秧鸡

Chapter Two and Three interpret the novel Oryx and Crake from the two aspects of the connotation of environmental apocalypticism, excavating the connotation of environmental apocalypticism in it.

第二、三章分别从环境启示录内涵的两个方面入手，对小说《羚羊与秧鸡》这一文本进行解读，挖掘其中的环境启示录意蕴。

The third section expounds that the creation and content of Oryx and Crake deeply reflect the connotation of environmental apocalypticism, so it is a typical work of environmental apocalypticism literature and it is feasible to interpret this work from the perspective of environmental apocalypticism literature criticism.

第三节说明《羚羊与秧鸡》的创作和内容深刻地反映了环境启示录的内涵所在，是一部典型的环境启示录文学作品，所以用环境启示录文学批评的方法解读此文本是可行的。

Atwood, based on her great concern about the practical environmental problems, created Oryx and Crake, which has become a representative of contemporary environmental apocalypticism.

阿特伍德基于对现实环境问题的深刻关注创作的《羚羊与秧鸡》成为当代环境启示录文学的典范。

This thesis, employing the environmental apocalyptic literature approach, one of the perspectives of eco-criticism, to interpret the novel Oryx and Crake, which is written by the famous Canadian woman writer Margaret Atwood, excavates the connotation of environmental apocalypticism in it and evaluates the literary value and practical social significance of this creation.

本文采用生态批评的方法之一——环境启示录文学研究——对加拿大著名女作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德的小说《羚羊与秧鸡》进行解读，发掘其中的环境启示录意蕴，并对这种创作的文学价值和社会现实意义作出评价。

Any of several short-billed birds of the family Rallidae, such as the corncrake.

秧鸡一种秧鸡科的短嘴鸟，如长脚秧鸡

The sounds of England, the tinkle of the hammer on the anvil in the country smithy , the corncrake

英格兰之声，是乡村铁匠铺里铁砧上锤子的叮当声，是露珠欲滴的清晨秧鸡的鸣啼声，是磨刀石上镰刀的霍霍声，是山梁上走过一队犁地的农夫——这是许多世纪里英格兰的永恒景象。

Corncrake A common Eurasian bird with a short bill and brownish-yellow plumage, found in grain fields and meadows.

长脚秧鸡：欧亚一种普通短嘴秧鸡，喙短，羽毛棕黄色，常在谷物田和草地里出没

The first section of Chapter Three expounds that Atwood, as a modern Cassandra, expresses her environmental apocalyptic intention through her creations, giving detailed explanation with some actual examples, such as Atwood and Monkey-Wrench-Gang in the real world as well as Jimmy's mother, Crake's father and Crake himself in the fabricated world in the text.

第三章第一节阐明作为现代'卡珊德拉'的阿特伍德通过创作表达的"环境启示"意图，并以实例进一步说明，例如现实中的阿特伍德、猴子破坏帮以及文本中的吉米之母、秧鸡之父以及秧鸡本人。

Any of various marsh birds of the family Rallidae, characteristically having brownish plumage and short wings adapted only for short flights.

秧鸡一种秧鸡科的生活在沼泽中的鸟，特点为羽毛呈棕色，翅膀短，只能短距离飞行

Any of various wading and swimming birds of the family Rallidae, frequenting swampy regions and characteristically having dark, iridescent plumage and a red bill tipped with yellow.

红骨顶，秧鸡一种秧鸡科可涉水和游泳的水鸟，经常出没于沼泽地带，具有深色且耀眼的羽毛，尖端为黄色的红鸟喙

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷