高考The change in how coffee is grown from shade-grown production to full-sun production endangers the very existence of, certain animals and birds, and even disturbs the world's ecological balance.

咖啡种植方式的改变，从遮荫种植到全日照种植，危及了某些动物和鸟类的生存，甚至扰乱了世界的生态平衡。

四级After failing again and again, most animals give up hope.

在一次又一次的失败之后，大多数动物都放弃了希望。

高考Animals are built of many different materials----skin, fat, and more----and light moves through each at a different speed.

动物由许多不同的材料组成——皮肤、脂肪等等——光以不同的速度通过每一种材料。

高考Mom, this is going to take forever! Animal world will be on in 20 minutes.

妈妈，这要花很长时间！动物世界将在20分钟后播出。

六级On the occasions when hunting has been tried, local animal rights people have worked to secure court orders against the hunts.

在狩猎被审判的时候，当地的动物权利保护人员一直在努力争取法庭对狩猎的命令。

高考Understand the value of connecting animals and children.

了解将动物和儿童联系起来的价值。

四级Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he indicates height he most choose between different gestures depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal.

再说一次，在哥伦比亚语中，说英语的人必须知道，当他表示身高时，他通常会根据他指的是人还是动物而在不同的手势之间做出选择。

六级As for our customers, they are all animal lovers, so they would never try to hurt the rabbits.

至于我们的顾客，他们都是动物爱好者，所以他们从不试图伤害兔子。

高考It contained pretty pictures of animals.

里面有许多动物的漂亮照片。

高考Medical research often makes use of the forests' plant and animal life, and the destruction of such species could prevent researchers from finding cures for certain diseases.

医学研究经常利用森林中的动植物，而这些物种的破坏可能会阻止研究人员找到某些疾病的治疗方法。

高考To become transparent, an animal needs to keep its body from absorbing or scattering light.

为了变得透明，动物需要防止身体吸收或散射光线。

六级While calling for animal rights, they allowed their kids to keep pet animals

在呼吁动物权利的同时，他们允许孩子饲养宠物

高考Within a short time, however, the burden of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents.

然而，在很短的时间内，照顾动物的负担就交给了父母。

考研All animals download, but only a few upload.

所有动物下载，但只有少数上传。

高考But a transparent animal doesn't have pigments, so its tissues won't absorb light.

但是透明的动物没有色素，所以它的组织不会吸收光线。

六级It is estimated that 25% of all methane that released into the atmosphere coming from farm animals.

据估计，释放到大气中的甲烷有25%来自农场动物。

高考If you are arriving from overseas, bring no food, animal or plant material into the country.

如果您是从海外抵达，请不要携带食品、动物或植物材料入境。

考研Yet for the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading.

然而，在大多数情况下，动物王国在世界各地流动。

四级New York city police captured a cow on the loose in Prospect Park on Tuesday after the animal became an attraction for tourists while walking along the streets and enjoying the park facilities.

纽约市警方周二在Prospect公园抓获了一头牛，这头牛在沿街散步和欣赏公园设施时成为了游客的一大看点。

六级Asked what they would like to change in the world, the students mentioned only personal concerns such as slowing down the pace of life, gaining good friends, becoming more spiritual, becoming either more materially successful or less materially oriented ( ' , depending on the student's values), and being more respectful of the Earth, animals and other people.

当被问及他们希望改变世界什么时，学生们只提到了个人问题，如放慢生活节奏、结交好朋友、变得更加精神化、在物质上更加成功或更少地以物质为导向（取决于学生的价值观），以及更加尊重地球，动物和其他人。

六级Why do local animal rights people bang on pots and pans

为什么当地的动物权利保护人士会敲打锅碗瓢盆

高考Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

许多农民反对这项计划，因为他们担心狼会杀死他们的农场动物或宠物。

高考Sonke Johnsen, a scientist in biology, says, "these animals live through their life alone".

生物学科学家桑克·约翰森说，“这些动物独自生活。”。

考研In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.

在纽约市大多数无家可归的花园里，植物的实际种植是不可行的，但即便如此，这些构图似乎也常常表现出一种尝试，即材料的安排、色彩的安排、小水池、花瓣或树叶以及填充动物的频繁出现。

高考You are very likely to come across large wild animals, too.

你也很可能遇到大型野生动物。

六级In exchange, he guarantees an above-market price for each animal and a calf-to-customer electronic ear tag ID system like that used in the European Union.

作为交换，他保证每只动物和一头小牛的价格高于市场价格，并向客户提供类似欧盟所使用的电子耳签ID系统。

六级They believe such a diet which includes no products from animal sources can be deficient in many of the necessary vitamins and minerals our bodies need.

他们认为，这种不含动物源产品的饮食可能缺乏我们身体所需的许多必要维生素和矿物质。

四级But when it comes to one of the cruelest crimes—animal fighting—things rarely work out that way.

但是，当涉及到最残酷的罪行之一时，与动物搏斗的事情很少有这样的结果。

四级Now, researchers at New Mexico State University preserving this discovery, which was identified as an ancient elephant-like animal.

现在，新墨西哥州立大学的研究人员正在保存这一发现，这一发现被确认为一种类似大象的古代动物。

四级Roughly half of all federally-convicted animal fighters only get probation(缓刑).

大约一半被联邦政府定罪的动物斗士只得到缓刑(缓刑).

高考Have you ever heard of the trees that are homes to animals both on land and sea?

你听说过树是陆地和海洋动物的家园吗？

六级"We want to improve the quality of animal health and make it easier for farmers to maintain large landscapes where animals roam free," says Sukkarieh.

Sukkarieh说：“我们希望提高动物健康的质量，让农民更容易维护动物自由活动的大型景观。”。

高考Thus humans who lived a million years ago, despite their big brains and sharp stone tools, lived in constant fear of meat-eating animals.

因此，生活在一百万年前的人类，尽管他们有着巨大的大脑和锋利的石器，却一直生活在对肉食动物的恐惧之中。

四级Along with this effort, we're working with animal advocates and state and federal lawmakers to strengthen anti-cruelty laws across the country, as well as supporting laws and policies that assist overburdened animal shelters that care for animal fighting

除了这项努力，我们还与动物倡导者、州和联邦立法者合作，在全国范围内加强反虐待法，并支持法律和政策，帮助负担过重的动物收容所照顾动物打架

高考For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animal shelter.

例如，如果你喜欢动物，在动物收容所做志愿者。

高考For animals their size, ants have been astonishingly successful, largely due to their wonderful social behavior.

对于体型如此庞大的动物来说，蚂蚁取得了惊人的成功，这主要归功于它们出色的社会行为。

高考Some animals are simply very small or extremely flat.

有些动物很小或非常扁平。

六级But Smith counters that if you factor in the hidden cost of government corn subsidies, environment degradation, and decreased human heath and animal welfare, grass-fed is the more cost-effective model.

但史密斯反驳说，如果考虑到政府玉米补贴、环境恶化以及人类健康和动物福利下降的隐性成本，草饲料是更具成本效益的模式。

高考I'm a scientist who studies animals such as apes and monkeys.

我是一位研究猿和猴子等动物的科学家。

六级They would endanger domestic animals.

它们会危及家畜。

高考These animals typically live between the surface of the ocean and a depth of about 3, 300 feet—as far as most light can reach.

这些动物通常生活在海洋表面和大部分光线所能到达的约3300英尺深度之间。

高考The first unique human characteristic is that humans have extraordinarily large brains compared with other animals.

人类的第一个独特特征是，与其他动物相比，人类的大脑特别大。

六级While launching animal protection campaigns, they were trapping kitchen mice.

在发起动物保护运动的同时，他们正在诱捕厨房里的老鼠。

六级A person, for example, who is allergic to cats would probably never become an animal doctor.

例如，对猫过敏的人可能永远不会成为动物医生。

四级She abused animals including her pet dog.

她虐待动物，包括她的宠物狗。

高考On horseback it is possible to get quite close to elephants, giraffes and many other animals.

在马背上，可以非常接近大象、长颈鹿和许多其他动物。

高考While Harold and Erica are certainly not strong or memorable characters, the more serious problems with the social animal lie elsewhere.

虽然哈罗德和艾丽卡肯定不是强壮或令人难忘的角色，但这种社会动物的更严重问题在于其他方面。

六级They are labeled pet animals by the researchers.

研究人员给它们贴上了宠物的标签。

高考On a local level, the damage of the forest required by full-sun fields affects the area's birds and animals.

在地方层面上，阳光充足的农田对森林造成的破坏影响到该地区的鸟类和动物。

四级There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals.

周围有很多雪，地面结冰，这会给动物的生活带来困难。

高考Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy.

每只动物都会睡觉，但原因仍然不明。

六级Champions of this type of regenerative grazing also point to its animal welfare, climate and health benefits: Grass-fed animals live longer out of confinement.

这类再生放牧的拥护者还指出了其对动物福利、气候和健康的好处：草食动物在隔离环境下活得更长。

高考With golden light streaming across the grassy Delta and the animals coming out to eat and drink.

金色的光线穿过长满青草的三角洲，动物们出来吃喝。

四级Rats are often associated with spreading disease rather than preventing it, but this long-tailed animal is highly sensitive.

老鼠通常与疾病传播有关，而不是预防疾病，但这种长尾动物高度敏感。

高考They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal.

它们也可以由塑料、动物骨或金属制成。

高考His latest book the social animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books.

然而，他的最新著作《社会动物》比他早期的著作更具野心和严肃性。

四级If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps, and ask for directions from a human.

如果机器人不确定动物是否适合使用微波炉，它有机会停下来，发出嘟嘟声，并向人类问路。

四级Just because they can't sing opera or ride a bicycle doesn't mean that animal don't have culture.

仅仅因为他们不会唱歌剧或骑自行车并不意味着动物没有文化。

高考When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead.

当秃鹰吃掉其他含铅动物的尸体时，它们会吸收大量的铅。

高考The writer mentions birds and frogs to show how light pollution affects animals.

作者提到鸟类和青蛙来说明光污染是如何影响动物的。

六级Some animal 32 species also display this phenomenon.

一些动物物种也表现出这种现象。

四级Rats are often associated with spreading disease rather than preventing it, but this long-tailed animal is highly sensitive Inside a rat's nose are up to 1, 000 different types of olfactory receptors whereas humans only have 100 to 200 types.

老鼠通常与疾病传播有关，而不是预防疾病，但这种长尾动物对老鼠鼻子内的气味高度敏感，有多达1000种不同类型的嗅觉受体，而人类只有100到200种。

四级The brown animal was spotted stuck on a narrow window edge of the office tower.

这只棕色的动物被发现卡在办公楼的一个狭窄的窗户边缘。

高考True to a gorilla's unaggressive nature, the huge animal meant me no real harm.

这只巨大的动物和大猩猩一样没有攻击性，对我没有真正的伤害。

考研Research on animal intelligence always makes us wonder just how smart humans are.

对动物智力的研究总是让我们怀疑人类到底有多聪明。

高考Instead, you would see plenty of animals with people running after them.

相反，你会看到很多动物和人在追赶它们。

高考Many animals give off pheromones — natural chemicals that can be detected by, and then can produce a response in, other animals of the same species.

许多动物会释放信息素，这是一种天然化学物质，可以被同一物种的其他动物检测到，然后产生反应。

高考I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature.

我了解到鱼是冷血动物，因此对水温非常敏感。

四级At the top of the building, animal control officers put cat food in traps and captured the raccoon.

在大楼的顶部，动物控制官员将猫粮放入陷阱，并捕获了浣熊。

高考David Brooks, author of the Social Animal: the Hidden Sources of Love,Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation.

大卫·布鲁克斯，《社会动物：爱、性格和成就的隐藏源泉》一书的作者，似乎是一长串未能抵制诱惑的作家中的最新一位。

高考I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child.

我最近有了一只小猎犬，这是我小时候第一个也是唯一的动物伴侣。

四级Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestorsYet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat.

生产和运输食品的现代技术带来了更多种类和数量，包括动物蛋白和乳制品的大量增加，使我们比祖先更具活力。即使在仍然可以食用的文化中，也失去了大量的食物。

四级Police turned it over to the animal control department after they caught it.

警察在抓到它后把它交给了动物控制部门。

四级"There's no way on earth that genes from an alga should work inside an animal cell," says sidney pierce from the University of South Florida.

来自南佛罗里达州大学的sidney pierce说：“地球上的藻类不可能在动物细胞内起作用。”

高考Transparent animals let light pass through their bodies the same way light passes through a window.

透明的动物让光线通过他们的身体，就像光线通过窗户一样。

高考One way for an animal to become transparent is to avoid the absorption of light.

让动物变得透明的一种方法是避免吸收光线。

高考From family pets and wild animals to toys, stuffed animal , and media images, animals are a central part of every child's world.

从家庭宠物和野生动物到玩具、毛绒玩具和媒体图片，动物是每个孩子世界的中心部分。

高考Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him.

埃勒斯最终成功地把那只动物哄到他跟前。

四级They allow the animal to rely on sunshine for its nutrition.

它们使动物能够依靠阳光获取营养。

四级After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect change—a state they called learned helplessness.

在经历了这样的经历之后，动物往往保持被动，即使它能够影响改变——一种他们称之为习得性无助的状态。

四级When babies expectations are violated in experiments like the ones performed with the cats, they react much like their animal friends.

当婴儿的期望在实验中被违背时，比如对猫的实验，他们的反应就像他们的动物朋友一样。

六级But I hear her apartment building is about to place a ban on pet animals.

但我听说她的公寓即将禁止宠物。

高考Larger transparent animals have the biggest challenge, because they have to make all the different tissues in their bodies slow down light exactly as much as water does.

更大的透明动物面临着最大的挑战，因为它们必须使体内所有不同的组织都像水一样减慢光线的速度。

六级Some polar animals will soon become extinct.

一些极地动物很快就会灭绝。

六级From self-service checkout lines at supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal bodies in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.

从超市的自助收银台到配备锯的工业机器人，再到屠宰场教他们切割动物尸体的机器，这些越来越智能的机器现在不仅在帮助工人，实际上还把他们踢出了工作岗位。

考研A sacred place of peace, however crude it may be, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need.

一个和平的圣地，无论多么简陋，都是人类的需要，而不是动物的需要。

四级If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps ( ' , 嘟嘟声 ), and ask for directions from a human.

如果机器人不确定动物是否适合使用微波炉，它有机会停下来，发出嘟嘟声（'，嘟嘟声 ), 向人类问路。

四级This help is critically important because the high cost of caring for animal victims is a major factor that prevents people from getting involved in cruelty cases in the first place.

这一帮助至关重要，因为照顾动物受害者的高昂成本是一个主要因素，从一开始就阻止人们卷入残忍案件。

四级A private wildlife management company will release the animal into the wild.

一家私人野生动物管理公司将把这种动物放归野外。

高考Until we don't stop climate change, many animals and plants in the world will be gone.

除非我们不停止气候变化，否则世界上许多动植物都将消失。

四级Some progress has been made in the prosecution of animal fighters.

在起诉动物斗士方面取得了一些进展。

四级Animal experiments by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania had shown that after repeated failures, most animals conclude that a situation is hopeless and beyond their control.

宾夕法尼亚大学心理学家的动物实验表明，在反复失败后，大多数动物得出结论：一种情况是无望的，超出了他们的控制范围。

四级If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals

如果他保持手掌与地板平行，就像在他自己的文化中，当他说出一个孩子的身高时，他很可能会受到笑声的欢迎，在哥伦比亚，这个手势只用于描述动物

高考One thing is clear for these larger animals, staying transparent is an active process.

对这些大型动物来说，有一点是清楚的，保持透明是一个积极的过程。

四级This is Aesop, the fabulist ( ' , 寓言家 ), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships, He says.

这是伊索，寓言家（'，寓言家 ), 他说，这些迷人的小故事的主人公，经常以动物和动物关系的方式讲述。

高考These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation, which reduced plant diversity in the park.

这些动物消耗了大量的植被，降低了公园的植物多样性。

四级In an effort to understand the matter further, I spoke with doctors Mark Beckhoff a researcher and former professor of animal behavior.

为了进一步了解这个问题，我采访了马克·贝克霍夫医生，他是一名研究人员，也是前动物行为学教授。

高考It is about the harmony between man and animals.

它是关于人与动物之间的和谐。

高考It seems obvious that these have made humankind the most powerful animal on earth.

很明显，这些使人类成为地球上最强大的动物。

四级What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate.

动物做什么？有三种主要的方式可以让动物在冬天的寒冷中生存：睡眠、适应或迁徙。