聆听悦耳英音 第30期:野生象保护学者Dame Daphne及其纪录片《Born to be wild 3D(2)

 　　嘉宾：Debbie Mason

　　话题：野生象保护学者Dame¹ Daphne及其纪录片《Born to be wild 3D》

　　单词拼写：

　　1、Fragile：not very strong or hard or easly broken ( describe someone or something )

　　2、Metabolism：how quickly you body is working

　　3、Magician：a person who play magic

　　重点俚语：

　　1、Long learning² curve：learn a lot very quickly (steep)

　　2、Show him the basics：learn the very basic thing you need to know

　　3、Just has the right heart : have the kind heart

　　问题：

　　1、What does Dame Daphne say has been proved totally wrong?

　　2、How do baby elephants have to be fed?

　　3、How many baby elephants does she say they have lost?

　　4、In your own words see if you can describe the importance of the right keepers³ to the elephants

　　Eg They can help an elephant choose to live even when it has lost all its family.

　　答案：

　　1、Dame Daphne say elephants raised in captivity can't survive in the wirld is totally wrong

　　2、Baby elephants have to be fed little and often

　　3、she says they have lost 96 baby elephants

　　4、The keeper can change their feeling overnight if the elephants lose their farther or mother

1 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 keepers   

n.饲养员( keeper的名词复数 )；保管人；管理人；负责人

参考例句：

• "Well, we only employ book-keepers and typewriters here. “是这样，我们这里只雇佣会计师和打字员。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• The zoo keepers released the lions from their cage. 动物饲养员把狮子从笼子里放出来。 来自互联网