英语听力：自然百科 鲨鱼湾的海豚—4

 Puck's baby is dangerously late,over the next month,tiger shakes numbers will increase tenfold,as they head south to their hunting ground in the bay.For Puck's calf¹ to stand the best chance of survival,she needs to have it soon.

New born are easy prey².By late morning,pack is leading her family into the Monkey Mia Flats.It is one of their favourite places to fish and where their nickname the Beaches, comes from.

Most dolphins only hunt in deep water,but the Beaches family are shallow water experts.Puck's enormous belly³ prevents her joining the hunt,bouncing along the seabed,she risks getting stranded⁴.

we got the whole Puck family going after this big school of Mxx.

they have just been chasing it closer and closer to the shore.Puck is not gonging all the  way to the beach because she is too big,with belly sxx to more than three times its normal size,Puck retreats into the safety of deep water and wisely waits for the family's return.It is every dolphin for themselves as they chase down their prey.

Reaching speeds up to 20 miles per hour,Puck's son India chases the sxx towards the shore.

Oh,yeah,that'a a serious hunting here.

 

1 calf   

n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮

参考例句：

• The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
• The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。

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 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

4 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。