VOA慢速英语 从名字开始了解农田动物

　　Sheep are known for their thick coat of fleece. That is, unless they have been sheared. Shearing is when a sheep gets a haircut so the fleece can be made into wool. Sheep are also valued for their meat. Meat from a sheep that is more than a year old is called mutton. Mutton was a traditional favorite of the British. Now speaking of the British, they call a castrated male pig a hog. But hog is a term commonly used for any swine, especially a domesticated adult pig. A sexually mature male is called a boar. And an adult female is a sow. She gives birth to litters of piglets.

　　A male horse is a gelding if it was castrated and a stallion if it was not. A young horse is a foal. Foals are born to a mare, a sexually mature female. A mare is generally defined as three years or older. A female horse under three is a filly. And a male under four is a colt.

　　So that is our lesson. And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. I'm Steve Ember.

　　今天我们将收获一些词语。我们会解释一些植物和农田动物的常用术语。如果错过了节目，或者想自我测试，可以登录voaspecialenglish.com查看我们节目的文本或mp3。那么现在开始。

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