情景英语口语100主题 084animals动物

084　animals

Words
Wild domesticated¹ bear wolf elephant giraffe whale shark snake monkey rat mouse rabbit panda cow sheep pig horse tiger dragon phoenix² chicken bird lizard³


Phrases
Conduct animal experiments
Keep an animal in a zoo
Cause a species⁴ to die out
Become extinct⁵ / endangered
Protect a species
Breed animals (for food)

Beginner
A: I was just watching a documentary⁶ on tv about people us dogs for various purpose. It was very interesting.
B: I love dogs. They have been used as guards for centuries. Nowadays, they are often used to find illegal drugs and bombs by the police and customs officers.
A; the documentary also pointed⁷ out that they are used by shepherds to round up sheep and by rescue workers to find people trapped under rubble⁸ or snow.
B; horses are useful to people too. We use them for sports and recreation.
A: don’t forget that horses are still used in many countries to pull ploughs and carts.
B: can you ride a horse?
A: yes, I can. I don’t ride regularly though. How about you?
B: I can ride too. Perhaps we could go horse riding together at the weekend?
A: what a good idea!


Intermediate⁹
A; what do you think of the way people use and treat animals?
B: I think most people treat animals well, but we are often cruel to animals. When we raise animals for food, the conditions they live in are often poor.
A; perhaps people should stop eating animals. We could grow more crops.
B; what would you do with all the animas? You couldn’t just let them go. Besides, some people would still hunt them. Meat has become an integral¹⁰ part of our diet.
A; we could provide them with better conditions anyway. We should certainly try to improve the conditions at zoos. We should try to recreate the natural conditions as much as possible.
B: that’s true. I think zoo are a good idea, because they allow people to get close to animals. I think it’s good for kids to see wild animals.
A; I agree. I’m an adult and I love going to the zoo. I don’t like animals experiments though. I believe that we can do tests in other ways.
B; I read that the number of animals being used in experiments is falling dramatically as new techniques are being introduced.
A: that’s good news. The good thing is that most people treat their pets well.
B; sometimes you read about people who have been cruel to pets or other animals, but those stories are rare.
A: have you every given money to any of the charities that take care of animals.
B: yes, I have. They do an excellent job.

1 domesticated   

adj.喜欢家庭生活的；（指动物）被驯养了的v.驯化( domesticate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He is thoroughly domesticated and cooks a delicious chicken casserole. 他精于家务，烹制的砂锅炖小鸡非常可口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The donkey is a domesticated form of the African wild ass. 驴是非洲野驴的一种已驯化的品种。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

3 lizard   

n.蜥蜴，壁虎

参考例句：

• A chameleon is a kind of lizard.变色龙是一种蜥蜴。
• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。

4 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。

5 extinct   

adj.灭绝的，不再活跃的，熄灭了的，已废弃的

参考例句：

• All hopes were extinct.所有希望都破灭了。
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。

6 documentary   

adj.文献的；n.纪录片

参考例句：

• This case lacked documentary proof.本案缺少书面证据。
• I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。

7 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

8 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

9 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

10 integral   

adj.必不可少的，构成整体所必需的

参考例句：

• She is our best player,who is integral to our team.她是我们最好的球员，我们队离不开她。
• That's an integral part of the country.那是构成国家所必需的一部分。