英语听力：Wild China 美丽中国 -13

 Smart ecology like this is what enables China to be largely self-sufficient in food even today.

 

 

Back in the village, Yang has his own smokehouse, where he preserves his fish ready for market. Longshan carp have unusually soft scales and a very delicate flavor, perhaps as a result of the local water. Meanwhile, outside the smokehouse, there're something fishy¹ going on.

 

 

To mark the harvest, the village is staging a party. Children from Longshan School have spent weeks preparing for their big moment. Everyone from the community is here to support them. The rice growing cycle is complete.

 

 

By November, northern China is becoming distinctly chilly², but the south is still relatively³ warm and welcoming. Across the vast expanse of Poyang Lake, the birds are gathering⁴. Tundra⁵ swans are long-distance migrants from northern Siberia. To the Chinese, they symbolize⁶ the essence of natural beauty. The Poyang Lake Nature Reserve offers winter refuge to more than a quarter of a million birds from more than 100 species, creating one of southern China's finest wildlife experiences.

 

 

The last birds to arrive at Poyang are those which have made the longest journey to get here, all the way from the Arctic coast of Siberia. The Siberian crane, known in China as the white crane, is seen as a symbol of good luck. Each year, almost the entire world population of these critically endangered birds make a 9,000-kilometer roundtrip to spend the winter at Poyang. Like the white cranes, many of south China's unique animals face pressure from exploitation and competition with people over space and resources. But if China has living proof of anything, it is that wildlife is surprisingly resilient.

1 fishy   

adj. 值得怀疑的

参考例句：

• It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
• There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。

2 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

5 tundra   

n.苔原，冻土地带

参考例句：

• The arctic tundra is at the top of the world around the North Pole.北极冻原是指北极点周边的地区，是世界最高的地方。
• There is a large amount of methane gas under the Siberian tundra.西伯利亚的冻土地带之下有大量的甲烷气体。

6 symbolize   

vt.作为...的象征，用符号代表

参考例句：

• Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
• Dolphins symbolize the breath of life.海豚象征着生命的气息。