2007-08-09, Mom Grizzly Teaches Her Cubs 熊妈妈授课

We are set up to film the salmon¹, but they keep darting² away. Hey! What the heck? Grizzly³ bear paw whacks⁴ camera out of position and jettisons⁵ it downstream. Now that was not supposed to happen. Hey! Here is the bear.

And here she is again with her cubs⁶. Yes, it's springtime in Alaska and this mother grizzly is teaching her young ones how to fish so they can feed themselves. I mean it's not like the fish just jump out of the water into your mouth. Well, man, ok, I mean sometimes they do. But it's all a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

This time of year rivers are teeming⁷ with fish and the mother grizzly is traveling to the exact same spot where her own mother taught her how to nab salmon. Ok, mom has finally arrived at her teaching spot. She spreads her rear legs for balance and directs her laser-like glare into the current. When she gets the opportunity she'll grab a fish as it clears the water or pin it underwater with her paw.

Mom's trying to teach, but one of her cubs isn't even watching. When mom finally makes a picture of perfect grab, that's when they notice what she's doing, probably because lunch has arrived.

OK, well, that's enough work for one day, but these lessons have to be learned. A full-grown grizzly can eat 50 pounds of food a day.

1 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

2 darting   

v.投掷，投射( dart的现在分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句

3 grizzly   

adj.略为灰色的，呈灰色的；n.灰色大熊

参考例句：

• This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
• Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来，灰熊不是社交型动物。

4 whacks   

n.重击声( whack的名词复数 )；不正常；有毛病v.重击，使劲打( whack的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Lizzie Borden took an axe, Hit her father forty whacks. 丽兹玻顿拿起斧头，砍了爸爸四十下。 来自互联网
• Grizzly bear paw whacks camera out of position and jettisons it downstream. 大灰熊的爪子把摄像机移出了固定的位置并且把它扔到了下游。 来自互联网

5 jettisons   

v.抛弃，丢弃( jettison的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Grizzly bear paw whacks camera out of position and jettisons it downstream. 大灰熊的爪子把摄像机移出了固定的位置并且把它扔到了下游。 来自互联网

6 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 teeming   

adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 )；到处都是；（指水、雨等）暴降；倾注

参考例句：

• The rain was teeming down. 大雨倾盆而下。
• the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道