英语听力：自然百科 鲨鱼湾的海豚—10

 Traveling at speeds of up to about 20 miles,they drive the mullet onto the beach.Trapped,the fish have no way to turn.Flattening¹ out their bodies like surf boards,they skim in just inches of water.

The surf mums are the only dolphins in the world who hydroplane and beach like this.

 

it looks fun but this is a high risk game.they can easily strand,but with few effortless wiggles,they are back in the water.what's so fascinating it is the only the mums and daughters who surf like this,i ma getting a lot of exercise this morning,walking up and down on the beach.The surfing mums have new calves²,it is vital  Janet gets photos,so she can follow the daughters who are keeping the surfing traditional going.

we want to know,after they graduate from nursing,whether the calves are going to be beachers,i've got good shots all of them so i am pretty happy about that.it is being a good day for Janet,but there is still no news on Puck or missing India.

1 flattening   

n. 修平 动词flatten的现在分词

参考例句：

• Flattening of the right atrial border is also seen in constrictive pericarditis. 右心房缘变平亦见于缩窄性心包炎。
• He busied his fingers with flattening the leaves of the book. 他手指忙着抚平书页。

2 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
• The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》