英语听力：自然百科:黄石公园—夏天(13)

She chews its tail first, to make sure the fish can't get away.

首先她咬住它的尾巴,确保鱼不能逃脱。

While the pups are still demanding milk, the mother otter¹ will often keep the whole fish for herself.

这时幼崽仍要求喂奶,而母水獭往往会为自己留住整条鱼。

Her pups are happy enough with caviar.

有了鱼子酱她的幼崽感到非常快乐。

As the flow becomes slow enough for the trout² to lay eggs, there is a brief window of opportunity to spawn³ before the river gets too shallow to swim upstream.

随着水流变得缓慢足以让鲑鱼产卵,在河流变浅以致于不能游到上游前，这是一个短暂的产卵机会。

The female digs a trough with sinuous⁴ flicks⁵ of her body.

母鲑鱼挖了一个槽, 她的蜿蜒身体可以进入。

And the attending male fertilizes⁶ the eggs as they are laid.

而到来的男性们滋养了她们产下的卵。

Millions of new lives.

这是数以百万计的新生命。

1 otter   

n.水獭

参考例句：

• The economists say the competition otter to the brink of extinction.经济学家们说，竞争把海獭推到了灭绝的边缘。
• She collared my black wool coat with otter pelts.她把我的黑呢上衣镶上了水獭领。

2 trout   

n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)

参考例句：

• Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
• We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。

3 spawn   

n.卵，产物，后代，结果；vt.产卵，种菌丝于，产生，造成；vi.产卵，大量生产

参考例句：

• The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。
• These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。

4 sinuous   

adj.蜿蜒的，迂回的

参考例句：

• The river wound its sinuous way across the plain.这条河蜿蜒曲折地流过平原。
• We moved along the sinuous gravel walks,with the great concourse of girls and boys.我们沿着曲折的石径,随着男孩女孩汇成的巨流一路走去。

5 flicks   

（尤指用手指或手快速地）轻击( flick的第三人称单数 )； （用…）轻挥； （快速地）按开关； 向…笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等）

参考例句：

• 'I shall see it on the flicks, I suppose.' “电影上总归看得见。” 来自英汉文学
• Last night to the flicks. 昨晚看了场电影。 来自英汉文学

6 fertilizes   

n.施肥( fertilize的名词复数 )v.施肥( fertilize的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The male sperm fertilizes the female egg. 雄性的精子使雌性的卵子受精。 来自辞典例句
• When the male reproductive cell fertilizes the female reproductive cell a zygote is formed. 当男性生殖细胞与女性生殖细胞发生受精时，就形成了一个合子。 来自辞典例句