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图书名称：《速度的产生 神奇的猎豹》

【作　者】（美）Sharon Elaine Thompson著；傅涛，杜丽娟译

【丛书名】英汉对照科普读物

【页 数】 230

【出版社】 北京：科学普及出版社 , 2001.03

【ISBN号】7-110-04975-2

【价 格】10.50

【分 类】英语-对照读物，速度-英、汉

【参考文献】 （美）Sharon Elaine Thompson著；傅涛，杜丽娟译. 速度的产生 神奇的猎豹. 北京：科学普及出版社, 2001.03.

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Introduction

The treeless East African savannashimmers in the summer heat.A herd of

Thomson's gazelles,a type of antelope,nibbles quietly on the dry grass.Thereare few trees or rocks to hide the Tom-mies from predators.Instead,the an-telopes are protected by the large numberof animals in the herd.If danger threat-ens,one of the gazelles is sure to spot itin time for the whole herd to run away.

Healthy adult antelopes can outrun mostpredators.

But crouched in the long grass nearthe herd is one hunter the Tommies cannotoutrun-a cheetah.Its spotted yellow coathelps it blend into the grass as it creeps

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树木稀少的东非大草原在炎炎夏日中蒸腾着。一群汤姆森瞪羚（羚羊的一种）安静地啃食着地上的干草。草原上几乎没有树木或岩石供这些汤姆森瞪羚躲避食肉动物。然而，羚羊是用羊群的巨大数量来保护自己的。如果危险降临，必定有一只瞪羚会及时发现危险，整个一群羚羊就会逃跑。健康的成年羚羊能够逃脱大多数食肉动物的追赶。

但是在离羊群不远的草丛中，蜷伏着一个让汤姆森瞪羚无法逃脱其魔掌的猎手一一猎豹。猎豹慢慢潜近这群正在吃草的动物，带有斑，点的黄色

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closer to the grazing animals.Suddenlythe cheetah stands up,startling thegazelles.The frightened herd begins torun.With stunning speed,the cheetahruns down the antelope it has chosen asits prey.The cheetah bites the younggazelle's throat to strangle it.The rest ofthe herd stops in the distance and beginsto graze again under the hot sun.

The cheetah is the world's fastestland mammal.But speed does not guar-antee survival.In fact,the cheetah's bi-ology and way of life make it difficult forthe cheetah to survive.Many male chee-tahs are infertile-unable to father cubs.

Only 5 percent of cheetah cubs live to be-come adults.The remainder die from dis-ease,starvation,or attacks by otherpredators,such as lions.The swift catshave been victims of humans,too.Theyhave been hunted for their fur anddestroyed as threats to livestock.Their

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hunting grounds have been fenced in byfarmers and cattle ranchers.Where chee-tahs cannot run free,they cannot sur-vive.In much of their range,cheetahshave lost the race against extinction andhave disappeared.Cheetahs are consid-ered an endangered species.

Although humans have contributedto the cheetah's disappearance,humanbeings are making an effort to see thatcheetahs do not die out altogether.Insome areas,cheetahs are protected bylaw.Zoos and animal parks Europe,

Africa,and the United States are breed-ing and raising the cats.Scientists arestudying them to learn more about theirbehavior.The more we know about chee-tahs,the better we can help the cheetahsthat still run free.

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莲

和牛仔们圈走，在不能自由奔跑的地

方，猎豹就无法生存。在它们的大多

数领地里，猎豹输掉了与灭绝的竞争，

已经消失了。猎豹已被列为频临灭绝

的动物。

虽然人类对猎豹的消失负有责任，

但人类正在努力使猎豹不致彻底灭绝。

一些地方，猎豹已经受到法律的保护。

在欧洲、非洲和美国的动物园和野生

动物园正在繁殖和哺育这种猫科动物。

科学家正在研究它们，以便更多地了

解它们的习性。我们对猎豹了解得越

多，就越能更好地帮助那些至今还在

野外自由生活着的猎豹。

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