英语新闻听写 长颈鹿喜欢和同伴共同觅食

According to Geek.com, a new study conducted by the University of Bristol found that giraffes might prefer the company of friends during meals.

Geek.com网站消息称，布里斯托大学的一项新研究发现长颈鹿或许更喜欢和小伙伴一块进食。

It was already known that giraffes tend to choose a mate from within their social circle,

众所周知，长颈鹿倾向于从它们的社交圈中选择伴侣，

and now evidence points to many pairs spending a high proportion of time together while searching for and eating food.

现在有证据表明很多长颈鹿会花大部分时间和它们的配偶一同觅食。

One of the study's lead authors said that an advantage of eating with friends is that "they may be reliable at alarming you if a predator¹ is around."

该研究的主要作者之一表示和同伴一起进食的好处在于“当附近有捕食者出没时，它们可以提醒对方。”

The pairs may also share the same meal requirements, which makes their foraging² and eating behaviors complementary.

配偶们或许还有着相同的进餐要求，这让它们的觅食和进食行为互补。

1 predator   

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。

2 foraging   

v.搜寻（食物），尤指动物觅（食）( forage的现在分词 )；（尤指用手）搜寻（东西）

参考例句：

• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火。 来自辞典例句