c) deer d) zebra

英语听力练习参考答案

1.c
2.d
3.b
4.b
5.a
 

1 pouch   

n.小袋，小包，囊状袋；vt.装...入袋中，用袋运输；vi.用袋送信件

参考例句：

• He was going to make a tobacco pouch out of them. 他要用它们缝制一个烟草袋。
• The old man is always carrying a tobacco pouch with him.这老汉总是随身带着烟袋。

2 cub   

n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人

参考例句：

• The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
• The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

3 hippopotamus   

n.河马

参考例句：

• The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.孩子们真喜观看河马在泥中打滚。
• A hippopotamus surfs the waves off the coast of Gabon.一头河马在加蓬的海岸附近冲浪。

4 baboon   

n.狒狒

参考例句：

• A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa.狒狒是一种生活在非洲的大猴子。
• As long as the baboon holds on to what it wants,it's trapped.只要狒狒紧抓住想要的东西不放手，它就会被牢牢困住。

5 hyena   

n.土狼，鬣狗

参考例句：

• African hyena noted for its distinctive howl.非洲鬣狗，以其特别的嚎叫而闻名。
• The hyena's public image is not aided by its ridiculous appearance.鬣狗滑稽的外表无助于改善它在公众心中的形象。