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Wild Case Files大自然神秘档案
by Marcus Maurice
The strangest stories from the natural world are investigated this month on National Geographic Channel.
本月国家地理频道将调查自然界最稀奇古怪的事件。

 It confuses scientists when animals act in unnatural ways. In 2005, European common toads were going through mating season at one particular pond in Hamburg, Germany when something totally disgusting happened. All the locals in the area were shocked to find that the toads began swelling up and exploding, scattering body parts and entrails everywhere. However, no one could figure out what was causing this extremely weird phenomenon.
 It's not just Germany that has strange animal behavior. In Cornwall, England in 2008, 26 dolphins became stranded in a shallow creek and died. The strange part of this story is that these dolphins were miles away from their natural habitat, and no one understood how they could have possibly gotten there. In Australia, kangaroos started bouncing into trees, fences, and rivers because they suddenly went blind. In Scotland, dogs have been committing suicide from the same bridge for the last 60 years. As a matter of fact, some of the dogs that jumped off this 50-foot bridge survived and even returned to the same spot to try it again.
 With all these abnormal events happening around the globe, National Geographic Channel (NGC) attempts to solve the mysteries with Wild Case Files. Each episode uses local scientists and experts to investigate three separate incidents. Learn what the red, blood-like liquid falling out of the sky in India was or how a creature constructed a web that surrounded an entire forest in Texas. Can NGC come up with satisfactory explanations for these eerie events? You'll have to tune in to Wild Case Files to find out.

confuse vt. 使困惑
例: The math problem completely confused me.
（这道数学题彻底难倒了我。）
go through...经历┅┅
例: Rita went through a difficult time after she broke up with her boyfriend.
（瑞塔和男友分手後经历一段艰辛的日子。）
disgusting a. 恶心的，令人作呕的
例: Jill can't tolerate her father's disgusting habits, such as spitting in public.
（吉儿无法忍受她父亲恶心的习惯，像是随地吐痰。）
scatter vt. 散布
例: The woman scattered the bread crumbs around for the pigeons to eat.
（那名妇人在她四周洒面包屑给鸽子吃。）
phenomenon n. 现象（单数）
phenomena n. 现象（复数）
例: Mary likes to watch TV programs on psychic phenomena.
（玛丽喜欢看有关灵异现象的电视节目。）
strand vt. 使滞留；使搁浅（常用被动）
例: We were stranded on the highway for two hours after our car broke down.
（汽车抛锚後，我们在公路上受困了 2 个小时。）
bounce vi. 弹跳；弹起
例: The child watched as her ball bounced into the middle of the street.
（那个小孩看著球弹进路中央。）
commit suicide自杀
commit vt. 做（错事等）；犯（罪）
suicide n. 自杀
例: Joan was overwhelmed by the bad news and tried to commit suicide.
（乔安因这不幸的消息悲痛不已而试图自杀。）
abnormal a. 不寻常的；不正常的
normal a. 正常的
例: The doctor said that the abnormal spot on my skin was not cancer.
（医生说我皮肤上不正常的斑点并不是癌症。）
attempt to V企图　试图（做）┅┅
例: Mark attempted to explain why he was going through Mandy's purse.
（马克试图解释为何翻曼蒂的钱包。）
investigate vt. 调查；研究
= look into...
例: The criminal is being investigated by the best detective on the police force.
（这名罪犯正接受警界最佳探员的调查。）
separate a. 不同的；各自的
例: Boys and girls at this university live in separate dormitories.
（这所大学里，男生和女生住的宿舍是分开的。）
construct vt. 建造
例: The government constructed the MRT to help people get around the city.
（政府建造捷运以便利民众在市区内到处走动。）
satisfactory a. 令人满意的
unsatisfactory a. 令人不满的；不符合要求的
例: Lucy's explanation for failing the math test was far from satisfactory.
（露西对於数学考试不及格的解释无法令人满意。）
例: The official found the sanitation in the meat processing plant unsatisfactory.
（该官员发现那家肉品加工厂的卫生条件并不合格。）

In 2005, European common toads were going through mating season at one particular pond in Hamburg, Germany when something totally disgusting happened.注意:
when 引导的过去式子句置於主要子句之後时，when 之前不置逗点，此时 when 表『这时』的概念。而主要子句通常用过去进行式，形成下列句型∶
主词 + was/were + V-ing + when 引导的过去式子句
┅┅正在┅┅这时就┅┅
例: I was taking a shower when the landlord rang my doorbell to collect the rent.
（房东按门铃要来收房租时，我正在冲澡。）
类似句构:
主词 + was/were about to V + when 引导的过去式子句┅┅正要┅┅这时就┅┅
例: Linda was about to resign when she was given a raise.
（琳达正要辞掉工作时，却获得加薪。）

1. unnatural a. 反常的；不自然的
2. toad n. 蟾蜍
3. mating n.（动物）交配
4. particular a. 特殊的；特别的
5. local n. 当地人 & a. 当地的，本地的
6. swell vi. 肿起，肿胀
三态为∶swell, swelled, swollen。
swell up肿起来，肿胀
7. explode vi. 爆发；爆炸
= blow up
8. entrails n. 内脏（尤指肠）（恒用复数）
9. weird a. 奇怪的
10. dolphin n. 海豚
11. shallow a. 浅的
12. creek n. 小湾；小溪
13. habitat n. 栖息地
14. kangaroo n. 袋鼠
15. fence n. 篱笆；栅栏
16. spot n. 地点
17. mystery n. 神秘、难以理解的事物
18. episode n.（电视节目的）一集，一出
19. incident n. 事件
20. liquid n. 液体
21. web n. 网状物；蜘蛛网
22. eerie a. 怪异的；令人毛骨悚然的）

1. figure out.../figure...out理解┅┅，了解┅┅
2. as a matter of fact事实上
= in fact
3. come up with...想出　提出┅┅（主意等）
4. tune in to...收看┅┅；收听┅┅

大自然神秘档案
本月国家地理频道将调查自然界最稀奇古怪的事件。
 动物的反常行径总是困扰著科学家。2005 年，时序正值欧洲林蟾的交配季节，在德国汉堡某个池塘却发生令人大为作呕的事件。当地所有居民发现这些蟾蜍开始胀大并爆炸，身体部位和内脏散落各处，大家对此无不感到震惊。然而，没人想得出是什麽原因造成这极为怪异的现象。
 并非只有德国发生奇异的动物行为。2008 年，有 26 苹海豚在英国康瓦耳的 1 处浅湾搁浅後死亡。这起事件的怪异之处在於这些海豚现身地点距离它们的自然栖息地有数英里之远，没人知道它们怎麽有可能到达那里。在澳洲，袋鼠开始在弹跳时撞到树木、篱笆并跳进河流里，因为它们全都突然眼盲。苏格兰过去 60 年来，狗狗从同一座桥上一跃而下自杀。事实上，有些狗狗从这座 50 英尺高的桥上跳下而生还後，甚至还回到同一地点试图再跳下去。
 面对这些发生在全球的异常事件，国家地理频道欲藉由《大自然神秘档案》节目解决这些谜团。每集节目皆邀请当地科学家及专家共同调查 3 起个别事件。我们会得知从印度天空降下的红色鲜血般液体是何物，或是某种生物如何织出 1 个覆盖德州一整座森林的网。国家地理频道能否针对这些古怪的事件提出令人满意的解释？观众们得收看《大自然神秘档案》才能知道答案。