英语听力：自然百科 鲨鱼湾的海豚—11

 The next day, Janet's back on the water, looking  for them both. ”That's probably India.“

It's a relief to see India is safe and well. But Janet is in full surprise. Instead of hanging out with the other young boys as most do, he's with a notorious female and her calf¹. Janet is not impressed.

 

”India should not be with Niki at all, Niki is the only mother in the bay and we call  a bad mother,  she ignores her offspring, sometimes they make it to weaning but they don't survive after that.“

 

India seems to have gotten it all wrong, Niki is a dolphin with no scruples². ” Niki sped in, and she basically stole his fish, and that is an extremely rude behavior  for a dolphin to do, I still cannot believe that she did that, because dolphins are very polite when it comes to hunting behavior, so, I'm hoping he'll find some better companies soon.“

 

A mile away, Janet finds the rest of the beaches' family, she immediately sees Puck's behaving differently, ” I notice Puck comes up, first, I wonder she's ,you know, breathing more. I need more oxygen, you can actually often see she closes one eye. I think she's tired. Puck's up right now, flexing⁴, oh she did a really big flex³ then，see that？“

 

Could this be the moment everyone's been waiting for. Puck is arching her back and then stretching it out. Slow down, Puck lifts her head back and stretches. It's a subtle but very distinct movement.

1 calf   

n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮

参考例句：

• The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
• The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。

2 scruples   

n.良心上的不安( scruple的名词复数 )；顾虑，顾忌v.感到于心不安，有顾忌( scruple的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• I overcame my moral scruples. 我抛开了道德方面的顾虑。
• I'm not ashamed of my scruples about your family. They were natural. 我并未因为对你家人的顾虑而感到羞耻。这种感觉是自然而然的。 来自疯狂英语突破英语语调

3 flex   

n.皮线，花线；vt.弯曲或伸展

参考例句：

• We wound off a couple of yards of wire for a new lamp flex.我们解开几码电线作为新的电灯花线。
• He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.他收缩他的肱二头肌以吸引那些女士们的目光。

4 flexing   

n.挠曲，可挠性v.屈曲( flex的现在分词 )；弯曲；（为准备大干而）显示实力；摩拳擦掌

参考例句：

• Flexing particular muscles allows snakes to move in several ways. 可弯曲的特殊的肌肉使蛇可以用几种方式移动。 来自电影对白
• China has become an economic superpower and is flexing its muscles. 中国已经成为了一个经济巨人而且在展示他的肌肉。 来自互联网