1·For those of you who don't know, prairie dogs are not actually dogs.
你们当中可能有人不知道，草原犬鼠其实不是狗。
2·A black-tailed prairie dog perks up outside his burrow in South Dakota.
在南达科他州，一只黑尾巴的草原土拨鼠昂首站在他的洞穴外面。
3·"The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation," said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe.
美国鱼类和野生动物管理局局长丹尼尔·阿什说：“小草原松鸡正处在绝境中。”
4·In an experiment, male prairie voles were given a drug that suppresses the effect of vasopressin.
在一项实验中，雄性草原田鼠服用了一种抑制抗利尿激素作用的药物。
5·For those unfamiliar with the delightful prairie vole, it is a small rodent found in the grasslands of central North America.
对于那些不熟悉可爱的草原田鼠的人来说，这是一种在北美中部草原上发现的小型啮齿动物。
1·To assemble a prairie takes time—even if you have all the pieces.
组装一个大草原需要时间——即使你拥有所有的部件。
2·The bolt that struck Honey Prairie, deep inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, might have just knocked down a tree or two.
击中奥克弗诺基国家野生动物保护区深处的蜜糖大草原的闪电，可能只会撂倒两三棵树而已。
3·They are called "prairie" houses, after the flat expanses of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
这些房子被称为“大草原”住宅，这个名字源自于密西西比河及洛矶山脉两地之间的平坦、广阔的土地。
4·Only 5 percent of the original prairie in the United States remains.
在美国原本的大草原只剩5%。
5·Spider lilies grow among sedges and rushes in the coastal prairie land of Texas' Brazos Bend State Park.
Brazos Bend州立公园座落于德克萨斯州的的海岸大草原，在莎草和急流中，长着一种神似蜘蛛的百合花。