英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚 鲨鱼湾的海豚(4)

Son India swims alongside Puck.

因迪亚在妈妈身边游泳。

A five and a half years old,he's still unusually attached to her.

五岁半的它还是很依赖妈妈。

Most young males leave the female families at around four years old, but India isn't in any hurry to go.

大多数雄性海豚差不多四岁就离开了家庭，但因迪亚还不着急离开。

"He knows it's a big bad world out there with the big bad boys, so he's stayed close to mum for now.

它知晓外面的世界有多凶险，有很多坏家伙。所以它还是选择跟妈妈呆在一起。

He's not gonna want to give all this nice family fun up, but he might have to."

它还不想放弃美好的家庭生活。但现在是时候学会放弃了。

With Puck's new baby due soon, India's days with the Beachies are numbered.

帕克很快就要生下小宝宝了，因迪亚在比奇家庭的日子也很快就要结束了。

Across the Bay, most of the females have already had their calves¹, timing² their arrival to well before the big sharks arrive.

鲨鱼湾的另一边，大多数雌性海豚已经生下了小海豚，在鲨鱼到达之前，它们必须到达安全的地方。

1 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
• The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。