用英语获得见识和聊天资本：初高中英语阶梯阅读0001用猪犁地
朗读录音：
1.In some areas, people use pigs or dogs to plow fields or pull small carts. It is beyond our imagination.
在某些地方，人们用猪来犁地或者是拉小车。那是我们想象不到的。
beyond，在某个范围之外。
2.When silver is made into powder it will become black. It is beyond our knowledge.
当银被弄成粉末，它将会变成黑色。那是在我们见识之外的。
3.When iron is made into a very thin film, it will be transparent and we can look through it
当钢铁被做成很薄的膜，它将是透明的，并且我们可以看穿它。
iron 熨斗，贴
transparent：trans＋parent父母亲，透明的。那个父母亲对儿女不是透明的啊！
film薄膜，胶片，电影
4.A crocodile can not put his tongue out of its mouth，but it can put what he wants into its mouth.
鳄鱼不能把舌头伸出嘴巴，但是，它可以放它想吃的东西进入它的嘴巴。
5.Without eating anything, a snail can sleep for three years
不吃任何东西，一个蜗牛可以睡觉三年
6.All the north-polar bears are left-handed. Of course, they can also get things within their reach easily.
所有的北极熊都是左撇子。当然，他们也能拿到到在他们抓取范围内的任何东西，而且很容易。
重点词组：within their reach 在它们能到达的范围之内
within是beyond的反义词：在某个范围之内
7.Butterflies distinguish smells with their feet instead of their noses
蝴蝶分辨气味用它们的脚而不是用鼻子。
重点词汇
1] distinguish 分辨
2] instead of 而不是
8.A cat can make more than one hundred voices while a dog can only make about ten
一只猫可以发出多于一百种声音，而一条狗才能发出大约十种。
while 在句首：虽然，同时；在句末：而，同时
9.Elephants can not jump, while other animals can
大象不可以跳，而其它的动物可以。
重点词汇：
while 在句首：虽然，同时；在句末：而，同时
10.We all feel afraid of spiders and snakes even if we are babies.
我们都害怕蜘蛛和蛇，即使我们还是小孩。
