说到绘画本身，几乎所有旧石器时代的洞穴艺术都代表动物，肖维也不例外。
Getting to the paintings themselves, virtually all Paleolithic cave art represents animals, and Chauvet is no exception.
动物词汇除了具有字面意义代表动物本身外，还承载着丰富的文化内涵。
Animal words contain not only literal meanings but also rich cultural connotations.
因此，作为本降临季的开始，我决定谈谈自己为什么把代表动物工作-尤其是养殖动物——看成是上帝的工作的见解。
So, as this Advent season begins, I decided to offer some thoughts on why I view working on behalf of animals — and especially farmed animals — as God's work.
然而，这个7亿年历史的地层几乎不能为现代动物的起源提供任何线索，因为古生物学家认为它代表的是一个失败的进化试验。
This 700-million-year-old formation gives few clues to the origins of modern animals, however, because paleontologists believe it represents an evolutionary experiment that failed.
为什么那位演讲者要选择这种两栖动物作为公众生物的代表呢？
Why does the speaker choose that amphibian as her representative of a public creature?
他们相信，画上的动物是那个时代的象征和精神生活的中心，是在人们心中代表着某种深刻和精神的东西的动物。
They believe that the animals painted were those central to the symbolic and spiritual life of the times, animals that represented something deep and spiritual to the people.
伯吉斯页岩地层中也有许多代表着现代动物群中已经灭绝的物种的化石。
The Burgess Shale formation also has fossils of many extinct representatives of modern animal groups.
圣地亚哥动物园占地100英亩，有4000只动物，代表了800个物种；它们一起在一个地方。
The San Diego Zoo covers 100 acres and brings 4,000 animals, representing 800 kinds; together in one place.
巨型蟾蜍和安第斯鬣蜥是爬行动物的代表。
The Giant Toad and Andean Iguana are some examples of reptiles.
古人相信动物代表的形象，他们认为老虎是百兽之王，可以保护他们的孩子。
The ancient people believed images of the animals, which were thought of as the king of beasts, could protect their children.
比如说，像小鹿或者山羊这种被捕食的种群，它们的代表动作就是突然快速逃跑的动作和突然转弯；相反的，猫科动物之类的捕食种群会练习潜行追踪、猛扑和撕咬等动作。
Prey species, like young deer or goats, for example, typically play by performing sudden flight movements and turns, whereas predator species, such as cats, practice stalking, pouncing, and biting.
来自120多个国家的代表聚首因特拉肯，商议并批准一项关于动物遗传资源的全球行动计划。
Representatives of over 120 countries are meeting in Interlaken to negotiate and adopt a Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources.
再再然后它变成了非人类动物和自然环境的代表。
And then it becomes the non-human animals and the environment.
虽然这些生物代表了广泛的动物王国，但这里他们都属于可爱的，钝头家族。
Although the creatures represent a wide range of the animal kingdom, they all appear to belong to the same dear, blunt-nosed family.
所幸的是，还有其他候选动物也在争这一代表北京奥运会的殊荣，其中包括中国虎。
Fortunately there are other candidates for the honour of representing the Beijing Olympics, including the Chinese tiger.
她父亲代表她像当地动物医院捐款，那是一笔数目可观的捐款。
Her father had endowed the local veterinary hospital on her behalf. It was a very large endowment.
有个能寄宿宠物的动物诊所终于同意了。旅行者援助组织的代表开车把他们送到诊所。
A veterinary clinic, which also boarded pets, finally agreed, and the Travelers' Aid representative drove them to the place.
中国的十二生肖代表了十二种动物，他们的顺序是：鼠、牛、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。
The Chinese zodiac features 12 animals in the sequence of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
动物的原始冲动流传下来的另外一个，更具代表性的产物就是“权宜婚姻”，也即所谓的“钓金龟婿”。
A second--and perhaps even more representative--remnant of this primal dynamic could be the "marriage of convenience, " or so-called "gold-digging."
从心理学角度看，动物进化趋向于对自己的亲人有益，特别是自己的孩子，以鸟类和哺乳类为代表。
From a psychological point then, animals have evolved to be nice to their kin, particularly their children, and particularly in birds and mammals.
因此，代表们还将讨论如何加强兽医和人类卫生服务以便能迅速查明动物或人类中的任何H5N1病例。
Therefore, delegates will also discuss ways to strengthen veterinary and human health services so that any H5N1 cases — in animals or humans — will be identified quickly.
《夏洛特的网》讲述了一只蜘蛛拯救她的猪朋友的故事，蜘蛛夏洛特成为文学史上最善良的节肢动物的代表。
“Charlotte’s Web.” The story of the spider who saves her friend, the pig, is the kindest representation of an arthropod in literary history.
哥切尔是瑞士苏黎世的一名以为动物辩护为职业的律师，他是代表宠物、饲养动物和野生动物利益的公立律师。
Mr. Goetschel is the official animal lawyer for the Swiss canton of Zurich, a sort of public defender who represents the interests of pets, farm animals and wildlife.
鸡被作为卵生动物的代表，一些已经灭绝的爬行动物可能在进化过程中将基因传给了鸭嘴兽和其他哺乳类。
Chickens were included to represent egg-laying animals, such as extinct reptiles, that passed on much of their DNA to the platypus and other mammals in the course of evolution.
虽然我只是提到了狒狒和八哥，但是它们是哺乳动物和禽类的代表。
Granted, I've only mentioned baboons and starlings, but there you've got a mammalian representative and an avian one.
黑猩猩老了或许会脱毛，豹子老了遭受斑点褪色，但不是所有的动物都会得到这些代表资历的徽标。
Older chimps may go bald, and leopards suffer faded spots, but not all creatures bear such badges of seniority.
尽管考拉是澳大利亚最具有代表性的哺乳动物，但由于栖息地的减少，它们仍处在危险中。
Though koalas are Australia's most iconic and adored marsupials, they are under threat due to a shortage of suitable habitat from mass land clearance.
鸽子是和平的和永恒的爱公认的象征，是婚礼的象征意义，因为这些家庭代表所有热爱动物，它是婚姻。
Doves are a well-recognised symbol of peace and eternal love and are symbolic for a wedding because these home loving creatures represent all that is a marriage.
鸽子是和平的和永恒的爱公认的象征，是婚礼的象征意义，因为这些家庭代表所有热爱动物，它是婚姻。
Doves are a well-recognised symbol of peace and eternal love and are symbolic for a wedding because these home loving creatures represent all that is a marriage.
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