Have your students use reference sources to identify a difference between each of the following pairs of animals. Alligator – Crocodile. (The head of an alligator is shorter and flatter than the head of a crocodile.) Turtle – Tortoise. (A turtle can live in the water while a tortoise ...
What is the difference between a monkey and a chimpanzee? How big is an okapi? What adaptations do red foxes have? What is the difference between an ape and a chimpanzee? What are the adaptations of the kangaroo? What is the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?
Like the ploughshare tortoise, there are several species of box turtles that are considered either endangered or critically endangered. While several box turtle species are endangered, the Yunnan box turtle is in the most critical category. In fact, since their last assessment by the IUCN, it's ...
英语中的tortoise (乌龟) 是一种不起眼的、爬行慢的普通动物, 有这种联想意义,并 且turtle(海龟、甲鱼)也无特 的比喻意义。 所以,中国人会对 “turtle-neck sweater”( 翻领毛衣) 的意思感到迷惑。 仙鹤 (Crane)在中国文化中是长寿的象征,常与象征坚定的松联 系在一起,象征“顽强不屈”和“长生不老”,...
There is a Chinese idiom “white hair and ruddy complexion” (鹤发童颜). It is frequently applied to the description of the elderly and healthy people. So in Chinese crane symbolizes “longevity”. If the Chinese wish a person have long life, they usually say “turtle’s life or crane’s...