【正文】 ey 分析了愛爾蘭海豚和威爾士海豚(不僅僅是愛爾蘭海豚)發(fā)出的近2000種不同的嘯聲(不是方言)。： Ronan Hickey 分析了愛爾蘭海豚發(fā)出的近2000種不同的方言。練習(xí)：1. The difference in eating habits between thebottlenose dolphins and the sperm whales interested the SDWFscientists. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned2. Ronan Hickey analysed almost 2000 different dialects of the bottlenose dolphins. . A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned3. Of the 32 categories, eight were produced only by the Irish dolphins. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned4. Whistles could also be used to municate between adult dolphins and baby dolphins. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned5. Sperm whales can produce stronger ultrasonic waves to kill their prey than dolphins. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned early as the 6th century, Irish fishermen started raising dolphins in the Shannonestuary. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned7. Irish dolphins attract tourists and over 25,000 people e to see them every year. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned.答案與題解：，這一點(diǎn)令科學(xué)家很感興趣。5. Ronan Hickey…separated them into six fundamental whistle types and 32 different categories： Ronan Hickey 將嘯聲劃分為6大類32種6. most = most categories7. both sets of dolphins 是指 the Irish dolphins 和 the Welsh dolphins。 clicks are used to find their way around and locate prey. The whistles are munications.They do a whole range of other sounds like barks, groans and a kind of gunshot, he said.The gunshot is an intense pulse of sound. Sperm whales use it to stun their prey.When I first heard it I was surprised as I thought sperm whales were the only species who used it. We can speculate the dolphins are using it for the same reason as the sperm whales, Berrow said.References8 in local legend indicate there have been dolphins in the Shannonestuary for generations and they may even have been resident there as far back as the 6th century9.They are regularly seen by passengers on the Shannon ferry and an estimated 25,000 tourists every year take special sightseeing tours on local boats to visit them.詞匯：Irish adj. 愛爾蘭的socialise v. 社交，交往Dolphin bottlenose dolphin 寬吻海豚sperm whale 巨頭鯨click n. 咔噠聲，喀嚓聲estuary n. 河口，江口vocalisation n. 發(fā)聲shed n. 小屋，棚digitalise v. 使數(shù)字化whistle n. 嘯聲forage v. 搜尋（食物）preyn. 被捕食的動物gunshot n. 射擊聲groan n. 呻吟，嘆息pulse n. 脈沖stunv. 擊昏注釋:1. The Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation (SDWF): 香農(nóng)海豚與野生生物基金會。據(jù)此，讀者可以容易地推斷出，高震級的地震在英格蘭就更少見了。所以答案是A。這一說法與短文最后一段第三句所表達(dá)的意思相符。題句表達(dá)的信息是錯(cuò)誤的，故答案為 B。 年發(fā)生在倫敦，這與短文表述的事實(shí)不符。：法國和其他幾個(gè)歐洲國家派遣他們的醫(yī)療隊(duì)去英國與當(dāng)?shù)氐尼t(yī)生并肩工作。題句表達(dá)的意思與第一段第一句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容相符。題句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容短文中找不到，故答案為C。所以，題句是錯(cuò)誤的，答案為B。s strongest earthquake took place in London .in 1580. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned6. Musson predicted that another earthquake would occur in southeast England sooner or later. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned7. It can be inferred from the passage that England is rarely hit by high magnitude earthquakes. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned答案與題解：，與短文第一段第一句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容不符。又如：It’s not a matter of money (這不是個(gè)錢的問題。12. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain, including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France：英國地質(zhì)勘測所的科學(xué)家 Roger Musson 說，這次 4 月 28 日遭遇地震的地區(qū)就是經(jīng)受過襲擊英國最強(qiáng)烈的幾次大地震的同一地區(qū)，其中的一次大地震發(fā)生在1580年，那次地震蹂躪了倫敦，巴黎也能感到它的震波。8. Canterbury：坎特伯雷[英格蘭東南部城市，中世紀(jì)時(shí)曾是宗教朝圣圣地]9. it was getting heavier and heavier：爆裂聲越來越響 10. Birmingham：伯明翰[英格蘭中部城市]11. the Richter scale：里氏震級表。) 4. the quake：5. English Channel：英吉利海峽6. Dover：多佛爾[英格蘭東南部港市]7. Channel Tunnel：海峽隧道。ride 是“游樂場供人玩樂的乘坐式的活動裝置”。2008年職稱英語理工類教材新增部分內(nèi)容第二部分閱讀判斷（兩篇）第七篇Moderate Earthquake Strikes England A moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power1 in Kent County2. One woman suffered minor head and neck injuries. It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a funfair ride3, said the woman. The British Geological Survey said the quake4 struck at 8:19 . and was centered under the English Channel5, about miles south of Dover6 and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel7. Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds. I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me, said Hendrick van Eck, 27, of Canterbury8 about 60 miles southeast of London. I then heard the sound of cracking, and it was getting heavier and heavier9. It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down. There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year, but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2002 when a quake struck the central England city of Birmingham10. The country39。s strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931, measuring on the Richter scale11. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain, including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in predicted that it was only a matter of time13 before another earthquake struck this part of England. However, people should not be scared too mush by this prediction, Musson said, as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a forthing quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum. 詞匯：moderate adj. 中等的magnitude n. 值，強(qiáng)度量topple v. 傾倒，震倒rouse v. 喚醒tremor n. 震動hop v. 齊足跳起funfair n. 公共露天游樂場scale n. 震級Forthingadj. 即將來臨的 evacuate v. 疏散geo