英语新闻听写 关于海龟的趣事

Researchers have made a fascinating and honestly pretty cute finding about sea turtles.

研究人员发现了一件关于海龟的趣事，这个发现即迷人又相当可爱。

Some are using their flippers not just for swimming, but also to help forage¹ for food or capture prey². In effect, they are using them like big awkward arms.

一些海龟的鳍不仅能用来游泳，还能帮助搜查食物或捕捉猎物。实际上，它们的鳍就像巨大且笨拙的臂膀。

Lead study author Jessica Fujii, a researcher with the Monterey Bay Aquarium³ in California,

研究的主要作者Jessica Fujii是加利福尼亚蒙特雷湾水族馆的一名研究人员，

said in a Wednesday press release, "Sea turtles' limbs have evolved mostly for locomotion⁴, not for manipulating prey.

周三她在新闻稿中表示，“海龟的四肢主要是为了移动而进化，不是为了控制猎物。

But that they're doing it anyway suggests that, even if it's not the most efficient or effective way, it's better than not using them at all."

但是它们用四肢来捕猎意味着，虽然这并不是最有效的捕猎方式，但是总比完全不用要好。”

1 forage   

n.(牛马的)饲料，粮草；v.搜寻，翻寻

参考例句：

• They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• Now the nutritive value of the forage is reduced.此时牧草的营养价值也下降了。

2 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

3 aquarium   

n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸

参考例句：

• The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
• I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。

4 locomotion   

n.运动，移动

参考例句：

• By land,air or sea,birds are masters of locomotion.无论是通过陆地，飞越空中还是穿过海洋，鸟应算是运动能手了。
• Food sources also elicit oriented locomotion and recognition behavior patterns in most insects.食物源也引诱大多数昆虫定向迁移和识别行为。