Conversation A
对话A
Rob: Welcome to the show, Anna Wild!
罗布:欢迎来到我们的节目,安娜·怀尔德!
Anna: Thank you, Rob. I'm glad to be here.
安娜:谢谢,罗布。我很高兴来到这里。
Rob: There are some amazing animals in the world. Tell us about some.
罗布:世界上有一些令人惊奇的动物。给我们说一些吧。
Anna: Do you know what the largest animal in the world is?
安娜:你知道世界上最大的动物是什么吗?
Rob: I think so. It's some kind of whale, right?
罗布:我想想。是某种鲸鱼吗?
Anna: Yes! A blue whale can be 32 meters long. And it eats about 3,600 kilograms of food a day!
安娜:没错!蓝鲸有32米长。它一天会吃掉大约3600公斤的食物。
Conversation B
对话B
Rob: What about the smallest animal?
罗布:那最小的动物是什么呢?
Anna: That's a little harder to decide. There are some tiny animals out there.
安娜:这有点儿难说。世界上有一些极小的动物。
Rob: Tell me about one.
罗布:给我讲一种吧。
Anna: Well, the bumblebee bat's body is only about 30 millimeters long.
安娜:凹脸蝠体长只有30毫米左右。
Rob: That's pretty small! Where do they live?
罗布:那也太小了!它们生活在哪里?
Anna: They live in Thailand. No one knew about them until 1973!
安娜:它们生活在泰国。直到1973年,才有人知道这种动物。
Rob: Interesting! How much do they weigh?
罗布:有意思!它们有多重呢?
Anna: They weigh about two grams.
安娜:大约2克左右。
Conversation C
对话C
Rob: Tell me another interesting animal fact.
罗布:给我讲讲另外有关动物的趣闻吧。
Anna: Well, one of my favorite animals moves very slowly.
安娜:好的,我最喜欢的一种动物里,有一种移动非常缓慢。
Rob: What animal is that?
罗布:那是什么动物?
Anna: A sloth. It's the slowest land animal. It moves only 0.24 kilometers an hour!
安娜:树懒。这是陆地动物中最慢的。它每小时大约只移动0.24千米。
Rob: So it takes more than four hours to go a kilometer? Wow!
罗布:所以这种动物移动1千米要超过4个小时的时间?哇!
Anna: They're slow because their claws are so long. But they don't walk much. They spend most of their time in trees.
安娜:它们很慢,因为它们的爪子非常长。但是它们不会走很多路。它们大多数时间都待在树上。