英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力：長(zhǎng)毛象王國(guó)-19

They huddle and turn to face the threat, a giant short-faced bear. Faced by a wall of horns, the bear moves on to sniff out a less daunting meal.

Occasional blizzards are another harsh reality of living in Beringia, but the drifting snow may at least provide a hunter with some cover.

Saiga antelope6 can run at 40 miles an hour, and so far, this lion isn’t close enough to cause too much alarm. As long as they can keep it in their sights, they are safe.

Eventually, the sky clears and the blizzard stops. Then ravens announce that the weather has taken its toll. This old mammoth9 has succumbed to starvation and cold. But its meat will help keep others warm. The hunting lion homes in with another member of the pride. They can soon see off the ravens, but they are wary—a fresh carcass may have attracted other more substantial competition.

1 huddle

vi.擠作一團(tuán);蜷縮;vt.聚集;n.擠在一起的人

參考例句：

They like living in a huddle.他們喜歡雜居在一起。

The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒風(fēng)使這個(gè)男孩卷縮在他的外衣里。

2 sniff

vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;對(duì)嗤之以鼻，蔑視

參考例句：

The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地點(diǎn)。

When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.當(dāng)麥奇在海灘上碰到另一條狗的時(shí)候，他們會(huì)彼此嗅一會(huì)兒。

3 daunting

adj.使人畏縮的

參考例句：

They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他們面臨著修復(fù)房子的艱巨任務(wù)。

Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.開(kāi)始一項(xiàng)新工作有時(shí)會(huì)讓人望而卻步。

4 blizzard

n.暴風(fēng)雪

參考例句：

The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我們還在山上的時(shí)候暴風(fēng)雪就襲來(lái)了。

You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴風(fēng)雪停了再走。

5 blizzards

暴風(fēng)雪( blizzard的名詞復(fù)數(shù) ); 暴風(fēng)雪似的一陣，大量(或大批)

參考例句：

Even in the summertime we might be struck by blizzards. 甚至在夏天，我們也可能受到暴風(fēng)雪的襲擊。

Blizzards battered Britain for the third day. 大風(fēng)雪襲擊英國(guó)已進(jìn)入第三天。

6 antelope

n.羚羊;羚羊皮

參考例句：

Choosing the antelope shows that China wants a Green Olympics.選擇藏羚羊表示中國(guó)需要綠色奧運(yùn)。

The tiger was dragging the antelope across the field.老虎拖著羚羊穿過(guò)原野。

7 ravens

n.低質(zhì)煤;渡鴉( raven的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together. 哪里有死尸，哪里就有烏鴉麇集。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

A couple of ravens croaked above our boat. 兩只烏鴉在我們小船的上空嘎嘎叫著。 來(lái)自辭典例句

8 toll

n.過(guò)路(橋)費(fèi);損失，傷亡人數(shù);v.敲(鐘)

參考例句：

The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那場(chǎng)冰雹損壞了我們村的莊稼。

The war took a heavy toll of human life.這次戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)奪去了許多人的生命。

9 mammoth

n.長(zhǎng)毛象;adj.長(zhǎng)毛象似的，巨大的

參考例句：

You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.資金到位的情況下方可進(jìn)行重大變革。

Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那條新鐵路將是一項(xiàng)巨大工程。

10 succumbed

不再抵抗(誘惑、疾病、攻擊等)( succumb的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞 ); 屈從; 被壓垮; 死

參考例句：

The town succumbed after a short siege. 該城被圍困不久即告失守。

After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持續(xù)炮轟數(shù)日后，該城終于屈服了。