海鷗:聰明的生存專家 Seagulls: Coastal Birds Full of Surprises

David spied a few seagulls in the backyard of his 
house.
大衛在他家後院發現了幾隻海鷗。

Riot police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
鎮暴警察使用催淚瓦斯驅散抗議群眾。

You are making a nuisance of yourself by bragging about your wealth.
你這樣吹噓自己的財富，只會使自己惹人厭。

I was as happy as a clam when the team that I 
supported won the baseball game. 
當我所支持的球隊贏了棒球比賽時，我樂翻天了。

My stomach began to feel funny after I gulped 
down some oysters. 
我大口吞下幾枚生蠔之後胃開始覺得怪怪的。

Mary is young, beautiful, and talented. The world is her oyster. 瑪麗年輕貌美又有才華。世界是她的舞臺，任由她翱翔。

This company has its own nursery, where employees’ children can be taken care of during the day.
這家公司有自己的托兒所，員工的孩子白天在這裡可受到照顧。

Amanda and Josh prepared a nursery for their unborn baby.
阿曼達與喬許為他們尚未出生的寶寶準備育兒室。

Female black widow spiders eat their mates.
雌的黑寡婦蜘蛛會吃掉牠們的配偶。

Rita told me Taylor was her ideal mate.
麗塔告訴我泰勒是她的理想伴侶。

Charlie mated his male donkey with a female one.
查理讓他的公驢和一匹母驢交配。

Many animals mate in spring.
很多動物在春天交配。

Staff members were warned not to discuss the matter, even with their spouses.
職員遭警告不得與他人，即便是配偶，討論此事。

Advertisements lure consumers into buying things they don’t necessarily need. 
廣告會引誘消費者購買他們不見得需要的東西。

Although Ada was on a diet, the lure of the chocolate cake was too strong, and she ate it quickly.
儘管艾達在節食，但巧克力蛋糕的誘惑太大了，然後艾達很
快就把它吃掉了。

he team played well but still lost the game.
這隊打得很好，卻還是輸了那場比賽。 

Adrian has lost his new phone.
亞德里安弄丟了他的新手機。

Jack has lost interest in his job.
傑克對工作失去了興趣。

Stay calm. Don't lose your temper.
保持冷靜，別發脾氣。

Seth won't lose any sleep over tomorrow's test since he is well-prepared.
賽斯一點也不擔心明天的考試，因為他準備充足。

Water and air are essential to us.
水和空氣對我們而言都是不可或缺的。

The teacher taught us the essentials of good health.
老師教導我們健康的要素。
 

Please don’t lay anything on the table.
桌上請不要放任何東西。

The hen just laid an egg.
那隻母雞剛剛下蛋了。

Australia is a continent; New Zealand isn’t.
澳洲是一塊大陸，紐西蘭不是。

There used to be many Native American tribes on the American Continent.
美洲大陸一度曾有許多美國原住民部落。

Wildlife in Taiwan has lost large areas of natural habitat because of urban sprawl.
由於城區肆意擴展，臺灣的野生動物失去了大片的自然棲息地。

The barometer measured slight variations in pressure.
氣壓計測量到了大氣壓力的些微變化。

For her thesis, Angela studied a rare variation in human DNA.
安琪拉在其論文中研究了一種罕見的人類基因變異。

The once prosperous city is now lying in ruins.
這座曾經繁華一時的城市現在成了廢墟。

The owner had no money and let the house fall into ruin.
屋主沒有錢，讓房子陷入毀壞的狀態。

An accident ruined Don’s dream to be a sports star.
一場車禍毀了唐想當運動明星的美夢。

Some species are more adaptable to new environments than others.
有些物種對新環境的適應力比其他物種強。

In Jason's eyes, Diane is a girl of extraordinary beauty.
在傑森眼中，黛安是個非常美的女孩。

This dog detected drugs in the man's baggage.
這隻狗在該男子的行李中發現毒品。

Bats can detect small moving bugs in the dark.
蝙蝠能在黑暗中感測到移動的小昆蟲。

The little girl snatched the chocolate bar right out of her brother’s hand.
小女孩從她哥哥手中把巧克力棒搶過來。

Emma burst into tears when her brother Johnny snatched her toy away.
艾瑪被哥哥強尼搶走玩具後嚎啕大哭。

Since Judy only heard a snatch of Jill and Jack’s conversation, she didn’t understand what they were talking about.
茱蒂不知道吉兒和傑克在談論什麼，因為她只有聽到他們談話的片段。

The little boy was hopping along the river bank and singing the tune his grandma taught him.
小男孩正沿著河岸跳來跳去，唱著奶奶教他的旋律。

There is a little bird hopping on the ground there.
那裡有一隻小鳥在地面上跳躍著。

Hop in! I can give you a ride home.
快上車！我可以載你回家。

What Billy did was more of a hop than a jump.
比利做的不過是單腳跳而已，還稱不上是真的跳躍。

Most of the eggs Erin bought cracked when she dropped her basket.
大部分艾琳買的蛋在她的籃子掉到地上時都破了。

After hours of trial and error, Ted cracked the code.
經過好幾個小時的反覆試驗後，泰迪終於解開密碼了。
 

Dad won’t allow me to go skating today because of the dangerous cracks in the ice.
老爸今天不讓我去溜冰，因為冰上有危險的裂縫。

The police will spare no effort to crack down on the underworld.
警方將全力掃黑。