2018年商务英语初级口语测试：蝌蚪如何长成

2018年商务英语初级口语测试：蝌蚪如何长成

　　And a white-bellied female responds.

　　They join together to mate.

　　The loser will have to wait for the next storm before he sings again.

　　She lays her eggs on a blade of a long leaf.

　　And he, using his back legs,

　　folds it over and glues its two edges together,

　　shutting the eggs inside.

　　This sealed nest is the safest place these leaf-folding frogs

　　can find to protect their precious brood.

　　Within days, the eggs are developing.

　　The timing is perfect.

　　The rain washes away the glue and the tadpoles slip

　　out of the leaves into the growing puddles below.

　　一位白腹蛙小姐做出了回应

　　一对爱侣开始交配

　　输家恐怕要等到下场暴雨才能再次歌唱了

　　母蛙将卵产在长叶植物的叶片上

　　公蛙用后腿将叶片折叠

　　再将叶子的两端粘住把卵包裹其中

　　那个密封的叶巢是大叶皱蛙为自己的后代

　　所能找到的最安全的孵化场所

　　几天之内蛙卵便开始发育

　　时间刚刚好

　　大雨将叶子冲开小蝌蚪们趁机

　　从叶片中滑进积满雨水的水坑

　　scorch [skɔ:tʃ]v. (使)烧焦，变焦，(使)枯萎 n. 烧焦

　　impatience [im'peiʃəns]n. 不耐烦

　　brood [bru:d]n. 窝

　　v. 孵，沉思

　　precious ['preʃəs]adj. 宝贵的，珍贵的，矫揉造作的

　　adv.

　　glue [glu:]n. 胶，胶水，胶粘物

　　vt.粘贴，紧附于

　　slip [slip]v. 滑倒，溜走，疏忽，滑脱

　　n. 滑倒，溜走

　　protect [prə'tekt]vt.保护，投保

　　blade [bleid]n. 刀锋，刀口

　　mate [meit]n. 伙伴，配偶，同事

　　The loser will have to wait for the next stormbefore he sings again.输家恐怕要等到下场暴雨才能再次歌唱了

　　wait for等候;等待

　　She has impatience to wait for the bus.

　　她没有耐心等公共汽车到来。

　　She lays her eggs on a blade of a long leaf.母蛙将卵产在长叶植物的叶片上

　　lay eggs

　　Ducks will lay eggs in the early morning.

　　鸭子在清晨下蛋。

　　The rain washes away the glue 大雨将叶子冲开

　　wash away冲走;洗去;

　　I could not wash away the mark of the scorch.

　　我洗不掉这焦痕。