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BBC Learning EnglishPeople and PlacesMeeting PenguinsAmber: Hello, I’m Amber3 and you’re listening tobbclearningenglish.comIn People and Places today, we meet Meredith Hooper who’sbeen toAntarctica to get to know these noisy creatures …ActualityWell, for those of you who didn’t guess, I can reveal thatis the sound of theAdélie penguin1! Meredith Hooper has been following thelives of the Adélie penguins2 in Antarctica - she’s writtena book called ‘The Ferocious4 Summer’ in which shedescribes the events from the end of 2001 to March 2002(whichis summer time in Antarctica) when severe weather affectedthe Adélies during their breeding season.
Adélies and Emperor penguins are the only ice-dependentPolar penguin species, and scientists believe that theAdélies may be among the indicators5 of how our climate ischanging. Their numbers are falling and this is linked tothe fact that the sea ice is melting and the penguins needthis ice to build their nests on. As the climate changes,the penguins are losing their habitat, their homeenvironment.
So what is Antarctica like? Well, it’s an absolutely vastspace, sprawled6 across the bottom of the world, and it hasice 2 to 4 kilometres thick weighing it down. But accordingto Meredith Hooper, it is utterly7 beautiful. As you listento her describing Antarctica, try to catch why she is so ‘amazed and enchanted8’ by theplace. If you’re ‘enchanted’ by something, you arecharmed and delighted by it.
I’m an Australian and I didn’t grow up with snow and ice,and I am totally amazed andenchanted by the beauty of ice and it draws me back toAntarctica, to be honest. Ice is there in all forms andshapes and colours. It’s like an endless sculpture. It’salso very forbidding.
There are a hundred-foot ice cliffs that are breaking intothe sea with intense drama and beauty - deep blues9 insidethe cracks - and you watch them compulsively, wonderingwhen the next slide will come and then, suddenly, there’sa crack!
Amber: So Meredith says she ‘didn’t grow up with snowand ice’ – she’s an Australian!
That’s partly why she’s so captivated by Antarctica. Butmost of all, she’s impressed by the beauty of the ice,which ‘cracks’ or breaks unexpectedly as it melts andthen slides into the sea. Notice she compares the ice with‘an endless sculpture’ – it’s like a beautiful three-dimensional work of art that appears to have no end. Butfor all its beauty, she says Antarctica is also a ‘veryforbidding’ place – it’s hostile, dangerous andthreatening.
Listen again.
Meredith HooperI’m an Australian and I didn’t grow up with snow and ice,and I am totally amazed and enchanted by the beauty of iceand it draws me back to Antarctica, to be honest. Ice isthere in all forms and shapes and colours. It’s like anendless sculpture. It’s also very forbidding.
There are a hundred-foot ice cliffs that are breaking intothe sea with intense drama and beauty - deep blues insidethe cracks - and you watch them compulsively, wonderingwhen the next slide will come and then, suddenly, there’sa crack!
Amber: Next, Meredith talks about the Adélie penguins. Shesays ‘they’re everybody’s idea’ of the ‘classic’
Antarctic penguin. ‘Classic’ means of the highest qualityand a perfect example of its kind.
Then Meredith uses several ‘human words’ to describe thepenguins – words we can use to describe people. Try topick these out.
Ah, I think they’re everybody’s idea of the classicAntarctic penguin. They’re noisy – youheard the sound. They smell wonderful. They smell of richliving to me! Some people don’t like it! When you’re withthem, you think it’s a wonderful smell!
They’re … I’m going to use human words – they’reconsidered aggressive. The first explorers thought thatthey stole; they thought that they fought, they thoughtthat they argued. I learned to respect them hugely – they’re tough, they’re determined10; they have a very hardlife.
Amber: How did you do? Penguins are ‘noisy’,‘aggressive’, ‘tough’ and ‘determined’
– they don’t sound very friendly or cuddly11, do they? Nowhere’s a recap of the language in the programme.
enchanted – charmed, delighted habitat – home environmenta sculpture – a three-dimensional work of art forbidding– dangerous and threateningclassic – of the highest quality, a perfect example of itskind and the adjectives we heard to describe penguins werenoisy’, ‘aggressive’, ‘tough’ and ‘determined’
More stories of people and places – with languageexplanations – next time, at bbclearningenglish.com
Adélies and Emperor penguins are the only ice-dependentPolar penguin species, and scientists believe that theAdélies may be among the indicators5 of how our climate ischanging. Their numbers are falling and this is linked tothe fact that the sea ice is melting and the penguins needthis ice to build their nests on. As the climate changes,the penguins are losing their habitat, their homeenvironment.
So what is Antarctica like? Well, it’s an absolutely vastspace, sprawled6 across the bottom of the world, and it hasice 2 to 4 kilometres thick weighing it down. But accordingto Meredith Hooper, it is utterly7 beautiful. As you listento her describing Antarctica, try to catch why she is so ‘amazed and enchanted8’ by theplace. If you’re ‘enchanted’ by something, you arecharmed and delighted by it.
I’m an Australian and I didn’t grow up with snow and ice,and I am totally amazed andenchanted by the beauty of ice and it draws me back toAntarctica, to be honest. Ice is there in all forms andshapes and colours. It’s like an endless sculpture. It’salso very forbidding.
There are a hundred-foot ice cliffs that are breaking intothe sea with intense drama and beauty - deep blues9 insidethe cracks - and you watch them compulsively, wonderingwhen the next slide will come and then, suddenly, there’sa crack!
Amber: So Meredith says she ‘didn’t grow up with snowand ice’ – she’s an Australian!
That’s partly why she’s so captivated by Antarctica. Butmost of all, she’s impressed by the beauty of the ice,which ‘cracks’ or breaks unexpectedly as it melts andthen slides into the sea. Notice she compares the ice with‘an endless sculpture’ – it’s like a beautiful three-dimensional work of art that appears to have no end. Butfor all its beauty, she says Antarctica is also a ‘veryforbidding’ place – it’s hostile, dangerous andthreatening.
Listen again.
Meredith HooperI’m an Australian and I didn’t grow up with snow and ice,and I am totally amazed and enchanted by the beauty of iceand it draws me back to Antarctica, to be honest. Ice isthere in all forms and shapes and colours. It’s like anendless sculpture. It’s also very forbidding.
There are a hundred-foot ice cliffs that are breaking intothe sea with intense drama and beauty - deep blues insidethe cracks - and you watch them compulsively, wonderingwhen the next slide will come and then, suddenly, there’sa crack!
Amber: Next, Meredith talks about the Adélie penguins. Shesays ‘they’re everybody’s idea’ of the ‘classic’
Antarctic penguin. ‘Classic’ means of the highest qualityand a perfect example of its kind.
Then Meredith uses several ‘human words’ to describe thepenguins – words we can use to describe people. Try topick these out.
Ah, I think they’re everybody’s idea of the classicAntarctic penguin. They’re noisy – youheard the sound. They smell wonderful. They smell of richliving to me! Some people don’t like it! When you’re withthem, you think it’s a wonderful smell!
They’re … I’m going to use human words – they’reconsidered aggressive. The first explorers thought thatthey stole; they thought that they fought, they thoughtthat they argued. I learned to respect them hugely – they’re tough, they’re determined10; they have a very hardlife.
Amber: How did you do? Penguins are ‘noisy’,‘aggressive’, ‘tough’ and ‘determined’
– they don’t sound very friendly or cuddly11, do they? Nowhere’s a recap of the language in the programme.
enchanted – charmed, delighted habitat – home environmenta sculpture – a three-dimensional work of art forbidding– dangerous and threateningclassic – of the highest quality, a perfect example of itskind and the adjectives we heard to describe penguins werenoisy’, ‘aggressive’, ‘tough’ and ‘determined’
More stories of people and places – with languageexplanations – next time, at bbclearningenglish.com
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penguin
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| n.企鹅 | |
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penguins
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| n.企鹅( penguin的名词复数 ) | |
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| n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的 | |
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ferocious
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| adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的 | |
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indicators
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| （仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号 | |
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sprawled
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| v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词)；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着） | |
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enchanted
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| adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词 | |
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blues
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| n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐 | |
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determined
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cuddly
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