长颈鹿的叫声

作者: 张晓红;文艺芬

1.(一个人慌慌张张地从动物园跑出来,碰见威特和可卡。)

威特:出什么事了?我们是警察。

Wit:What’s the matter?We are policemen.

policemen(名词,警察)

2.(那人擦着额头上的汗,紧张地说。)

门卫:我是动物园的门卫。正在我打盹的时候,听见长颈鹿奇怪地大叫,于是我跑过去一看,发现昨天重金买回来的东北虎不见了。

Doorkeeper:I’m the doorkeeper in the zoo.When I was having a nap,I heard a giraffe shout strangely,so I went there to have a look,and I found the Northeast Tiger disappeared,which was bought with lots of money yesterday.

doorkeeper(名词,门卫)

zoo(名词,动物园)

disappeared(形容词,消失的)

yesterday(副词,昨天)

3.(威特和可卡把那个门卫拷了起来,门卫着急地争辩。)

威特:你的谎话实在是太愚蠢了!请你跟我们回警局吧。

Wit:Your lies are too stupid!Follow us to the police station.

门卫:我没有说谎!

Doorkeeper:I haven’t told a lie!

lie(名词,谎言)

stupid(形容词,愚蠢的)

police station(名词词组,警察局)

4.(威特讲话,门卫低着头。)

威特:你在动物园做门卫,不知道长颈鹿一般都不会叫吗?

Wit:You are a doorkeeper in the zoo.Don’t you know the giraffe can’t shout?

know(动词,知道)

科普链接:长颈鹿的声带构造很特殊,而且脖子长,声带与胸腹的距离远,所以它叫起来很费劲;加上它长得高,看得远,能够及早地发现危险,没有必要发声求助,所以它几乎从来不叫。