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Keen to show his impressive feathers to anattentive female, the male clears the stage.

为了吸引雌性，雄鸟一边展示它的美丽羽毛，一边清理舞台


Now he\'s ready for a spot of serenading.

它此刻已将表演场地准备好了


Females may be dull looking but they are very picky.

雌鸟外表平凡但它们十分挑剔


His solo fails to impress.

雄鸟的独唱未能奏效


A second male arrives and takes centre stage.

第二只雄鸟开始上台表演


 

But, rather than fight, they strike up a duet.

与其争斗不休还不如来个二重奏


This show of strength finally gets her attention.

这段展示最终引起了雌鸟的关注


The best-dressed Goldie gets the girl.

羽毛最美的戈氏天堂鸟找到了伴侣

  

But while his feathers may have secured him a mate, they\'re not strong enough to carry him off the island and further east across the South Pacific.

天堂鸟的羽毛虽然可以吸引异性，却不足以飞离小岛，更无法从遥远的东方穿越南太平洋


Birds of paradise sacrificed flight efficiency for flights of fancy它们卖力飞行只是为了华丽的表演


So who did manage to colonise the South Pacific?

是谁成功开拓进南太平洋?


New Guinea\'s enormous landscape is carved up into thousands of isolated valleys.

新几内亚广袤的陆地，由数千座独立的山谷构成


Each shelters huge numbers of potential colonisers.

每座山谷都庇护着数量庞大的开拓者


Amazingly, one in twenty of the world\'s insect species may live here.

令人惊讶的是，这里的昆虫种类占地球上所有种类的1/20










词汇积累


1.attentive 英 [əˈtentɪv]  美 [əˈtentɪv]

adj. 注意的；体贴的；留心的

例句  

Many writing instructors will tell you that to be a great writer, you must be attentive. 

许多写作指导师会告诉你，要想成为一个伟大的作家，你必须专心。



2.picky 英 [ˈpɪki]  美 [ˈpɪki]

adj. 挑剔的；吹毛求疵的

例句 

Don\'t be so picky.

不要那么挑剔



3.strike 英 [straɪk]  美 [straɪk]

v. 撞击；打；踢

例句  

The unsatisfiedness of the workmen resulted in a strike. 

工人的不满引起了一场罢工。



4.colonise 英 [\'kɔlənaiz] 美 [\'kɔlənaiz]

vi. 开拓殖民地；移民于殖民地

vt. 在…开拓殖民地；移于殖民地

n. 殖民地化；移植

例句 

Seaweeds and corals, which need light to grow,colonise them. 

依靠阳光生长的海藻和珊瑚聚集在沉船上

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