英语听力：自然百科 大迁徙之繁衍生息 Need to Breed—1

 They are driven to move, to move and to multiply.

 

 

Possessed¹ by the /insatiable need to breed, they will journey to brutal² African battle fields, and grow on South Atlantic shores.

 

 

For the sake of their young, they will blacken the skies, and terrorize rainforest floors.

 

 

Right now, the world's wild parents are on the march, on the wing, on the run.

 

 

And these are the tales of their sacrifice, the most moving stories on earth, the stories of the great migrations³.

 

 

 

Winter, in the south Atlantic, one of the worst places in the world to be left behind, but that is Johnny /rook's lot in life. 

 

 

 

Here on the deathly archipelago off South America, this bird of pray clings to life, waiting for the migrants to return. 

 

 

 

Now, the flare⁴ of September dawn announces / spring's feeble arrival.

1 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

2 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 migrations   

n.迁移，移居( migration的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It foundered during the turmoils accompanying the Great Migrations. 它在随着民族大迁徙而出现的混乱中崩溃。 来自辞典例句
• Birds also have built-in timepieces which send them off on fall and spring migrations. 鸟类也有天生的时间感应器指导它们秋春迁移。 来自互联网

4 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。