1. "Next, they'll be cloning foxes to make more fur (毛皮) coats," says the president of an animal rights group.
    一家动物权利组织的主席说，"接下来，他们就会克隆狐狸来做更多的狐皮大衣了。"

2. Yes, the earth's resources are not infinite; natural areas are being destroyed; the number of plant and animal species is declining; consumption of resources is expanding.
    是的，地球的资源不是无限的，自然界在遭受破坏，动植物的物种数目在减少，而资源的消耗却在增加。

3. Scientists discovered that this particular variety of rabbit (and apparently no other animal) was susceptible to a fatal virus disease, myxomatosis.
    科学家们发现，这种特殊品种的兔子（显然不包括别的动物）易患一种叫"多发性粘液瘤"的致命毒性疾病。

4. Potholes, unrepaired bridges, and other problems will make streets impassable to motor vehicles, so bicycles and animal-drawn vehicles will prevail.
    坑凹不平的路面、失修的桥梁以及其它问题将使机动车无法在街道上行驶，因此将盛行自行车和畜力车。

5. Man is an omnivorous animal.
    人是杂食动物。

6. Recently the New York Animal Medical Centre made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months.
    最近，纽约动物医疗中心对132只猫进行了为期5个月的综合研究。

7. Otter is a fur-covered, fish-eating aquatic animal.
    水獭是全身长毛、以鱼为食的水生动物。

8. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat----the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
    另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，

9. Only the Earth provides ideal conditions, and even here it has taken more than four billion years for plant and animal life to evolve.
    只有地球提供理想的条件，而即使在这里，植物和动物的进化也用了40亿年的时间。

10. Of course they could not see him with their eyes, but they thought that by touching him they could learn just what kind of animal he was.
    当然，他们无法亲眼看见大象，但是可以用手触摸，从而了解大象到底是什么样的动物。