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▍原文
A teenage gorilla in a Chicago zoo has been getting too much screen time, according to zoo officials.
Amare, a 415-pound gorilla, has been staring a little too frequently at the screens of cellphones from visitors who show him pictures and videos through the glass wall.
He has apparently become so distracted that last week, when another teenage gorilla rushed at him in a show of aggression, Amare did not appear to notice.
▍语言点
1. screen time 屏幕时间(花在电子设备上的时间)
· Children’s screen time has soared in the pandemic.
疫情期间,孩子使用电子设备的时间剧增。
2. “数字+连字符+计量单位”结构 可用于修饰名词
· 注:连字符后面表示单位的名词要用单数形式
· 415-pound gorilla 415磅重的金刚猩猩
· a two-million-dollar deal 一笔200万美元的订单
· a three-hundred-word abstract 一篇300字的摘要
3. gorilla /ɡəˈrɪlə/ n. 大猩猩,金刚猩猩(黑猩猩简称chimp)
4. stare at sb./sth. 盯着某人/某事物看(to look at sb./sth. for a long time)
· stare /ster/ v. 盯着,凝视,注视
· Don’t stare at people like that—it’s rude.
不要那样盯着人看,很不礼貌。
5. so+adj./adv.+that… 太……以致于……
· He’s so absorbed in his work that he neglects his family.
他沉迷工作,忽略了家庭。
6. distracted /dɪˈstræktɪd/ adj. 注意力分散的,思想不集中的
7. rush at sb. 朝某人冲过来(来者不善)
8. in a show of aggression 表现出攻击性
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