聽力每日練習(xí) listen 924 Canary in a Coal Mine

 
2--Why are these cute birds in a dark coal mine?
 
1--Did you hear about Sarah? The boss took her to dinner and then fired her the next day.
 
2--The same thing happened to Jason.
 
1--The boss took him to dinner and then fired him!
 
2--Dinner with the boss is like a canary in a coal mine.
 
1--The expression "canary in a coal mine" is used as a warning.
 
2--If a canary breathes poisonous gases, it gets sick and dies more quickly than a human would.
 
1--Coal miners used to bring these birds into the mines with them.
 
2--If the canaries died, the miners knew the air was not healthy.
 
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注解：
 
1.Canary金絲雀
2.coal煤
3.poisonous有毒的
 
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譯文：
 
1--金絲雀是黃色的小鳥。危險(xiǎn)的預(yù)兆
2--為什么這些可愛的小鳥在黑暗的煤礦里？
1--你聽說薩拉的事情了么？老板請她吃飯，然后第二天開除了她。
2--杰森也一樣。
1--他的老板也請他吃飯了，然后也開除了他。
2--和老板吃飯的員工，就像是煤礦中的金絲雀。
1--“煤礦中的金絲雀”通常是用作警示語。
2--如果金絲雀吸到有毒氣體，它生病甚至死亡的速度要比人類更快。
1--煤礦工人帶著這些金絲雀一起到礦井中。
2--如果金絲雀死了，礦工就知道里面的空氣不健康。