Listening practice: The capelin that can spawn again
High School English Listening Practice.
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High School English Listening Practice.
forage fish、spawn repeatedly、oocyte、semelparity 和 hedge their bets。Pacific capelin:太平洋毛鳞鱼forage fish:饵料鱼;为更大的捕食者提供食物的小型鱼类spawn:产卵、繁殖spawn repeatedly:反复繁殖oocyte:卵母细胞,尚未成熟的雌性生殖细胞ovary:卵巢semelparity:一次繁殖型;繁殖一次后死亡iteroparity:多次繁殖型;一生中可以繁殖不止一次marine heatwave:海洋热浪hedge their bets:分散风险,不把希望押在一次机会……这个短语不是字面上的「对冲赌注」,而是指保留下一次繁殖的可能性。Maintaining the flexibility to survive and spawn again in later years allows adults to hedge their bets.allows。主语是前面的动名词短语 Maintaining the flexibility...,意思是「保持这种灵活性」;宾语是 adults。整句可以理解为:保留活到以后、再次繁殖的可能性,就像把繁殖机会分散到不同年份,从而降低一次失败带来的风险。fisheries.noaa.gov
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