时差N小时 熊为何在夏季觅食?(上)

In the movie “The Jungle Book,” Balloo the bear spends his days singing and dancing and munching¹ paw-paws.

在电影《奇幻森林》中，棕熊巴鲁整天的生活就是唱歌、跳舞和咀嚼番木瓜。

Actually, this is a pretty accurate picture of real bears, except for the singing and dancing.

其实，除了唱歌和跳舞，其他描述都是现实中熊的真实写照。

North American bears also spend the summer foraging² for food.

北美熊也会在一整个夏天里觅食。

Even cartoon bears like Yogi and Balloo know that eating is serious business.

甚至像约吉和巴鲁这样的卡通熊都知道，吃是一件人生大事。

Bears must acquire enough fat over the rich summer months to last through their winter sleep, when stored fat is the bear’s main source of energy.

在食物充沛的夏季，熊必须摄取足够的脂肪以熬过冬眠期，这些脂肪将成为熊在冬日里的主要能量来源。

Black bears and grizzly³ bears are omnivorous⁴, and eat both meat and vegetation.

黑熊和灰熊属于杂食动物，他们吃肉也吃素。

The average bear eats mostly nuts, berries and veggies, although bears also enjoy delicacies⁵ like insects, fish and small mammals.

一般的熊多食坚果、浆果及蔬菜，不过它们也喜欢昆虫、鱼和小型哺乳动物。

Female bears have yet another reason for chowing down during the summertime.

雌熊选择在夏天觅食还有另一个原因。

1 munching   

v.用力咀嚼（某物），大嚼( munch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was munching an apple. 他在津津有味地嚼着苹果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements. 他虽然啃着苹果，但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 来自辞典例句

2 foraging   

v.搜寻（食物），尤指动物觅（食）( forage的现在分词 )；（尤指用手）搜寻（东西）

参考例句：

• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火。 来自辞典例句

3 grizzly   

adj.略为灰色的，呈灰色的；n.灰色大熊

参考例句：

• This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
• Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来，灰熊不是社交型动物。

4 omnivorous   

adj.杂食的

参考例句：

• Brown bears are omnivorous,eating anything that they can get their paws on.棕熊是杂食性动物，抓到什么吃什么。
• Man is an omnivorous animal.人是肉类与蔬菜均食用的动物。

5 delicacies   

n.棘手( delicacy的名词复数 )；精致；精美的食物；周到

参考例句：

• Its flesh has exceptional delicacies. 它的肉异常鲜美。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• After these delicacies, the trappers were ready for their feast. 在享用了这些美食之后，狩猎者开始其大餐。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗