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
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