英语访谈对话 403 Aussie Animals

 　　There are many dangerous animals in Australia like the crocodile for example. When I was in Australia I saw many crocodiles when I was in the north and they did look very scary¹ with their big jaws² and lots of teeth. It was quite scary. We saw them from a boat, so I felt quite safe.

　　Another animal that exists³ in Australia is the spider. There are lots of different kinds of spiders, and lots of different colors. While I was there I saw red spiders, green spiders, yellow spiders, white spiders and also the ordinary⁴ brown and black spiders. They were very colorful in Australia.

　　So there are lots of dangerous animals, but the ones I prefer are the cute animals, like the kangaroo. You see kangaroos all over Australia. There are many, many kangaroos, almost everywhere you go, except for the cities of course. You can see big kangaroos, called red kangaroos, and they are very tall, taller than a person and brown kangaroos and grey kangaroos and then quite small kangaroos which might be brown with black legs for example. They're very cute.

　　My favorite Australian animal, though, is the koala⁵. The koala only eats leaves from the eucalyptus⁶ tree. That's all the koala eats all day, so it doesn't have very much energy, as you can imagine, because it only eats leaves. So most of the times you see a koala, they are very quiet and they look a bit lazy, but I think they're really, really cute and one time when I was in Australia I had the chance to hold a koala, so that was a great experience for me and the koala feels quite soft but its hair is quite hard at the same time but my little koala was really, really cute.

1 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？

2 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

3 exists   

v.存在( exist的第三人称单数 )；生存；（尤指在特殊的条件下或在特定的场所）发现；持续存在

参考例句：

• The plan, as yet, only exists in embryonic form. 这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。
• The club exists on a shoestring budget. 这家俱乐部靠一点小钱艰难度日。

4 ordinary   

adj.平常的，普通的；n.常事，常例，普通的人

参考例句：

• Her new house is certainly out of the ordinary.她的新居真是不同凡响。
• That is quite an ordinary event.那是极平常的一件事。

5 koala   

n.考拉，树袋熊

参考例句：

• The koala is the most popular animal in this zoo.树袋熊是这个动物园里最受欢迎的动物。
• Some species sleep day and night such as the Koala Bear.一些物种白天和夜晚都睡觉，例如树袋熊。

6 eucalyptus   

n.桉树，桉属植物

参考例句：

• Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.桉树油可以很好地缓解肌肉的疼痛。
• The birds rustled in the eucalyptus trees.鸟在桉树弄出沙沙的响声。