11. Whether it be… = Whether it(may/might) be… 表让步 ,无论是
12. constantly 不停地 be after 追逐
13. Ferdinands : bull 西班牙的斗牛 ,引申为容易受欺负的人
14. calf : 不到一岁的小动物
15. snout : 猪嘴 长鼻子 tank : 水池
16. equilibrium : 平衡 equal 是词头
17. no sooner than : as soon as
, scarcely / hardly… when
当…就
18. eventually : 最终(故事描叙一般用) 普通口语可用 finally,
19. 第二段篇幅过大 ,用 superstition 不严密,应该换成 legend。
20. 写文章一点要写清目的性:where, when , what time ….
相关原文:
There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation. Marine Studio biologists have pointed out that, however intelligent they may be, it is probably a mistake to credit dolphins with any motive of life-saving. On the occasions when they have pushed to shore an unconscious human being they have much more likely done it out of curiosity or for sport,as in riding the bow waves of a ship. In 1928 some porpoises were photographed working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress. If, as has been reported, they have protected humans from sharks, it may have been because curiosity attracted them and because the scent of a possible meal attracted the sharks. Porpoises and sharks are natural enemies.