Animals Sixth Sense
A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals,____1____, seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that1 they possess a sixth sense for____2____, experts said.
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean islands coast clearly____3____ wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
No elephants are dead, not____4____ a dead rabbit. I think animals can____5____ disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening, H. D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lankas Wildlife Department, said about one month after the tsunami attack. The____6____ washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lankas biggest wildlife____7____ and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
There has been a lot of____8____ evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven, said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior____9____ at Johannesburg Zoo.
There have been no____10____ studies because you cant really test it in a lab or field setting2, he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this____11____
Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain____12____ especially birds ... there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters/ said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.
Animals____13____ rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators.
The notion of an animal sixth sense or____14____ other mythical power is an enduring one3 which the evidence on Sri Larikas ravaged coast is likely to add to.
The Romans saw owls____15____ omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.
词汇:
tsunami / ts?n?m? / n.海啸
trigger / tr?g? / v.引发,触发
ravaged / r?v?d?id / adj.被毁坏的
leopard / lep?d / n.豹
eruption / ?r?p??n / n.喷发
migrate / ma?gre?t / v.迁移
volcanic / v?lk?n?k / adj.火山的
concur / k?nk?? / v.同意,赞成
impending / ?mpend?? / adj.迫近的
predator / pred?t? / n.食肉动物
mythical / m??kl / adj.神话般的
owl / a?l / n.猫头鹰
omen / ??m?n / n.预兆,征兆
endow / ?nda? / v.赋予
注释:
1.adds weight to notions that:更加相信
2.field setting:field意为实地,野外,setting意为环境。field setting可译为野外环境。
3.enduring one:由来已久的信念。one指代在句首出现的notion。enduring意为持久的,永久的。
练习:
1.A therefore B however C although D whatever
2.A shelters B foods C disasters D water
3.A missed B protected C raised D caught
4.A such B too C so D even
5.A feel B see C hear D sense
6.A waves B tides C winds D rivers
7.A birthplaces B playground C reserve D storage
8.A experimental B apparent C scientific D chemical
9.A specialist B assistant C supporter D sponsor
10.A additional B specific C especial D exceptional
11.A modification B detection C assessment D value
12.A route B behavior C principle D phenomenon
13.A unwillingly B occasionally C doubtfully Dcertainly
14.A some B much C many D few
15.A on B as C for D in
答案与题解:
1.B 第一句说的是海啸造成了巨大的人员伤亡,第二句说的是动物能逃脱海啸的袭击。两句意思相反,所以要用however承接上文。
2.C 上文说的是:海啸是一种自然灾害,所以sixth sense范围只能是disasters,不能是shelters,foods或water。
3.A 本句继续在对比海啸造成的人员伤亡和动物能逃脱海啸这一现象。答案应该是选项A。其他三个选项的词义与上下文都不相配。
4.D 从上下文判断,本句的意思应该是:没有大象死亡,甚至连一只野兔或兔子也没有死亡。甚至的英语是even。
5.D 全文说的是动物的第六感觉,而feel,see,hear都属于前五个感觉,所以不是正确答案。
6.A 本说的是海的巨浪将洪水带到离海岸远达2英里的地方。正确答案应该是waves。
7.C 从上下文判断,本句的意思应该是:Yala国家公园是斯里兰卡野生动物最大的保护区,而birthplaces、 playground和storage都与上下文表达的意思接不上,因此不是答案。reserve的意思是保护区,不是储备或 保留。因此,选项C是答案。
8.B 下一句说,这些迹象并没有被证实。因此,这些迹象不可能是scientific的。而experimental和 chemical的词义与上下文不配合,因此也不是答案。只有apparent与上下文的意思相配。apparent的迹象还需得到科学的验证。
9.A 在动物园里工作并发表对动物行为的专业性见解的人一定是专家学者。其他三个选项都不合适。
10.B 本段第一句是说明为什么evidence没有得到科学验证。原因是科学家无法在实验室或野外进行特定的实验,以验证动物预见灾难的第六感觉。理解了上下文的意思,就知道选specific是最合适的。其他三个选项的词义与上下文不符,additional,especial和 exceptional分别是额外的、特别的和例外的意思。
11.C concurred with支配的宾语应该是view,opinion,judgment这一类词。前面句子说的是某位科学家指出无法验证动物预见灾难的第六感觉的困难所在,其他专家也同意这一看法,所以选assessment是正确的。
12.D 本句说的是动物特别是鸟有捕捉灾难来临前某些征兆的能力。route、behavior和principle与上述意思相去甚远,只有phenomenon是答案。
13.D 根据常识判断,动物是要依赖味觉、听觉等逃避食肉动物的攻击。unwillinglyoccasionally和doubtfully与上述意思有俘,只有certainly是合适的选项。
14.A 从本句的意思判断,应该是某种神奇的能力,所以要选some。
15.B 本句的意思是将看成,而英语的用词是see ... as,所以要选as。
译文:动物的第六感
2004年12月由印度洋海域地震引发的海啸造成亚洲和东非数万人死亡。但野生动物们似乎躲过了可怕的海啸的袭击。有专家表示,这进一步证实了动物对自然灾难有第六感的观点。
斯里兰卡负责野生动物的官员表示,巨浪席卷印度洋海岛沿岸,淹死了两万四千多人,但野生动物似乎都幸免于难,目前尚未发现一具动物的尸体。
斯里兰卡野生动物部门的副部长H. D.拉特纳亚克在海啸袭击过后一个月说道:没有一头大象死亡,甚至没有一只野兔死亡。我认为动物能够感知灾难。它们有第六感,它们知道灾难何时发生。海洪冲向离岸二英里远的亚拉国家公园,这里是斯里兰卡最大的野生动物保护区,生活着几百头野生大象和一些美洲豹,海啸引发的洪水使亚拉国家公园所在的东南部地区变得一片狼藉。
每当火山爆发或地震发生前,动物们的行为就会发生许多异常,比如犬吠或鸟类迁徙,但这些现象尚未得到科学证明。南非约翰内斯堡动物园的动物行为专家马修?范?利罗普说。
他对路透社记者说:目前还没有这方面的专门研究,因为你无法在实验室或实际环境中进行真正的试验。其他专家也同意这一看法。
野生动物似乎能够感知某些特殊现象,尤其是鸟类。很多报告显示鸟类能察觉即将来临的灾难。克莱夫?沃克这样说,他曾经写过数本关于非洲野生动物的书。
一些动物确实是依靠嗅觉或听觉等人类已知的官能来躲避危险的,比如食肉动物。
关于动物第六感的说法已有很长时间,斯里兰卡被摧残的海滩可能会为这一说法再添一笔证据。
罗马人把猫头鹰视为迫近凶险的征兆,很多古代文明都将大象看做拥有特殊能力或特征的圣兽。
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