Wild Case Files大自然神秘檔案
by Marcus Maurice
It confuses scientists when animals act in unnatural ways. In 2005, European common toads were going through mating season at one particular pond in Hamburg, Germany when something totally disgusting happened. All the locals in the area were shocked to find that the toads began swelling up and exploding, scattering body parts and entrails everywhere. However, no one could figure out what was causing this extremely weird phenomenon. With all these abnormal events happening around the globe, National Geographic Channel (NGC) attempts to solve the mysteries with Wild Case Files. Each episode uses local scientists and experts to investigate three separate incidents. Learn what the red, blood-like liquid falling out of the sky in India was or how a creature constructed a web that surrounded an entire forest in Texas. Can NGC come up with satisfactory explanations for these eerie events? You'll have to tune in to Wild Case Files to find out. 引用自：長春藤英語 http://www.ivy.com.tw/
It's not just Germany that has strange animal behavior. In Cornwall, England in 2008, 26 dolphins became stranded in a shallow creek and died. The strange part of this story is that these dolphins were miles away from their natural habitat, and no one understood how they could have possibly gotten there. In Australia, kangaroos started bouncing into trees, fences, and rivers because they suddenly went blind. In Scotland, dogs have been committing suicide from the same bridge for the last 60 years. As a matter of fact, some of the dogs that jumped off this 50-foot bridge survived and even returned to the same spot to try it again. 精解字詞片語
例: The math problem completely confused me.
（這道數學題徹底難倒了我。）
例: Rita went through a difficult time after she broke up with her boyfriend.
（瑞塔和男友分手後經歷一段艱辛的日子。）
例: Jill can't tolerate her father's disgusting habits, such as spitting in public.
（吉兒無法忍受她父親噁心的習慣，像是隨地吐痰。）
例: The woman scattered the bread crumbs around for the pigeons to eat.
（那名婦人在她四周灑麵包屑給鴿子吃。）
phenomena n. 現象（複數）
例: Mary likes to watch TV programs on psychic phenomena.
（瑪麗喜歡看有關靈異現象的電視節目。）
例: We were stranded on the highway for two hours after our car broke down.
（汽車拋錨後，我們在公路上受困了 2 個小時。）
例: The child watched as her ball bounced into the middle of the street.
（那個小孩看著球彈進路中央。）
commit vt. 做（錯事等）；犯（罪）
suicide n. 自殺
例: Joan was overwhelmed by the bad news and tried to commit suicide.
（喬安因這不幸的消息悲痛不已而試圖自殺。）
normal a. 正常的
例: The doctor said that the abnormal spot on my skin was not cancer.
（醫生說我皮膚上不正常的斑點並不是癌症。）
例: Mark attempted to explain why he was going through Mandy's purse.
（馬克試圖解釋為何翻曼蒂的錢包。）
= look into...
例: The criminal is being investigated by the best detective on the police force.
（這名罪犯正接受警界最佳探員的調查。）
例: Boys and girls at this university live in separate dormitories.
（這所大學裡，男生和女生住的宿舍是分開的。）
例: The government constructed the MRT to help people get around the city.
（政府建造捷運以便利民眾在市區內到處走動。）
unsatisfactory a. 令人不滿的；不符合要求的
例: Lucy's explanation for failing the math test was far from satisfactory.
（露西對於數學考試不及格的解釋無法令人滿意。）
例: The official found the sanitation in the meat processing plant unsatisfactory.
（該官員發現那家肉品加工廠的衛生條件並不合格。）單字小舖
三態為：swell, swelled, swollen。
swell up 腫起來，腫脹
= blow up
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