【正文】 . 接著發(fā)生　　intrigue v. 引起興趣　　indignity n. 侮辱　　snout n. 口鼻部　　shove v. 硬推　　aquaplane n. 駕浪滑水板　　oceanarium n. 水族館　　swoop v. 猛撲　　belly n. 腹部　　equilibrium n. 平衡　　butt v. 碰撞　　crack n. 重擊　　【課文注釋】　　 intelligent they may be，不管它們有多聰明，這是一個讓步狀語從句，相當于no matter how intelligent they may be。　　no matter what/how/who/which/where = whatever/however/whoever/whichever/wherever　　例句：Whatever you say, I will not change my mind. = No matter what you say, I will not change my mind.　　不管你說什么，我都不會改變主意的。　　 sb with sth，把某事歸功于某人?！　f people credit someone with an achievement or if it is credited to them, people say or believe that they were responsible for it.　　例句：Until now I’ve always credited you with more sense.　　在這以前，我一直都認為你不至如此糊涂?！　?of curiosity，出于好奇?！　ou use out of to say what feeling or reason causes someone to do something. out of+名詞：出于……，由于……。　　例句：He has been taking care of her out of the sense of guilt.　　出于負罪感，他一直在照顧她?！　?in riding the bow waves of a ship，就像它們追逐被船首犁開的浪花一樣?！　? as has been reported, they have protected humans from sharks...，as是關(guān)系代詞，代替they have protected humans from sharks。　　 battle ensued，隨之發(fā)生搏斗?！　f something ensues, it happens immediately after another event, usually as a result of ，接著。　　例句：Bitter arguments ensued from this misunderstanding.　　這一誤會引發(fā)了激烈的爭論。　　 it be bird, fish or beast...，這是一個讓步狀語從句，用的是虛擬語氣形式?！　?intrigued with，對……感興趣?！　、賗ntrigue (with sb) gainst sb：(聯(lián)合某人)對某人搞陰謀詭計。　　例句：She was intriguing with her sister against her mother.　　她和妹妹串通搗鬼跟母親作對?！　、趇ntrigue sb，激起某人的興趣?！　±洌篧hat you say intrigues me。 tell me more.　　你說的很有意思，多給我講些吧?！　?to，屈服，屈從于?！　、買f you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to 。　　例句：She refused to submit to his control.　　她不屈服于他的控制?！　、贗f you submit a proposal, report, or request to someone, you formally send it to them so that they can consider it or decide about ?！　±洌篜lease submit your application form in quadruplicate.　　請交申請表一式四份?！　?dear life，拼命地?！　±洌篈s soon as they saw the farmer ing, the boys dropped the apples they had stolen, and ran for dear life.　　一看見有農(nóng)工走過來，那群孩子們就丟掉偷摘的蘋果，拼命跑來了?！　?no sooner recovers his equilibrium than the next porpoise es along and hits him another ，就被一只海豚擊倒?！　o sooner...than/hardly...when，這兩個詞組表示“一……就……”?！　±洌篧e had ardly begun our walk when it began to rain.　　我們剛一舉步就下起雨來了?！　　緟⒖甲g文】　　長期以來，海員中流傳著一種迷信的說法，認為海豚會把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命?；蛟谌藗冎車嘘牨Ｗo，使他們免遭鯊魚傷害。海洋攝影室的生物學(xué)家指出，無論海豚多么聰明，認為它們有救人的動機可能是錯誤的。當它們偶爾把一個失去知覺的人推到岸邊時，更大的可能是出于好奇或游戲，就像它們追逐被船首犁開的浪花一樣。1928年，有人拍攝到了海豚像海貍一樣把浸透水的床墊推上岸的情景。正如報道中所說，如果海豚保護人不受鯊魚侵害，那么它們可能是出于好奇。而鯊魚可能是聞到了可以美食一頓的香味。海豚和鯊魚是天然仇敵，雙方可能隨之發(fā)生搏斗，搏斗結(jié)果是海豚趕走或咬死鯊魚?！　『ｋ鄬Ψ彩腔畹臇|西都感興趣，不管是鳥、是魚，還是野獸。它們經(jīng)常追逐海龜，海龜則溫順地忍受著各種侮辱。一只小海豚特別喜歡用鼻子把海龜推到水面，然后像滑水板一樣把海龜從水池的這一邊推到那一邊。幾乎每天都可以看到一只小海豚把鼻子頂入一只300磅重的海龜?shù)挠矚は旅妫疵匕阉^來。這并非易事，可能需要兩只海豚合伙干才行。在另一場游戲中，當海龜游過水族館時，第一只海豚從上方猛撲下去，用腹部撞擊龜殼。這一下子把海龜撞下去好幾英尺。海龜剛恢復(fù)平衡，第二只海豚又沖過來猛擊一下。這只海龜最終被撞到池底。此時的海龜，只要能站起來就滿足了，但它剛站起來，就被一只海豚擊倒。海龜終于屈服了，將4條腿縮進殼內(nèi)。游戲到此結(jié)束。