托福阅读机经背景材料：电线上的鸟.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料托福阅读机经背景材料：电线上的鸟 摘要： 托福阅读机经背景材料：电线上的鸟!小编在这里为大家整理了一些托福阅读机经的背景材料，希望各位同学在闲暇之余认真揣摩，这对各位日后的考试是很有帮助的哦! 托福 阅读机经背景材料：电线上的鸟!小编在这里为大家整理了一些 托福阅读 机经的背景材料，希望各位同学在闲暇之余认真揣摩，这对各位日后的考试是很有帮助的哦! Have you ever wondered why birds arent (1)electrocuted(使触电致死) by the currents(电流) that flow through high-voltage power lines(高压电线)? Find out on this Moment of Science. It’s not unusual to see lines of birds (2)perched(栖息) on power lines. But did you ever wonder why birds aren’t electrocuted by the enormous currents that flow through these high-voltage wires? You might think it’s because the wires are (3)insulated(绝缘的), but they’re actually not insulated at all — that’s why downed(击落的) power lines are so dangerous. No, the only reason why birds on power lines usually aren’t electrocuted is because the wire is the only thing they’re touching! 小马 为大家研发出新的 托福备考 神器，小马托福APP把历年的托福机经以及最新更新考前预测内容的大范围、小范围、逆天版机经从纸质型做成APP机经库，让大家直接体验托福机经在线模考环境;界面及内容设计完全依照真实的新 托福听力 环境，并同时给出了TPO1-34模考题及答案解析；小马托福听力APP开启两种模式：“修炼”、“闯关”，两大模式进行魔鬼式训练。另外还有5000+词汇、1000+经典句子、200+文章。同学们可以扫一扫下面的二维码下载下来感受一下。 Like all energy, electricity seeks (4)equilibrium(均衡，平衡), or balance. That means electricity will flow from high-energy areas to areas of less energy, always using the path of least resistance(阻力最小的方向). So if the bird has one foot on our original wire, and the other foot on, for example, the ground or on a different wire with less voltage, the bird would be electrocuted. Because the electricity would pass through the bird on its way from the high-voltage line to the lower-voltage line or the ground. But as long as both of the bird’s feet are on the same wire (or wires of the same voltage), the bird is safe. The current doesn’t have anywhere else to go, so the electricity won’t pass through the bird–it stays on the path of least resistance, the wire. This would work for humans, too–if you were to hang suspended from one of these wires, you wouldn’t be electrocuted, as long as you didn’t get too close to anything e