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If an exercise wheel sits in a forest, will mice run on it?
如果把跑轮放在森林里,小鼠会上去跑步吗?
【经典句式】
mice老鼠 mouse的复数
Every once in a while, science asks a simple question and gets a straightforward answer.
科学时常会提出一个简单的问题,然后得到一个直截了当的答案。
【经典句式】
once in a while时常
straightforward直截了当的
In this case, yes, they will. And not only mice, but also rats, shrews, frogs and slugs.
这个问题的答案是,会。不仅小鼠会,大鼠、鼩鼱、青蛙和蛞蝓都会。
【经典句式】
in this case在这种情况下
frog青蛙
slug蛞蝓(没有壳的蜗牛)
True, the frogs did not exactly run, and the slugs probably ended up on the wheel by accident,but the mice clearly enjoyed it. That, scientists said, means thatwheel-running is not a neurotic behavior found only in caged mice.
当然,青蛙算不上在跑,蛞蝓可能也是偶然来到跑轮上的,但是小鼠明显是真的喜欢跑轮。科学家表示,这说明在跑轮上跑步并不是关在笼子里的老鼠才有的神经性举动。
【经典句式】
frog青蛙
slug蛞蝓(没有壳的蜗牛)
end up … 最终……
by accident 偶然
neurotic神经性的
caged关在笼子里的
They like the wheel.
它们喜欢跑轮。
Two researchers in the Netherlands did an experiment that it seems nobody had tried before. They placed exercise wheels outdoors in a yard garden andin an area of dunes,and monitored the wheels with motion detectors and automatic cameras.
荷兰的两名研究员做了一项似乎从来没人做过的实验。他们在室外的院子和一块沙地里放置了一些跑轮,并通过运动探测器和自动相机对这些跑轮进行监测。
【经典句式】
Netherlands荷兰
experiment实验
place放置
outdoors室外
yard院子
dune沙丘
monitor监测
motion detector运动探测器
automatic自动的
camera照相机
(转第二页)