____(1)____ the elephant, the arctic polar bear is one of the largest land animals on earth. They can normally be found living among the ice floes, islands and ice fields above the Arctic Circle. They depend on sea ice as a ____(2)____ for hunting and making dens. Usually the average weight of a single polar bear is over a ton and the size of a male bear is three times as big as a female one. Polar bears are born to be excellent swimmers due to physical adaptation to their environment. They have wide paws, which function as paddles and tools to swim faster and to ____(3)____ their weight when walking on ice. Moreover, the polar bear has two layers of fur; the inner layer traps the heat close to their body and repels water when the animal is submerged in ice-cold water, while the outer one reflects light and gives the bear it's distinctive white color, which serves as ____(4)____ in this icy landscape. Despite the apparent white color of the polar bear, the color of their skin and tongues is actually black. This darker skin tone serves to absorb rays from the sun.
Polar bears are carnivores and stand on the top of the food chain. They wait on sea ice until sea animals come to the water's surface to breathe. The polar bears ____(5)____ their opportunities and grasp animals such as ringed fish and bearded seals with their teeth or paws, and then drag them to shore. They will also feed on deceased animal remains such as ____(6)____ of large whales. Female bears experience eight months of pregnancy in each breeding cycle. In preparation for pregnancy, mother polar bears build dens on floating pieces of sea ice using drift and ice chunks. During hibernation, they ____(7)____energy to survive for the arrival of newborn cubs and a new season of breeding in late spring, since it is generally dangerous to breed when they are lean. 和大象一樣, 北極熊也是地球上最大的陸地動物之一. 他們通常生活在北極圈以北的浮冰, 冰島或冰原上. 他們以海冰作為獵食, 築巢的棲息地. 通常北極熊的平均重量約為一噸重, 而一隻公熊的體積大約是母熊的三倍大. 為適應環境而發展出的身體結構, 北極熊生為絕佳的游泳高手. 他們擁有寬厚的熊爪. 厚爪的功用可作為增加游泳速度的槳, 捕魚的工具,更可分散行走在冰上時的重量. 此外, 北極熊有兩層毛皮, 內層的毛皮維持靠近皮膚的熱量, 更可以在北極熊泡在冰冷海水裡時排水; 而外層的毛皮則反射光線讓熊毛呈現白色,因而作為在雪地生存的保護色. 儘管北極熊毛是白色的, 但他們的皮膚和舌頭卻是黑色的. 黑色的皮膚最大的功用則可吸收太陽光的熱能. 北極熊所屬為食物鏈最高層的肉食動物層. 他們在海冰層等待海中的動物靠近地表層呼吸氧氣. 等到動物靠近,他們就會抓住機會用大爪和尖齒一抓, 把他們拖上岸上.他們會吃動物屍體像是大型鯨魚. 在每個哺育期母熊會經歷八個月的懷孕期. 懷孕準備階段, 母熊會開始在大塊浮冰上用冰塊和流冰來築巢. 在冬眠期, 為了避免母熊在哺乳時的瘦弱體質而帶來的危險,他們需要即將誕生的幼獸和晚春時的哺育期而儲備能量. the Arctic Circle 北極圈 floe (n) 浮冰 den (n) 獸巢 adaptation (n) 適應 (v) adapt to 使?適應 paddle (v/n) 槳 function (n) 功用; (v) (機器)運作 trap (v) 設陷阱捕抓 (n) 陷阱 repel (v) 防, 驅除 submerge (v) 把?浸入水中 distinctive (adj) 有特點的 landscape (n) (陸上) 風景 apparent (adj) 外觀的, 外表的 absorb (v) 吸收 carnivore (n) 肉食動物 due to 由於 ex. The car accident occurred due to his careless driving behavior. . 由於他大意地開車行為導致車禍的發生. grasp (v) 抓 remain (n) 殘骸,屍體 pregnancy (n) 懷孕 pregnant (adj) 懷孕的 breeding cycle (n) 哺育期 reparation (n) 賠償金 chunk (n) 大塊 food chain 食物鏈 hibernation (n) 冬眠 lean (v) 傾身倚靠 (n) 瘦肉 (adj) (人, 獸) 無營養的, 精瘦的 |
Halloween is perhaps one of the most exciting celebrations of the year for children in North America. On this ___(8)___ early winter evening, millions of youngsters ___(9)___ in elaborate costumes and run through their neighborhoods, shouting, "trick or treat!" at each door. They are ___(10)___ with candies, which are dropped into their rucksacks, pillowcases, or plastic pumpkin shaped buckets. People decorate the ___(11)___ of their houses with frightening images such as black cats, Jack-o-lanterns, witches, ghosts, and other scary monsters. The celebration in fact has roots that can be traced back to the ancient Celtic harvest festival, called Samhain. The Celts would dress up in costumes to scare off the evil spirits that were thought to ___(12)___ the villages and fields at this ___(13)___ time of the year between summer and winter. Halloween is also sometimes ___(14)___ the Catholic 'All Saints Day', or 'All Hallows Day' on November 1st. This is the ___(15)___ of the term, 'Halloween', or 'All Hallows Eve', since it occurs on the night before the Christian holiday. 對北美的孩童而言, 萬聖節也許是一年中最令人興奮的慶祝活動之一. 在這個寒冷而清新的早冬的夜晚, 上百萬的孩子會穿上他們精心製作的萬聖節服裝, 走在鄰近地區挨家挨戶的喊著"不給糖, 就搗蛋"！他們的?賞就是那些可放進他們帶著的布包, 枕頭套和南瓜形狀的塑膠桶中的糖果. 大人們則會用些嚇人的裝飾品, 像是黑貓, 傑克南瓜燈, 女巫, 鬼怪和其他的恐怖的怪獸, 來佈置整個屋子的外圍. 萬聖節的慶祝活動其實可以追朔到古時Celtic人的豐年祭慶典, 慶典的名字叫做Samhain. Celtic族人會用扮裝來嚇跑那些會在夏冬之間季節交替時出來危害村莊和田野的惡靈. 萬聖節常和天主教中11月1日的"全聖節"或 "全敬節"聯想在一起. 因為萬聖節是在這個天主教的節日的前夕, 這就是萬聖這個字來自於 'Hallow聖人ween' 或 'All所有的 Hallow聖人 Eve前夕'. elaborate (adj) 精心製作的 rucksacks (n) 帆布背包 pillowcases (n) 枕頭套 Jack-o-lanterns (n) 傑克南瓜燈 costume (n) 服裝 harvest (n/v) 收穫 spirit (n) 精神, 靈魂 Christian (n) 基督教徒 Catholic (adj) 天主教的 brisk (adj)寒冷而清新的 brink (n) (死亡危險) 邊緣 brittle (adj) 難相處的, 易損壞的 extension (n) 延期, 分機 externals (n) 外表 (人) exterior (n) 外部, 外觀 trace back 回朔 dress down 梳理馬毛; (口)擊潰 dress up 盛裝打扮 be associated with 和…聯想在一起 extent (n) 寬度 transcriptional (adj) 錄音的 transitional (adj) 轉變的, 過渡期的 transactional (adj) 交易的 transmissive (adj) 能傳送的 origin (n) 來源, 起因 original (adj) 最初的, 原始的 originally (adv) 最初地 originality (n) 獨創力, 首創 |
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