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Despite his massive size and
a body adapted for swimming,
chases the for forty
or fifty metres across the rocks
Having caught his , the sea lion
carries it out into deeper water where,
by the little body,
he skins his meal
The seas around the are some
of the roughest in the world
that, the southern ocean
is home to millions of tiny
hardly bigger than swallows-petrels
Being so small they are very
vulnerable to the bad weather
A severe storm can blow
them miles off course
and keep them away from
their nests for days
But these birds have developed a very
effective solution to that problem
They lay a rather special egg
Most bird's eggs, left exposed for even
a few hours, will chill and never
But these eggs are different
They can be left for several days
without and remain ...
...while the parents struggle
home through the storm
have also come up with
a good way to avoid most predators
They never come back to the
coast until after dark
These are Thin-billed
Their this
in the
lt'd deserted throughout
hours...
...but as soon as it's dark
and difficult for
predators to hunt...
...the return
As soon as they land, they call
The problem, of course...
...is finding your
among all the others
He's listening out for
his mate's call...
...and down he goes.
The coast
lt's spring and the last of
the winter storms is
The in this sea is in
again and just off shore,
have
returned to feed
For these huge animals, there is a real
risk in coming into such
and each year a good number
of them pay the price
is an ending
for an ageing whale
But so much flesh will not go to waste
A black bear emerges
from the woods
Visitors to the coast that don't come to
breed, have usually come to
A whole range of different animals
have learnt to exploit
the enormous quantity of food...
.....that washes up everyday on
around the world
But like so much at the coast
the quantity of
and is
Nobody can rely on it alone
This even attracted
a shy pack of wolves only too happy
to themselves with the...
... whale
was months before the
finally
cleaned up all the meat
on this huge and...
... gift from the sea
Whales give birth to their young at sea
and so can spend their entire lives there
Other - one of that are
in fact distant cousins of bears
知识点
重点词汇
mammals ['mæml] n. [古生] 哺乳类；哺乳类动物（mammal的复数）；哺乳纲 { :5214}
daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt] n. 白天；日光；黎明；公开 {gk cet4 ky :5270}
violently [ˈvaɪələntli] adv. 猛烈地，激烈地；极端地 {cet6 :6485}
hillside [ˈhɪlsaɪd] n. 山坡，山腹；山腰 {gk cet4 cet6 :6497}
bloom [blu:m] n. 花；青春；旺盛 vt. 使开花；使茂盛 vi. 开花；茂盛 n. (Bloom)人名；(瑞典、西)布洛姆；(英)布卢姆 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :6582}
unpredictable [ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbl] n. 不可预言的事 adj. 不可预知的；不定的；出乎意料的 {toefl :6653}
cautiously ['kɔ:ʃəslɪ] adv. 慎重地，谨慎地 {toefl :7062}
airborne [ˈeəbɔ:n] adj. [航] 空运的；空气传播的；风媒的 {toefl gre :7134}
hatch [hætʃ] n. 孵化；舱口 vt. 孵；策划 vi. 孵化 n. (Hatch)人名；(西)阿奇；(英)哈奇 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :7365}
coastlines [ˈkəʊstˌlaɪnz] n. 海岸线，海岸地形 （或轮廓），沿海地带( coastline的名词复数 ) { :8732}
subsiding [səbˈsaidɪŋ] n. 下沉 v. 下沉；沉淀（subside的ing形式） { :8751}
thrashing [ˈθræʃɪŋ] n. 鞭打；打谷 v. 打扑（thrash的ing形式） { :8770}
Falklands [ ] 福克兰群岛 { :8999}
Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报（letter message）；数据处理（Language Translation） { :9242}
carcass [ˈkɑ:kəs] n. （人或动物的）尸体；残骸；（除脏去头备食用的）畜体 {toefl :9410}
rotting [rɒtɪŋ] vt. 腐败，腐坏之（rot的现在分词形式）；深蚀刻 n. 沤麻 { :9578}
penguins [ˈpeŋɡwinz] n. [鸟] 企鹅（penguin的复数） { :10209}
penguin [ˈpeŋgwɪn] n. 企鹅；空军地勤人员 { :10209}
Burrows [ˈbʌrəuz] n. 地洞( burrow的名词复数 ) v. 挖掘（洞穴），挖洞( burrow的第三人称单数 ); 翻寻 { :10878}
burrow [ˈbʌrəʊ] n. （兔、狐等的）洞穴，地道；藏身处，住处 vt. 挖掘，挖出；在…挖洞（或通道）；使躲入洞穴 vi. 探索，寻找；挖地洞，挖通道；住入地洞，躲藏起来；钻进某处；偎依著 n. (Burrow)人名；(英)伯罗 {toefl ielts gre :10878}
alaskan [ә'læskәn] n. 阿拉斯加人 adj. 阿拉斯加的；阿拉斯加州的 { :11861}
incubation [ˌɪŋkjuˈbeɪʃn] n. 孵化；[病毒][医] 潜伏；抱蛋 {gre :13345}
scavengers ['skævɪn(d)ʒə] n. 食腐动物；清道夫；[助剂] 清除剂；拾荒者 { :15319}
anoint [əˈnɔɪnt] vt. 给…涂油；用油擦；抹油使神圣化 { :15528}
难点词汇
scavenge [ˈskævɪndʒ] vt. 打扫；排除废气；以…为食 vi. 清除污物；打扫 { :17515}
undamaged [ʌnˈdæmɪdʒd] adj. 未毁坏的，未损坏的 { :19148}
plankton [ˈplæŋktən] n. 浮游生物（总称） {ielts gre :19300}
seabirds [ˈsi:bɜ:dz] n. 海鸟( seabird的名词复数 ) { :21036}
humpback [ˈhʌmpbæk] n. 驼背；座头鲸 { :21537}
ignominious [ˌɪgnəˈmɪniəs] adj. 可耻的；下流的 {toefl gre :21869}
honeycomb [ˈhʌnikəʊm] n. 蜂巢，蜂巢状之物 adj. 似蜂巢的 vt. 使成蜂巢状；把…弄得千疮百孔 vi. 变成蜂巢状 { :22513}
flotsam [ˈflɒtsəm] n. 废料；（遇难船的）漂流货物；浮货；零碎物 { :24242}
prions [p'rɪənz] 朊病毒; 小蛋白粒(prion的复数形式) { :28183}
ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}
jetsam [ˈdʒetsəm] n. 漂流到海岸的货物；投弃货物；[水运] 船舶遇险时投弃的货物 { :34785}
词组
humpback (whale) [ ] 大鳍鲸
humpback whale [ˈhʌmpbæk hweil] n. 【动】座头鲸 [网络] 驼背鲸；大翅鲸；驼背鲸鱼
humpback whales [ ] n. 【动】座头鲸 [网络] 驼背鲸；头驼背鲸；鲸鱼
in bloom [in blu:m] na. (花)盛开；充分发挥 [网络] 开着花；盛开着；青春
marine mammal [ ] un. 海洋哺乳动物 [网络] 海产哺乳动物；海洋哺乳类动物
marine mammals [ ] [网络] 海洋哺乳动物；海洋哺乳类；海中哺乳类动物
scent of [ ] 发出...的气味, 有...的迹象
shallow water [ ] un. 浅水 [网络] 浅水区；浅水区域；浅水湿地
spite of [ ] conj.不管,无视
the bull [ ] [网络] 公牛；金牛座；斗牛秀
the daylight [ ] [网络] 曙光；黎明；日光
to breed [ ] 配种
单词释义末尾数字为词频顺序
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