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w they meet outside the aquarium. 苏珊和朱莉约好在周日上午9点去海洋馆。现在她们在海洋馆外面碰面了。 susan: hi, julie. i'm sorry for being late. have you waited for a long time? 苏珊:嗨,朱莉。很抱歉我迟到了。你在这等了很久吗? julie: i've been here for an hour. 朱莉:我已经在这等一个小时了。 susan: what? that's impossible. i couldn't have been late for so long. 苏珊:什么?不可能的。我不可能迟到这么长时间的。 julie: ha-ha, just kidding. i arrived here just now, then you appeared. let's get in. i have bought two tickets. 朱莉:哈哈,开个玩笑。我前脚刚到,你后脚就跟着来了。我们进去吧。我已经买了两张票。 susan: oh, julie. i am at a loss whether to cry or to laugh. 苏珊:噢,朱莉。你真是让我哭笑不得。 julie: look at this! it's so cute! what on the earth is it? it's only about three centimeters long. and more interestingly, it has wings, looks like an angel. 朱莉:看这个!好可爱呀!这到底是什么东西?差不多只有3厘米长。更有趣的是,它还有翅膀,看起来像个天使。 susan: i know it's called a sea angel! 苏珊:我知道这叫海洋天使! julie: it swims by flapping its wings. wow…it's so beautiful! 朱莉:它靠拍动翅膀来游动。哇……太美了! susan: yeah, it's also intelligent. 苏珊:是呀,还特别有灵性呢。 notes 1. aquarium [?'kw??ri?m] n. 水族馆;养鱼缸 2. at a loss 困惑,不知所措 3. fla [fl?p] n.拍打,拍打声;片状垂悬物;v. 拍打;鼓翼而飞 4. intelligent [in'telid??nt] adj. 聪明的,智能的;有理性的 小贴士 have you ever seen a whale in an aquarium? “of course”, you may have you even seen a whale that can talk? a japanese researcher says he has taught a beluga whale called nack to “talk” by using sounds to identify three different objects. isn't it wonderful? nack emits a short, high-pitched sound when he sees a swimming fin, a long, high-pitched sound when he sees goggles and a short, low-pitched sound when he sees a bucket. he correctly chooses the right object when the three sounds are played back to him. the research offers hope that one day humans may be able to hold conversations with sea mammals. 你在水族馆见过鲸鱼吗?你也许会说“当然见过”。那你见过会讲话的鲸鱼吗?日本一位科研人员称,他成功教会了一头名叫纳克的白鲸用声音“说出”三个不同的物体。这难道不稀奇吗?每当纳克看见游动的鳍状物时,它会发出一阵短高音;当它看到潜水镜时,会发出长高音;而看到水桶时,它又会发出一声短低音。之后再将这三种声音播放给它听时,它也能正确地识别出相应的物品。这项研究成果为人类有朝一日与海洋哺乳动物对话带来了希望。