动物世界的那些事儿

A lizard with red and blue features bears more than a passing resemblance to the Marvel comic superhero Spiderman, the Daily Mail reported.

据英国报道，一只体表有着红蓝斑纹的蜥蜴，其外形与惊奇漫画的超级英雄蜘蛛侠非常相似。

carbon copy: 非常相似的人或物

例句1：She made her room a carbon copy of the hotel room we stayed last year.

她把屋子布置得和我们去年住过的酒店房一模一样。

例句2：He's a carbon copy of his twin brother.

他和孪生兄弟长得一模一样。

The grey squirrel in Morro Rock Park, California just can't say no to a snack from visitors, the Daily Mail reported.

据英国《每日邮报》报道，加州摩洛岩石保护区的这只灰松鼠对游客们的零食来者不拒。

out of shape: 处于不良的健康状况（多指肥胖）

例句1：Men who stay fit can lower their risk of dying from a heart condition by 30 percent as compared with those who are out of shape.

与身体状态不佳的男性相比，身体素质好的男性死于心脏病的机率低30％。

例句2：He looks old and out of shape.

他看起来又老又肥。

Lizzy the cat has made herself at home in a chicken pen and now takes turns with the mother hen to look after the unborn chicks by keeping the eggs warm, the Daily Mail reported.

据英国《每日邮报》报道，猫咪里兹在鸡舍里一直过的很惬意。现在，它和母鸡轮流照看还未出生的小鸡，总是把鸡蛋焐得暖暖的。

like-minded: 志趣相投的

例句1：He founded the company with a group of like-minded people.

他在与一群志向相似的人共同创办了这个公司。

例句2：The speed dating agency brings like-minded single people together for social events.

这家速配机构给志同道合的单身男女创造社交的机会。

Award-winning photographer Joe Petersburger was lucky enough to capture the hunting kingfisher in this breathtaking sequence of images, the Daily Mail reported.

据英国《每日邮报》报道，获奖摄影师乔·彼得斯伯格幸运地捕捉到一组激动人心的翠鸟捕鱼镜头。

nose dive: 俯冲，用来比喻盈利或者价格的直线下降或者暴跌

飞机正在行驶中汽油消耗完了，或者引擎偏偏在半空中出了故障，这时这架飞机会发生什么情况呢？很可能会这样——nose dive，即飞机急速下降，换句话说是俯冲。这个习惯用语被广泛应用在航空之外的其它方面，例如股票市场或者商业贸易。

例句：It's not good news — our profits took a real nose dive the last couple of months. In fact they're down about 50 percent from the same time last year.

这可不是什么好消息。这几个月来我们的盈利确实直线下降，和去年同期相比下降了几乎百分之五十。

A young "hebra," an offspring from a female zebra and a male horse, was born at a safari park in Stukenbrock, Germany in 2007.

2007年，在德国施图肯布罗克的一家野生动物园中，诞生了一匹母斑马与公马杂交的小马驹。

a horse of a different color: 完全是另一回事

例句：Taking the exam is one thing but passing it is a horse of a different color.

考试是一回事，而通过考试又是另一回事。

A 20 ton sperm whale lies dead after beaching on May 31, 2011 in Cleveland, England.

2011年5月31日，一条重达20吨的抹香鲸在英国克利夫兰郡的海滩上搁浅死亡。

feel like a fish out of water: 格格不入

例句：I'm not used to hanging out with the big shots. It made me feel like a fish out of water.

我不习惯跟大人物混在一起，感觉格格不入。

※ “格格不入”的其他表达：

例句1：His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.

他在这里出现，显得有些格格不入。

例句2：She is out of step with modern life.

她与现代生活格格不入。

例句3：Dishonesty is foreign/alien to his nature.

弄虚作假与他的本性水火不容。

例句4：His ideas were out of tune with the period in which he lived.

他的思想与他所处的那个时代格格不入。

例句5：I never fit in at school.

我在学校一直都格格不入。

※ Whales are marine mammals instead of fish. 鲸鱼并不是鱼，而是生活在海中的哺乳动物。