一、From Pole to Pole
1、帝企鹅
- Imagine our world without sun.
想象一下,如果见不到阳光,世界将会怎样?
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Male Emperor Penguins are facing the nearest that exists on planet Earth ——winter in Antarctica.
雄性帝企鹅正面临着南极洲最严酷的寒冬的挑战。
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It's continuously dark and temperatures drop to minus seventy degrees centigrade.
持续的黑暗,气温下降到零下70℃℃ -
The penguins stay when all other creatures have fled because each guards a treasure.
其它动物早已远走高飞,唯独帝企鹅留了下来,因为它要守护着最珍贵的东西。
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a single egg rested on the top of its feet and kept warm beneath the downy bulge of its stomach,
每只企鹅脚上都有一个企鹅蛋,正在其毛绒绒的肚皮下面取暖。
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There is no food and no water for them, and they will not see the sun again for four months.
没有食物,没有水,而且连续4个月见不到太阳。 -
Surely no greater ordeal is faced by any animal.
再没有比这最严酷的考验了。
词汇
- 1、drop to
下降到 - 2、on the top of
在..上面 - 3、depart from
离开 - 4、ordeal
磨难;折磨;煎熬;严酷的考验;
感语
- 生活太难了,没有吃没有喝,4个月的漫漫长夜和狂风暴雪,雄性帝企鹅也真是太拼了。
靠着怎样的精神,它们经受住了这样的严酷考验,那就是守护的信念与群体的力量(抱团取暖)。
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