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今日主題：Sweet Song Gives Away New Bird Species  美妙歌聲的秘密

洪欣老師推薦：托福聽力最好的課外教材：60-Second Science
康康精選托福會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://online1.tingclass.net/voas…/2016/20160302sa_earth.mp3

只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

中英文稿：
That, of course, is the sound of the Himalayan forest thrush. And that sound was a clue to field researchers that they might have a new species of bird on their hands. Even though it was in the bush. You know what I mean.
這是喜馬拉雅深林中畫眉的歌聲。這個歌聲會告訴田野研究員這裡可能有新的鳥類物種。即使它在灌木叢中～你懂我的意思。

You see, the Himalayan forest thrush looks a great deal like another well-known bird called the alpine thrush. They're both found in northeastern India and nearby parts of China. But the alpine thrush has a raspy song compared with the more mellifluous Himalayan forest thrush.
喜馬拉雅畫眉和著名的高山畫眉有很多相似之處。它們都發現於印度東北部以及中國附近地區。但是，喜馬拉雅畫眉的歌聲甜美如蜜，但高山畫眉的歌聲卻有些刺耳。

One of the researchers, Shashank Dalvi of India's National Center for Biological Sciences and the Wildlife Conservation Society, likened the two different birds to Rod Stewart versus Adele.
來自於印度的國家生物科學中心和野生動物保護協會的的沙•代爾維，將這兩不同的鳥比作為羅德•斯圖爾特和阿黛爾。

Further analyses, including of the birds' DNA, confirmed that the song differences were indicative of these birds indeed belonging to two separate species. The finding is in the journal Avian Research.
通過對鳥類的DNA等進一步分析，證明了這兩種鳥歌聲不同表明實際上它們屬於不同的物種。該研究結果發表在《鳥類學研究》雜誌上。

The discovery of a new bird species is relatively rare. Since the year 2000, ornithologists have found five new species annually on average, mostly in South America. So this newly characterized thrush—only the fourth new species found in India since it became independent in 1947—should send birdwatchers from all over the world flocking. I mean, it's a sound discovery.
發現新的鳥類物種是相當罕見的。自從2000年，鳥類學家平均每年發現5種新物種，而這些新的物種主要集中在南美洲。所以，自1947年印度獨立以後，這 種具有新特徵的畫眉，是在印度發現的第四個新物種。這項新發現應引起世界觀鳥者蜂擁而至。我的意思是，這樣才是驚奇的發現。