- 英語聽力 奇妙島嶼 16 歌詞
- 英語聽力
- It's home to a living fossil,
這裡是活化石的家
a relict,
一個避難所
barely changed for over 100 million years. The tuatara.
鱷蜥一億多年來幾乎沒什麼變化
And half the world's population survive on this one island refuge.
全世界近半數的鱷蜥生活在這所避難島上
During the reign of the dinosaurs,
在恐龍當道的時代
the ancestors of the tuatara were everywhere.
鱷蜥的祖先無處不在
They survived the cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs,
它們在那場讓恐龍滅絕的災難中倖存下來
but then couldn't compete with the mammals and died out.
但是他們沒法和哺乳動物競爭慢慢的滅絕了
Everywhere, except on what was then a mammal-free New Zealand.
除了那塊沒有哺乳動物的地方——新西蘭，是它們能活下去的避難所
Unlike mammals,
鱷蜥不像哺乳動物
tuatara live life in the slow lane .
它們的生活節奏很慢
Days can pass when they barely move a muscle.
許多天過去了，也許他們還沒動過身上的任何一塊肌肉
Sometimes taking just one breath an hour.
有時甚至一個小時只呼吸一次
They feed on wetas,
他們吃沙螽
beetles and other invertebrates
甲蟲和其他無脊椎動物
but don' t appear very good at catching them.
但是它們不太擅長捕捉這些東西
Even after millions of years of practice,
即使是經過了幾百萬年的實踐
eye-mouth co -ordination is not what it could be.
口眼的協調還是不怎樣
'Survival of the fittest' just doesn't seem to apply here. “
優勝劣汰”的生活似乎並不適用於這裡
The tuatara's survival,
鱷蜥的生存
first on New Zealand,
首選新西蘭
now on Stephens Island,
現在大多集中在斯蒂芬斯島
proves a point - islands are pretty safe places to be,
這也證實了島上的生活還是相當安全的
at least until invaded.
至少可以保證安全直到有其他物種入侵
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