时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐


英语课

 


Animals in a Zoo 


Rafael: Go away and stop following us. Our club is for boys only. 


Deborah: I can’t wait to see the elephants at the zoo. I wish I could see them in their natural habitat, but a zoo is the next best thing. 


Zach: I don’t want to go to a place where animals are kept in captivity 1. How would you like it if you were locked in a cage and gawked at all day? 


Deborah: The animals in zoos are lucky. They have a nice, safe place to live away from predators 2, and their handlers make sure they never go hungry. Zoos preserve endangered species. 


Zach: If you think it’s so nice living in zoos, I’d like to see you switch places with a lion or a monkey for a month and see how you like it. 


Deborah: Animals aren’t people. They don’t have the same wants and needs. 


Zach: That’s what you think. One day, the animals aren’t going to take it anymore. They’ll rise up and break their shackles 3


Deborah: And will you be their ringleader? 


Zach: No, I’ll be their cheering section. It’s about time animals get some respect. 


Deborah: Have you seen Planet of the Apes?! I’ll reserve a cage for you! 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 captivity
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
2 predators
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 );奴役他人者(尤指在财务或性关系方面)
  • birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
  • The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 shackles
手铐( shackle的名词复数 ); 脚镣; 束缚; 羁绊
  • a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism 为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家
  • The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles. 火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。
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