Asiatic Lions劍橋雅思6-聽力原文翻譯及答案解析

一、Asiatic Lions聽力原文：

Well,most people think that lions only come from Africa.

And you would be forgiven for thinking this,because in fact most lions do come from Africa.

But this hasn't always been the case.

If we go back ten thousand years we would find that there were lions roaming vast sections of the globe.

But now,unfortunately,only very small sections of the lions’former habitat remain.

My particular interest is Asiatic lions,which are a sub-species of African lions.

It’s almost a hundred thousand years since the Asiatic lions split off and developed as a sub-species.

At one time the Asiatic lion was living as far west as Greece and they were found from there,in a band that spread east through various countries of the Middle East,all the way to India.

In museums,you can now see Greek coins that have clear images of the Asiatic lion on them.

Most of them arc dated at around 500 B.C.

However,Europe saw its last Asiatic lion roaming free two thousand years ago.

Over the next nineteen hundred years the numbers of Asiatic lions in the other areas declined steadily,but it was only in the nineteenth century that they disappeared from everywhere but India.

So,how can you tell an Asiatic lion from an African lion,with which you're probably more familiar?

Well,in general,Asiatic lions are not as big as African lions.

The colour is more or less the same,but the appearance of the mane is different-that's the hair around the lion's face and neck.

The Asiatic lion's mane is noticeably shorter than the African lion's.

Asiatic lions also have a long fold of skin on their undersides,whereas not many African lions have this.

Well,I'd like to talk to you now about the Gir Sanctuary in India.

That's where I've just come back from.

The sanctuary was established specifically to protect the Asiatic lion.

It’s 1,450 square kilometres in area and most of it is forest.

There are now around three hundred Asiatic lions in India and almost all of them are in this sanctuary.

But despite living in a sanctuary,which makes them safe from hunters,they still face a number of problems that threaten their survival.

One of these is the ever-present danger of disease.

This is what killed more than a third of Africa's Serengeti lions in 1994,and people are fearful that something similar could happen in the Gir Sanctuary and kill off many of the Asiatic lions there.

India's lions are particularly vulnerable because they have a limited gene pool.

The reason for this is interesting–it’s because all of them are descended from a few dozen lions that were saved by a prince who took a particular interest in them.

He was very wealthy,and he managed to protect them-otherwise they'd probably have died out completely.

When you see the Asiatic lion in India,what you sense is enormous vitality.

They're very impressive beasts and you would never guess that they had this vulnerability when you look at them.

The Asiatic lions don't have the Gir Sanctuary to themselves,I should add.

They actually share it with about two thousand farmers.

A significant proportion of the lions'diet is made up of the livestock of these farmers-goats,chickens and so on-as much as a third,in fact.

And they've even been known to attack humans,especially in times of drought.

One final piece of interesting information-in ancient India one of the greatest tests of leadership for a man was to fight a lion.

Now it seems,in modern India it will be a great test to see if the lion can be saved.

I'm sure this is something that all of you will share concern for too.

二、Asiatic Lions聽力中文翻譯：

大多數(shù)人認為獅子只來自非洲。

你這樣想是可以原諒的，因為事實上大多數(shù)獅子都來自非洲。

但情況并非總是如此。

如果我們回溯到一萬年前，我們會發(fā)現(xiàn)有獅子在地球的廣大地區(qū)游蕩。

但不幸的是，現(xiàn)在，獅子原來的棲息地只剩下很小的一部分。

我特別感興趣的是亞洲獅，它是非洲獅的一個亞種。

亞洲獅作為一個亞種分裂和發(fā)展至今已有近十萬年的歷史。

有一段時間，亞洲獅生活在遠西至希臘的地方，它們在那里被發(fā)現(xiàn)，分布在一個向東穿過中東各國，一直延伸到印度的地帶。

在博物館里，你現(xiàn)在可以看到希臘貨幣上有清晰的亞洲獅的圖像。

其中大部分的年代約為公元前500年。

然而，歐洲在兩千年前看到了它最后一只亞洲獅自由漫游。

在接下來的1900年里，其他地區(qū)的亞洲獅數(shù)量穩(wěn)步下降，但直到十九世紀，它們才從印度以外的任何地方消失。

那么，你如何區(qū)分你可能更熟悉的亞洲獅和非洲獅呢？

嗯，一般來說，亞洲獅沒有非洲獅大。

顏色或多或少是一樣的，但鬃毛的外觀不同，那就是獅子臉和脖子周圍的毛發(fā)。

亞洲獅的鬃毛明顯比非洲獅短。

亞洲獅的下側(cè)也有很長的皮褶，而非洲獅的下側(cè)皮褶并不多。

好吧，我現(xiàn)在想和你談談印度的女孩保護區(qū)。

那就是我剛剛回來的地方。

該保護區(qū)是專門為保護亞洲獅而建立的。

面積1450平方公里，大部分是森林。

現(xiàn)在印度大約有300頭亞洲獅，幾乎所有的獅子都在這個保護區(qū)內(nèi)。

但盡管生活在保護區(qū)內(nèi)，使它們免受獵人的襲擊，但它們?nèi)匀幻媾R著許多威脅其生存的問題。

其中之一就是一直存在的疾病危險。

1994年，有三分之一以上的非洲塞倫蓋蒂獅子死于此，人們擔心在吉爾保護區(qū)會發(fā)生類似的事情，殺死那里的許多亞洲獅子。

印度的獅子特別脆弱，因為它們的基因庫有限。

這樣做的原因很有意思，因為它們都是一位對它們特別感興趣的王子拯救的幾十只獅子的后代。

他非常富有，他設法保護了他們，否則他們可能會徹底滅絕。

當你在印度看到亞洲獅時，你感受到的是巨大的生命力。

它們是令人印象深刻的野獸，當你看著它們時，你永遠不會想到它們有這種脆弱性。

我應該補充一句，亞洲獅群自己沒有吉爾保護區(qū)。

他們實際上與大約兩千名農(nóng)民分享了這一信息。

事實上，獅子的飲食中有很大一部分是由這些農(nóng)民的牲畜組成的——山羊、雞等等——多達三分之一。

人們甚至知道它們會襲擊人類，尤其是在干旱時期。

最后一條有趣的信息——在古印度，對一個人來說，最偉大的領導力考驗之一就是與獅子搏斗。

現(xiàn)在看來，在現(xiàn)代印度，這將是一個巨大的考驗，看看獅子能否得救。

我相信這也是你們大家都會關心的。

三、Asiatic Lions聽力問題：

Question 31-34

Choose the correct letters A,B or C.

31.When did Asiatic lions develop as a separate sub-species?

A.about 10,000 years ago

B.about 100,000 years ago

C.about 1,000,000 years ago

32.Pictures of Asiatic lions can be seen on ancient coins from

A.Greece.

B.The Middle East.

C.India.

33.Asiatic lions disappeared from Europe

A.2,500 years ago.

B.2,000 years ago.

C.1,900 years ago.

34.Very few African lions have

A.a long mane.

B.a coat with varied colours.

C.a fold of skin on their stomach.

Question 35-40

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.THE GIR SANCTUARY

35 The sanctuary has an area of approximatelysquare kilometres.

36 One threat to the lions in the sanctuary is

37 The ancestors of the Gir Sanctuary lions were protected by a

38 A large part of the lions’consists of animals belonging to local farmers.

39 The lions sometimes especially when water is short.

40 In ancient India a man would fight a lion as a test of

四、Asiatic Lions聽力答案：

31.B

32.A

33.B

34.C

35.1450/1,450

36.disease

37.prince/wealthy prince

38.diet

39.attack humans

40.leadership

五、Asiatic Lions聽力答案解析

Question 31B.除了專有名詞Asiatic lions，sub-species也可以作路標詞。講座一開始提到ten housand years（10，000），但是還沒有出現(xiàn)路標詞Asiatic lions，所以不要急于選擇。之后的一句聽到題干中的兩個路標詞，時間是a hundred thousand years，所以選擇B。

Question 32 A.題干關鍵詞是coins，哪國的硬幣上有獅子的圖案，原文提到Middle East和India，但都沒有提到coins，所以B、C是干擾項。

Question 33 B.地點詞Europe是路標詞，也要注意動詞disappear，原文路標詞Europe之后出現(xiàn)時間two thousand years，選擇B。之后提到nineteen hundred years是other

areas而不是Europe，是干擾項。

Question 34 C.注意題干中路標詞是African lions，強調(diào)“very few”（幾乎沒有），原文提到mane，但是說Asiatic lions的更短；繼續(xù)往后聽，出現(xiàn)選項C的a fold of skin，whereas表轉(zhuǎn)折，是很重要的信號詞，接著說“not many African lions”，因此答案為C。

Question 35 1,450.sanctuary為路標詞，空格填寫面積數(shù)量，原文沒有干擾，只有一處提到面積，在路標詞后出現(xiàn)。

Question 36 disease.題干中的路標詞threat在原文換作同根詞threaten，之后注意名詞的出現(xiàn)。此題也可以提前預測獅子面臨的威脅通常有什么，如捕獵、饑餓、疾病等。

Question 37（w e a l t h y）p r i n c e.此題較難，因為沒有明確的路標詞，動詞protect在原文被替換為save，因此要提前預測答案，找準表示人的名詞，“被誰保護”，原文在prince之后說“who...”，考生應該馬上意識到這個詞為答案。

Question 38 d i e t.路標詞為local farmers，通過閱讀題目，考生可判斷空格填寫“由當?shù)剞r(nóng)民的動物構(gòu)成的”某個名詞，大致可以猜測是指獅子的食物。

Question 39 a t t a c k h u m a n s.填寫動詞，“當水短缺時，獅子會做什么？”原文沒有路標詞出現(xiàn)，考生只能注意動詞的出現(xiàn)，并猜測答案可能為“攻擊人類或家畜”。

Question 40 leadership.ancient India為路標詞，test也在原文出現(xiàn)，of之后的名詞為答案。

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