CNN 2010-02-08

at the vanguard in many cases of accepting alternative forms of lifestyle.

Hey let's rouse a slumbering¹ rodent² and try to predict the next few weeks of weather. Awake young vermins.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you, Punxsutawney Phil!

Unbelievable those guys in the top hat, never get bitten by Punxsutawney Phil. Instead nothing but kisses. Bill Sandler say that he saw the shadows, so you know what that means. Six more weeks of winter.

 

Thanks, Phil. Now go back to bed, you rat
 

1 slumbering   

微睡，睡眠（slumber的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• It was quiet. All the other inhabitants of the slums were slumbering. 贫民窟里的人已经睡眠静了。
• Then soft music filled the air and soothed the slumbering heroes. 接着，空中响起了柔和的乐声，抚慰着安睡的英雄。

2 rodent   

n.啮齿动物；adj.啮齿目的

参考例句：

• When there is a full moon,this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.月圆之夜，这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。
• This small rodent can scoop out a long,narrow tunnel in a very short time.这种小啮齿动物能在很短的时间里挖出一条又长又窄的地道来。