英語聽力：美洲大平原-18

The scene is set for a daily ice age drama. Only the very largest are safe now.

Patience is the key, the lionesses close in, waiting for their opportunity.

The first charge causes chaos, but this is just what the lions want. ln the melee, they've already pinpointed their prey.

The leader pounces, and a horse is down. Meanwhile, the spooked herds stampede up the valley.

But they're running straight into another trap, a hidden cave, already full of ice age victims. And now it claims another. Above ground, the members of the valley pride - mothers, sisters and cubs feast.

1 chaos

n.混亂，無秩序

參考例句：

After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停電后，城市一片混亂。

The typhoon left chaos behind it.臺風(fēng)后一片混亂。

2 melee

n.混戰(zhàn);混戰(zhàn)的人群

參考例句：

There was a scuffle and I lost my hat in the melee.因發(fā)生一場斗毆，我的帽子也在混亂中丟失了。

In the melee that followed they trampled their mother a couple of times.他們打在一團，七手八腳的又踩了他們的母親幾下。

3 pinpointed

準(zhǔn)確地找出或描述( pinpoint的過去式和過去分詞 ); 為…準(zhǔn)確定位

參考例句：

His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice. 他拒絕幫助正顯示他的膽小。

Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from. 計算機確定了炮彈發(fā)射的位置。

4 prey

n.被掠食者，犧牲者，掠食;v.捕食，掠奪，折磨

參考例句：

Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉強食。

The lion was hunting for its prey.獅子在尋找獵物。

5 pounces

v.突然襲擊( pounce的第三人稱單數(shù) );猛撲;一眼看出;抓住機會(進行抨擊)

參考例句：

The attacker thinks it's still part of the lizard and pounces on it. 攻擊者認為那仍然是蜥蜴身體的一部分，向它猛撲過去。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

6 herds

獸群( herd的名詞復(fù)數(shù) ); 牧群; 人群; 群眾

參考例句：

Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他們就把牲畜趕到草場上去。

There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我們在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。

7 cubs

n.幼小的獸，不懂規(guī)矩的年輕人( cub的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

a lioness guarding her cubs 守護幼崽的母獅

Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 獅子的幼仔依靠母獅喂養(yǎng)。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》