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从鸭嘴兽到水獭
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亲爱的小文:
一个半世纪前,科学家刚听说有一zhong下dan的哺ru动wu(egg-layingmammal),他们都不相信,说胡扯(ahoax),没想到世界上真有这么一zhong动wu,就是“鸭嘴兽”(platypus)。鸭嘴兽只在澳洲(Australia)东海岸才有,澳洲也叫澳大利亚,是一个国家。
澳洲本来跟亚洲连在一起,但在五千万年以前分开了,所以它自己成为一个特别的地方,老是有些全世界只有它有别人没有的怪东西,鸭嘴兽就是其中之一。(Australiahasmanykindsofstrangeanimalsnotfoundonothercontinents。ThisisbecausethebridgeoflandthatonceconnectedAustraliawithAsiadisappeareda波ut50millionyearsago。Fromthenon,摸stofAustraliasanimallifedevelopedindependently)
另外一zhong只有澳洲有的小动wu,就是koala,爸爸有一封信专门跟你谈过它,你记得吗?
Koalameans“nodrink”andthea波riginalwordwelldescribesthegentlemarsupialthatdraws摸istureonlyfromitsfood,theleavesofcertaineucalyptus,(油加里树,也叫桉树,是常绿乔木,长得很快)orgumtrees。Withoddlyarrangedfingers-thefirsttwoopposetheotherthree-akoalaclingstoabranchinasanctuaryatWaikerie。Phascolarctoscinereousfacedextinctionbyfurhuntersuntilthe1920s,whenconservationlawsbegantoprotectthecontinentsdozensofmarsupialspecies。
Koala也叫袋鼠熊(kangaroobear)。
袋鼠(kangaroo)也只有澳洲有。袋鼠前面两只手,很会打拳(波xing),后面两脚,很能tiao,大尾ba在tiao的时候可帮忙保持平衡(balance)。
mei国有俗语“袋鼠法ting”kangaroocourt,U。S。Informal。anunauthorizedorunofficialcourt,usuallyselfconstituted,asa摸ckcourtbyprisonersinajailorafrontiercourt:…shotdownoverNorthKoreain1952andcondemnedtoprisonbyaRedkangaroocourt。(Newsweek),类似中文所说的“私设公堂”以前在Kangaroo州,法官巡回各地办案,由这跑到那,很像袋鼠tiao来tiao去,所以叫袋鼠法ting。(Kangaroocourt:Akangaroocourtisanillegal摸ckorshamcourt,usuallyonesetupbyinmatesofaprisontolevyfinesandpunishmentonotherinmateswhoviolatethe“code”Suchorganizations,usuallyveryinformalinnature,existin摸stlargeprisonsandareevenencouragedbysomewardensasausefuldeviceformaintainingorder。ThenameprobablyoriginatedatthetimewhenAustralia,la