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1、Crazy English 2023.7主题语境:动物篇幅:312词建议用时:6分钟The Earths most ancient land animal地球上最古老的陆地动物河南吕朗1Jonathan,a tortoise,is regarded as the oldest living land animal in the world,first arriving at its current home on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic in1882 as a gift to the governor of the is
2、land,which is a British territory.He was thoughtto be at the age of at least 50 at the time because his species,a Seychelles giant tortoise,reaches full maturity by this age and 120cmlong Jonathan has not grown any bigger sincehis arrival on the island.2His age means Jonathan was just a youngster wh
3、en Queen Victoria,Britains secondlongest reigning monarch(执政君主),took the throne,and he outlived both World Wars.3Despite his long life,Jonathan only gained international attention in 2008 when thenewspaper The Independent reported on his thenremarkable age of 176.At that stage,hehad already surpasse
4、d the 150 years life expectancy of Seychelles giant tortoises.4Jonathan,who is now blind with cataracts(白内障)and lacks a sense of smell,isrecognised by the Guinness World Records as the oldest known living land animal.5He has lived most of his life at the governors plantation house,according to the巨龟
5、乔纳森的生命旅途已经走过了191年,远远超过该物种150年的平均寿命,成为世界上现存寿命最长的陆地动物。46疯狂英语(新读写)islands website,which added that the tortoise could also be considered a national symbolfor the island.Jonathans image is even on the back side of a Saint Helena five pence coin.6Scientists have even studied Jonathan to determine what he
6、alth benefits they mightgather from his diet and his cells.Because his cells do not change in the same way thathumans cells do,scientists hope he could reveal the secret to fighting cancer in humans.7Jonathan shares his home with three other tortoises:Emma,a 54yearold female,David,a 54yearold male a
7、nd Frederika,a 31yearold tortoise originally called Frederikthat is now thought to be female.The first two arrived in 1969,and Frederika arrived in1991.ReadingCheckDetailInferenceVocabulary1.What can we know about Jonathan?A.He is a tortoise which is mature at the age of 50.B.He has lived at the gov
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