英语阅读：飞翔杀手正受到威胁.docVIP

美联英语提供：英语阅读：Killer on Wings Is Under Threat 飞翔的杀手正受到威胁 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/kuaisu.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 Could anything be more majestic, serene or threatening than the largest bird of prey in the world, the harpy eagle, soaring above its domain? Weighing nine kilograms and with a 2.2-metre wingspan, this giant of the .sky glides at 65 kilometres per hour over dense Brazilian rainforest. Its cruel head with flaring coloured crest and huge hooked beak twists constantly from side to side. 有什么比世界上最大的食肉猛禽热带大雕在它的领地上方搏击长空更加壮丽，更加安详，又更具威胁性呢？体重九公斤，翼幅达2.2米的空中巨物在茂密的巴西雨林上空以每小时65公里的速度滑翔。它那长着展开的有色肉冠和巨大钩状鹰嘴的残暴的脑袋木断地向两边扭来扭去。 It spots a monkey in a treetop 2.5 kilometres away and zeroes in on its prey. The monkey munches on, oblirious to the threat. Then the eagle strikes,plucking its prey from its perch with talons bome on legs the thickness of your wrists. The monkey dies instantly, pierced by the talons. The eagle carries the body back to its treetop lair. The famed and feared harpy eagle has killed again. 它发现了2.5公里之外树梢上的一只猴子，就立即把注意力集中在这只猎物身上。猴子全然不知威胁的存在，仍在津津有味地咀嚼着。大雕发起了进攻，用它的利爪将猎物从树枝上一把抓了起来，那利爪长在与人的手腕一般粗的腿上。被利爪刺穿了的猴子刹时间一命呜呼。大雕将其尸体带回树梢上的窝里。鼎鼎大名、令人生畏的热带大雕又杀生了。 Whether this frightening creature does indeed soar like other eagles in search of prey is open to conjecture . Forless is known about the harpy than any other eagle-the remoteness of its habitat sees to that. But it has been seen carrying monkeys, sloth and even small deer back to its nest. 这吓人的热带大雕捕食时是否真的和其他鹰类一样翱翔还没有定论，尚待猜测。人们对大雕的了解比对其他鹰类的了解都少——这是因为它的栖息地十分遥远而造成的，但确实见过它将猴子、树獭甚至小鹿带回巢中。 This eagles extraordinary eyesight is one of its greatest assets. Like many other eagles, it can see between four and eight times as much detail as canhumans. The result is an ability to see clearly a smaU monkey at a distance of up to 2.5 kilometres and to judge distances with pinpoint accuracy . The latter is an obvious requirement if prey is to be snatched at speed. 大雕非凡的视力是其最大的优势之一。和许多其他鹰类一样，它看清细节的能力比人类要强四至八倍。这样它就能够看清两点五公里以外的一只小猴子，并能极精确地判定