by 璇璣
Peacocks—Birds with Beautiful Clothing 孔雀—擁有華麗外衣的鳥
by 璇璣
本篇適合:
閱讀、挑戰(zhàn)
同學(xué)們還記得上期“文化長廊”欄目里面提到的赫拉女神嗎?在她的看門人死后,她把他的一百只眼睛放到了孔雀的尾巴里面。細(xì)看,孔雀尾羽的尖端確實(shí)有點(diǎn)像眼睛。當(dāng)然了,那只是一個(gè)傳說,并非事實(shí)。今天,我們就一起來了解一下這種充滿靈性的美麗鳥兒吧!
In all the animalkingdom, the peacock has the most beautiful clothing.Malepeacocks have beautiful long tailfeathers. They canspreadthese tail feathers into a fan. The feathers are usually blue or green.
Peacocks eatseeds, plants, andinsects. They can fly, but they stay on the ground most of the time.Femalesare usuallygrayishwhite or brown.They do not have long tails.
中文大意請(qǐng)見第48頁。
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實(shí)際上,peacock只用來表示雄性孔雀,雌孔雀用peahen,那小孔雀的英文同學(xué)們認(rèn)為應(yīng)該是什么呢? 而孔雀的統(tǒng)稱英文為peafowl。
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peacock['pi?k?k] n. 孔雀(復(fù)數(shù):peacocks)
clothing['kl??e??] n. 衣服
kingdom['k??d?m] n. 王國
male[me?l] adj. 雄性的
feather['fee?] n. 羽毛(復(fù)數(shù):feathers)
spread[spred] v. 展開
seed[si?d] n. 種子(復(fù)數(shù):seeds)
insect['?nsekt] n. 昆蟲(復(fù)數(shù):insects)
female['fi?me?l] n. 雌性動(dòng)物(復(fù)數(shù):females)
grayish['gre???] adj. 淺灰色的