英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 珊瑚礁至雨林(11)

There are people living on the island, and the iguanas¹ are not afraid of them, in fact, quite the opposite.

岛上有人居住，巨蜥并不害怕他们，事实上恰恰相反。

It follows the scent² of my barbecue.

它循着我烤肉的香味而来。

Over the last few years, these animals have adapted their behaviour to get used to the presence of man and use man as the potential food source.

过去的数年中，这些动物行为发生了改变，适应了人类的存在，将人类作为一种潜在食物来源。

This ability to learn and change as the environment around you changes is a very neat evolutionary³ trick.

这种随周围环境变化而学习和变化的能力是非常理想的进化策略。

It used to hunting invertebrates⁴.

它从前以无脊椎动物为食，

It changes the behaviour to home in on this appealingly cooked barbecue sausage.

现在则改变食谱定位到这根烤得很烂的香肠。

And in modern world when man's encroached on virtually every habitat.

在现代世界里，人类正在侵犯着每一块栖息地。

It's a very good way of ensuring your survival.

这种行为上的适应性改变很适宜生存。

And the adaptability⁵ has enable the reptile⁶ with the more chilling interest in people.

而适应性更让一种对人类有更骇人兴趣的爬行动物在这片水域兴旺繁衍。

1 iguanas   

n. 美洲蜥蜴 名词iguana的复数形式

参考例句：

• Galapagos land iguanas belong to the genus Conolophus, of which there are currently three recognised species. 加拉帕戈斯陆栖鬣蜥属于鬣蜥属，其中目前得到确认的有三个物种。
• Feral cats in the region could be eating eggs and young iguanas, Gentile speculates. 这一区域的野猫可能正在吃鬣蜥蛋及其幼崽，金泰尔猜测。

2 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

3 evolutionary   

adj.进化的；演化的，演变的；[生]进化论的

参考例句：

• Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
• These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。

4 invertebrates   

n.无脊椎动物( invertebrate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Insects and worms are all invertebrates. 昆虫和蠕虫都是无脊椎动物。 来自辞典例句
• In the earthworm and many other invertebrates, these excretory structures are called nephridia. 在蚯蚓和许多其它无脊椎动物中，这些排泄结构称为肾管。 来自辞典例句

5 adaptability   

n.适应性

参考例句：

• It has a wide range of adaptability.它的应用性广。

6 reptile   

n.爬行动物；两栖动物

参考例句：

• The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。
• So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以，你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。