英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚 鲨鱼湾的海豚(13)

Puck is about to became a mother for the 8th time.

帕克已经做了8次妈妈了。

The labor¹ could take several more hours.

这种行为会持续好几个小时。

With the light fading, a team reluctantly head back to base.

夜幕降临，小队回到了基地。

No one knows where dolphins go to have their calves²,

没人知道海豚会在哪里分娩，

but that night, somewhere in the bay, Puck gives birth.

但晚上，在鲨鱼湾的某个地方，帕克会生下小宝宝。

The beaches family have a new arrival, Puck's precious 8th calf³ is a boy named Semu.

比奇家庭有了新成员，帕克有了第8个孩子，莎木。

No more than a few hours old, the baby instinctively⁴ shadows his mum's every move.

刚出生几个小时，小海豚就本能的知道躲在妈妈的怀抱里。

Semu calls continuously to her as if to say,I'm here,I'm here.

莎木不断的呼唤妈妈，好像在说，我在这里，我在这里。

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 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》

3 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。

4 instinctively   

adv.本能地

参考例句：

• As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近，她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》