[TOEFL 공부일지] Listening Lecture #1 - Biology: Bowerbird

내용 / 위치

• Listening / Lecture / Biology / 226 - 227
• bowerbird story

단어 공부

• bowerbird: 바우어새
• bower: 휴식처, 은둔처
• elevated: 높은, 끌어 올려진
• conjugal: 부부의
• sapling: 묘목
• hut:오두막
• gravel: 자갈
• deck: 치장하다
• sneaky: 비열한, 남을 속이는
• Informed choice: 정보에 입각한 선택, 신중한 선택
• intricate: 정교한
• plumage: 깃털
• meticulous: 꼼꼼한
• strut: 뽐내다, 과시하다
• frenetic: 열광적인
• maniacal: 광적인
• aside from: ~에 더해, ~외에도
• dull: 재미없는, 지루한

잘 안 외워지는 문장 표현 공부

• There's a reason for that, and you might be surprised to know that it has to do with courtship.
• A bower is a kind of leafy shelter made of sticks and grass.
• It's an elevated pad with some decoration on top of it or around it.
• I'm sure that you know what the idea is behind these bowers. It's to impress the girl bowerbirds, of course. And if a female is impressed, the bower is used for mating.
• Let me point out that female bowerbirds don't make the bower the sole standard for deciding whether a male bowerbird is worth choosing.
• Generally speaking, though, plain looking male bowerbirds usually have to erect a really attractive bower to make up for their physical shortcomings.
• It's the dull-looking male bowerbirds that construct the most intricate bowers. And the bowerbird species that have the brightest plumage build the plainest bowers.
• The male bowerbird entertains the female with a song and dance number.
• It is at that time that the male will start strutting his stuff.
• He fluffs up his feathers and starts making these buzzing sounds.
• The female makes a hasty retreat even before she's had a chance to size up the male.