美國語文第四冊 第115期：長頸鹿（01）
The giraffe is a native of Africa.
長頸鹿產(chǎn)自非洲，
It is of singular shape and size, and bears some resemblance both to the camel and the deer.
是一種外形和尺寸獨特的動物，與駱駝和鹿都有相似的特征。
The mouth is small; the eyes are full and brilliant; the tongue is rough, very long, and ending in a point.
口部很?。谎劬τ謭A又亮；舌頭粗糙，而且很長，舌尖很尖。
The neck is long and slender, and, from the shoulder to the top of the head, it measures between seven and eight feet;
脖子細長，從肩到頭頂有七到八英尺；
from the ground to the top of the shoulder, it is commonly ten or eleven feet;
自地面到肩，一般有十或十一英尺；
so that the height of a full-grown giraffe is seventeen or eighteen feet.
因此一個成年的長頸鹿的高度是十七或十八英尺。
The hair is of a deep brown color in the male, and of a light or yellowish brown in the female.
雄長頸鹿的毛是深灰色的，而雌長頸鹿的毛是淡褐色或黃褐色的。
The skin is beautifully diversified with white spots.
長頸鹿的皮膚上有漂亮的白點。
They have short, blunt horns, and hoofs like those of the ox.
長頸鹿的角是短的，并不尖銳，蹄子和牛的相似。
In their wild state, they feed on the leaves of a gum-bearing tree peculiar to warm climates.
野生狀態(tài)的長頸鹿吃含樹膠的樹葉，這種樹是氣候溫暖的地方特有的。
The giraffe, like the horse and other hoofed animals, defends itself by kicking;
像馬或其他有蹄類動物一樣，長頸鹿用踢腿來保護自己；
and its hinder limbs are so light, and its blows so rapid, that the eye can not follow them.
長頸鹿的后肢非常靈巧，踢的時候快得我們的眼睛都跟不上。
They are sufficient for its defense against the lion.
這使長頸鹿甚至可以和獅子對抗。
It never employs its horns in resisting the attack of an enemy.
長頸鹿從來不用角來對付敵人。
Its disposition is gentle, and it flees to its native forest upon the least alarm.
它脾氣溫和，得到輕微的警報就會跑回森林。
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