野牛和鳄鱼动画（Theamazinganimal:）

Read and learnThe amazing animal: The crocodile ! 神奇的动物：鳄鱼，我来为大家科普一下关于野牛和鳄鱼动画?以下内容希望对你有帮助!

野牛和鳄鱼动画

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The amazing animal: The crocodile ! 神奇的动物：鳄鱼！

Today we talk about an amazing animal:The crocodile!

First, why are they amazing?

Well, crocodiles are experts at survival. Scientists say they first appeared 200 million years ago and have outlived the dinosaurs by some 65 million years.① One reason they are such good survivors is that they can go for a very long time without eating.

amazing /əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ/adj. 令人惊诧的；令人惊喜的

It's amazing to think that the managing director is only 23.

总经理年仅23岁，想想真让人惊叹。

The amazing thing is that it was kept secret for so long.

令人诧异的是，这件事竟然保密了那么长时间。

crocodile/ˈkrɒk.ə.daɪl/ n. 鳄鱼

expert/ˈek.spɜːt/ n. 专家；内行；行家

adj. 专家的；内行的

a gardening/medical expert园艺／医学专家

My mother is an expert at dress-making (= she does it very well).

我妈妈做裁缝活可是行家。

What's your expert opinion?

作为专家，你有什么意见？

an expert fisherman一个经验丰富的渔夫

survival/səˈvaɪ.vəl/ n. 继续生存，存活，幸存

The doctors told my wife I had a 50/50 chance of survival.

医生告诉我妻子，我有50%的生存机会。

million/ˈmɪl.jən/ n.（数字）100万

The city has a population of almost a/one million.

这座城市的人口几乎有一百万。

outlive/ˌaʊtˈlɪv/ v.比…活得长；比…待续时间长

He outlived all of his brothers.

他比他所有的兄弟都活得长。

dinosaur/ˈdaɪ.nə.sɔːr/ n.恐龙

survivor/səˈvaɪ.vər/ n. 幸存者，生还者

She's a cancer survivor/a survivor of cancer.

她是一位癌症幸存者。

① One reason they are such good survivors is that they can go for a very long time without eating.他们之所以能如此成功地生存下来，其中一个原因就是他们可以长时间不吃东西。 that they can go for a very long time without eating.是由that引导的表语从句。

②And they are expert hunters! They use their strong jaws to bite their prey and then they swallow their food whole.

Here's another fun fact about crocodiles: When they lose a tooth they grow one right back. A crocodile can go through 8,000 teeth in one lifetime!

Next time we’ll learn an expression it has given us: Crocodile Tears.

hunter /ˈhʌn.tər/ n.猎人，捕猎者；猎兽

Animals in the cat family are hunters.

猫科动物都是捕食动物。

jaw/dʒɔː/ n.下颌，下巴

a broken jaw骨折的下颌

bite /baɪt/ v.（用牙）咬

He bit into the apple.

他咬了一口苹果。

He bites his fingernails.他咬指甲。

prey/preɪ/被捕食的动物，猎物

A hawk hovered in the air before swooping on its prey.

老鹰在空中盘旋，之后向猎物猛扑过去。

swallow/ˈswɒl.əʊ/ v.吞咽，吞下，咽下

n.燕子

My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow.

我的喉咙很痛，吞咽起来很难受。

He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.

他把一颗葡萄放进嘴里，整个儿吞了下去。

②And they are expert hunters! They use their strong jaws to bite their prey and then they swallow their food whole.

Expert此处是形容词，expert hunters表示专业的猎手。swallow their food whole表示把食物整个儿吞下去。

go through sth.①大量使用②遭受，经历，经受（苦难等）

I went through a hundred quid on my last trip to London.

我上一次去伦敦旅游花掉了100英镑。

I've been going through a bad patch recently.

近来这一段时间我日子很不好过。

given /ˈɡɪv.ən/ v.（give 的过去分词）

Crocodile Tears鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲

Read again and answer the following questions:

Today we talk about an amazing animal:The crocodile!

First, why are they amazing?

Well, crocodiles are experts at survival. Scientists say they first appeared 200 million years ago and have outlived the dinosaurs by some 65 million years. One reason they are such good survivors is that they can go for a very long time without eating.

And they are expert hunters! They use their strong jaws to bite their prey and then they swallow their food whole.

Here's another fun fact about crocodiles: When they lose a tooth they grow one right back. A crocodile can go through 8,000 teeth in one lifetime!

Next time we’ll learn an expression it has given us: Crocodile Tears.

QUESTIONS:

1. Are crocodiles experts at survival？

2. When did crocodiles appear on the earth?

3. Why are they good survivors?

4. How many teeth can they go through in one lifetime?

5. Why can they have so many teeth?

Keys:

1. Yes, they are.

2. (They first appeared) 200 million years ago.