被稱為國(guó)家象征的動(dòng)物

("▔□▔)/這人忘記加標(biāo)題了標(biāo)題都沒(méi)有更別說(shuō)副標(biāo)題了(?￣△￣)?Animalshavealwaysbeenusedtorepresentcertainhumancharacteristics[?k?r?kt?'r?st?k].Countriesalsouseanimalsassymbols['s?mbl] .Fromeaglestolions,manycountriesuseananimaltoshowitsnationalspiritandcharacter.

人們常常用動(dòng)物來(lái)表現(xiàn)人類的性格。許多國(guó)家把鷹和獅子等動(dòng)物奉為國(guó)家的象征，用它們來(lái)展現(xiàn)民族精神和民族性格。characteristic

n.特點(diǎn)；特性；特色adj.典型的；特有的用來(lái)描述人或事物的特征、特點(diǎn),并非性格（character）symbol

n.符號(hào)；象征；標(biāo)志金榜P39：象征或表達(dá)某種深邃意蘊(yùn)的事物TheimageofaneagleisontheUSPresident'sflag,andontheone-dollarbill.Thebaldeagleisalarge,powerful,brownbirdwithawhiteheadandtail.Theterm"bald"doesnotmeanthatthisbirdlacks[l?ks]

feathers.Instead,itcomesfromtheoldwordpiebald,thatmeans,"markedwithwhite".美國(guó)總統(tǒng)印章和一美元幣上都有白頭鷹的形象。白頭鷹體形很大，動(dòng)作有力，羽毛呈灰色，腦袋和尾巴呈白色。白頭鷹英文名字中的"bald"并不是指它沒(méi)有羽毛。追根溯源，這個(gè)詞其實(shí)來(lái)自一個(gè)舊詞"piebald"，意思是“黑白相間的”。lackn.缺乏；無(wú)v.缺乏；不足lackfor(v.+prep.缺少,缺乏lackforsb/sthlacksthforsthTheUSdeclared[d?'kle?d]

thattheeaglewasitsnationalbirdin1782.Itwaschosenbecauseof"itslonglife,greatstrength,andnoble['n??bl]looks".declare

v.宣布（聲明）；申報(bào)；聲明declarefor/against(v.+prep.)聲明支持/反對(duì)declareon(v.+adv.)宣布…將要發(fā)生1782年，美國(guó)宣布白頭鷹為國(guó)鳥(niǎo)。它之所以能夠入選，是因?yàn)樗伴L(zhǎng)久的生命力、不凡的力量和高貴的‘容貌’。”nobleadj.高貴的；宏偉的；高尚的n.貴族But,oneoftheFoundingFathers,BenjaminFranklindidn'tagreewiththechoice."Thebaldeagle...isabirdofbadmoralcharacter;likethoseamongmenwholivebyrobbing['r?b??],heisgenerallypoor,andoftenverymessy['mesi]"heargued.Franklinwantedtheturkeyasthecountry'snationalbird.moral

adj.道德的；精神上的n.寓意；道德；品行；倫理messy

adj.散亂的；污穢的；麻煩的不過(guò)，美國(guó)開(kāi)國(guó)元?jiǎng)字槐窘苊?富蘭克林不贊成把白頭鷹作為美國(guó)的象征。他說(shuō)：“白頭鷹……品質(zhì)惡劣；就像那些依靠搶劫過(guò)活的人一樣，它窮困潦倒，骯臟不堪?！备惶m克林想把火雞作為美國(guó)的國(guó)鳥(niǎo)。磁爆步兵作死專家其實(shí)，我覺(jué)得火雞更加可口。呃，Σ(?д?;)不是。。。KingHenryI(1068-1135)wasabravewarriorbutalsowise[wa?z].HisappreciationfortheruleoflawearnedhimthenicknametheLionofJustice['d??st?s]

.HewasthefirstEnglishKingtousealionasaroyalsymbol,whichispopularlyknownasthe"kingofthejungle".BytheyearRichardI,knownas"TheLionheart"forhisbravery,cametothethrone[θr??n]in1189,thefamousThreeLionsbadgehadbeenformed.NowitcanbeseenontheshirtsofEngland'ssportsteams.英格蘭國(guó)王亨利一世勇敢而又英明。他推崇法治，人們給他起了個(gè)綽號(hào)“正義之獅”。他是首位把“叢林之王”獅子作為皇室標(biāo)志的英格蘭國(guó)王。1189年，因勇敢而著稱的“獅心國(guó)王”理查一世即位。到那時(shí)，著名的“三獅徽章”已經(jīng)問(wèn)世。如今，人們可以在英格蘭運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)的運(yùn)動(dòng)衫上領(lǐng)略這種徽章的風(fēng)采。justice

n.公平；公正；正義；司法；法官；法律制裁throne

n.王位；君主badge

n.象征；標(biāo)記；徽章；證章vt.授給...徽章AlthoughpeoplemightnotthinkoflionswhentheythinkofEngland,everyoneknowsabouttheAustraliankangaroo.Legend['led??nd]

hasitthatthekangaroogetsitsnamefromanearlymeetingbetweenlocalaborigines[??b?'r?d??ni?z]

andwhitesettlers['setl?z].WhenaskedbytheEuropeanswhatthesestrange-lookinganimalswere,anativereplied"kangaroo",meaning"Idon'tunderstandyou."當(dāng)我們提起英格蘭的時(shí)候，人們也許不會(huì)聯(lián)想到獅子。但一提起澳大利亞，大家都知道袋鼠。關(guān)于袋鼠名字的由來(lái)有這樣一個(gè)傳說(shuō)：早期殖民者初到澳洲，見(jiàn)到了當(dāng)?shù)氐耐林?。歐洲人就問(wèn)他們這些奇怪的動(dòng)物是什么，一個(gè)土著人回答道“kangaroo”，意思是“我聽(tīng)不懂你說(shuō)的話”。legend

n.傳說(shuō)；傳奇；圖例kangarooThekangarooisanindividualistic[??nd??v?d?u?'l?st?k]

animal.Althoughitdoesgatheringroups,thekangarooisnotaherdanimal.Ifagroupisattacked,individualsrunoffindifferentdirections.Australiansthinkthekangaroorepresentspositivevalues,suchasindividualresponsibilityandpride.袋鼠喜歡獨(dú)來(lái)獨(dú)往。它們有時(shí)也結(jié)群，但總體而言，袋鼠不喜歡群居。如果袋鼠群遭到攻擊，它們就會(huì)四散奔逃。澳大利亞人認(rèn)為袋鼠的個(gè)性代表著積極