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It takes four days for the larva to emerge. It gorges1 on its own egg case, before turning to tender milkweed. It must grow fat, build up its reserves for the long migration2 ahead. After two weeks of manic feasting, its body mass now 2,000 times what it was at birth. The caterpillar3 is ready. Anchored by silk, it begins its miracle.
Over the next two weeks, the caterpillar literally4 dissolves into a bag of rich fluid. Its cells sprout5 anew, giving rise to wings, legs, antennae6... and then...
After a scant7 few hours, it's ready to fly. This is a creature truly born to move, born to outstrip8 its parents and grandparents' heroic efforts, carrying aloft the genetic9 hopes of the species. Incredibly, more than a billion super monarchs10 are now taking off. And for the first time in four generations, they're heading south, heading for their winter home.
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1 gorges | |
n.山峡,峡谷( gorge的名词复数 );咽喉v.(用食物把自己)塞饱,填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 );作呕 | |
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2 migration | |
n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙 | |
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3 caterpillar | |
n.毛虫,蝴蝶的幼虫 | |
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4 literally | |
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 | |
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5 sprout | |
n.芽,萌芽;vt.使发芽,摘去芽;vi.长芽,抽条 | |
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6 antennae | |
n.天线;触角 | |
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7 scant | |
adj.不充分的,不足的;v.减缩,限制,忽略 | |
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8 outstrip | |
v.超过,跑过 | |
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9 genetic | |
adj.遗传的,遗传学的 | |
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10 monarchs | |
君主,帝王( monarch的名词复数 ) | |
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