雅思课外读物--动物也爱跑步机 1

They were inspired by questions from animal welfare committees at universities about whether mice were really enjoying wheel-running, an activity used in all sorts of studies, or were instead like bears pacing in a cage, stressed and neurotic. Would they run ona wheel if they were free?

他们的灵感来自一些大学的动物福利委员会所提出的问题。这些委员会质疑小鼠是否真的喜欢在轮子上跑步——各种各样的研究都会用到这个活动，或者还是像在笼子里踱步的熊那样，出于压力和紧张。如果处于自由状态，它们还会在轮子上跑步吗?

【经典句式】

inspire激发

animal welfare动物福利

committee委员会

mice老鼠 mouse的复数

all sorts of各种各样的

pace踱步

stressed压力大的

neurotic神经质的

Now there is nodoubt. Mice came to the wheels like human beings to a health club holding aspring membership sale.They made the wheels spin.They hopped on,hopped off and hopped back on.

目前，这一点毫无疑问。到跑轮上跑步的小鼠，就像来到正在举行春季促销的健身俱乐部的人类一样。他们开始让轮子转动。它们跳上去、跳下来，然后再跳上去。

【大作文万用句式】

There is no doubt. 毫无疑问。

【经典句式】

health club健身俱乐部

hold举办

membership会员身份

sale促销

spin旋转

hop跳

“When I saw the first mice, I was extremely happy,” said Johanna H. Meijer atLeiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. “I had to laugh about theresults, but at the same time, I take it very seriously. It’s funny, and it’s important at the same time.”

“当我看见第一只小鼠时，我非常高兴，”荷兰莱顿大学医学中心(Leiden University Medical Center)的约翰娜·H·梅杰(Johanna H. Meijer)说。“这些结果不能不让我觉得可笑，但同时，我也会认真对待它。这很有趣，同时也很重要。”

【经典句式】

extremely极其地

Dr. Meijer’s day job is as a “brain electrophysiologist” studying biological rhythms in mice. She relished the chance to get out of the laboratory and study wild animals, and in a way that no one else had.

梅杰的正职工作是研究小鼠生物节律的“脑电生理学家”。她非常享受走出实验室，以前所未有的方式研究野生动物的机会。

【经典句式】

biological rhythm生物节律

laboratory实验室

wild animal野生动物

She said Konrad Lorenz, the great-grandfather of animal behavior studies, once mentioned in a letter that some of his caged rats had escaped and then returned to his garden to use running wheels placed there.

她说，动物行为研究的鼻祖康拉德·洛伦茨(Konrad Lorenz)曾在一封信中提到，有些被他关在笼子里的大鼠逃走后，又回到他的花园，到放在那里的跑轮上跑步。

【经典句式】

escape逃跑

But, Dr. Meijer said, the Lorenz observation “was one sentence.”

但是，梅杰说，洛伦茨的观察“只是一句话”。

【经典句式】

observation观察

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