聆听悦耳英音 第41期:Swimming with Killers (1)

 　　嘉宾：Debbie Mason

　　话题：Swimming with Killers¹与虎鲸同游的女学者

　　单词拼写：

　　1、Dread：fearful expectation

　　2、Marine biologist：experts who study of animals in the sea 海洋生物学家

　　3、Orca whales：虎鲸

　　4、Predators (review)：hunter

　　5、Oysters：牡蛎

　　重点俚语：

　　1、Critically endangered：extremely perilous²

　　2、On a mission：work was undertaking³

　　3、(Orca) soup：many orcas in the water

　　4、Registered me on the crazy scale：be treated crazily

　　问题：

　　1、How many years has Dr Ingrid Visser been swimming with orca whales?

　　2、Why are the animals becoming critically endangered?

　　3、What did Ingrid study when she was told she couldn’t study orca?

　　答案：

　　1、20 years

　　2、Due to overfishing and high level chemicals in the water

　　3、Oysters ( Sea milk )

1 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

2 perilous   

adj.危险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
• We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。

3 undertaking   

n.保证，许诺，事业

参考例句：

• He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。