47.High School English Listening

Humpty Dumpty may have sat on a wall and had a great fall,but Humpty Dumpty wasn't a cat.
How do we know this?
Because, unlike an egg, a cat cansurvive a great fall in one piece.
Cats can fall from great heights and survive.
This phenomenon has been reported in newspaperslike The New York Times, which published a story claiming that even cats falling from greater thanseven floors have a good chance of survival.
The secret lies in cats' flexible spines and tails.
When a cat falls, it instinctively turns so that it willland on its feet.
If it's falling head or back first, the cat will rotate the head and front legs to facedownward then rotate the back legs into position; cats are flexible enough to rotate front andback quarters almost independently.
Once feet are downward, the cat's body arches up, like aHalloween cat.
This position increases air resistance and slows the cat down so that when it landsthe body can absorb a lot of the impact of the fall.
While cats may not need all the King's horses and all the King's men, they might need aveterinarian.
Cats can survive incredible falls, but they often suffer broken bones and internal injuries.
译文：
胖墩儿可能坐在墙上，摔了个大跟头，但胖墩儿不是猫。
我们怎么知道？
因为，与鸡蛋不同的是，猫可以从巨大的坠落中完整地存活下来。
猫可以从很高的地方摔下来并存活下来。
纽约时报》等报纸曾报道过这一现象，该报发表了一篇报道，声称即使是猫从七层以上的地方摔下来，也有很大的机会存活下来。
这个秘密在于猫的灵活的脊柱和尾巴。
当猫掉下来时，它会本能地转身，以便能站稳。
如果是头部或背部先坠落，猫会将头部和前腿旋转到朝下，然后将后腿旋转到位；猫的灵活性足以使前后四肢几乎独立旋转。
一旦脚朝下，猫的身体就会拱起来，就像万圣节的猫一样。
这种姿势增加了空气阻力，使猫的速度减慢，所以当它落地时，身体可以吸收很多坠落的冲击。
虽然猫可能不需要所有国王的马和所有国王的人，但它们可能需要一个兽医。
猫可以在令人难以置信的坠落中存活下来，但它们经常遭受骨折和内伤。
重点词汇：
in one piece 安然无恙的 ; 完好无损的
fall from 落下，跌落，降落 ; 说出
has been 已经
New York Times 《纽约时报》 ; 缩写词为NYT
so that 因此 ; 以便
falling head 落差
head and front 主要部分；主要项目