When you want people to notice you, what do you do?
You might wear your hair a different way, or put on clothes or jewelry that makes people look at you. Sometimes when you dress up and look special, you walk a different way, a way that shows that you know you look good.
This kind of walking is called a “strut.” When you walk like this, you can say that you “strut your stuff.”
PHOTO: AP
The bird in this picture is a peacock, and he knows just how to strut his stuff. Peacocks are all males (the females are called peahens), and they show off their long, beautiful feathers in order to get peahens to notice them. Peahens only choose the peacocks with the longest, most beautiful feathers, so peacocks really have to know how to strut their stuff.
But scientists think peahens might be right for choosing peacocks that strut their stuff a lot. Scientist say that peacocks that have more beautiful feathers, and that show their feathers more often, are usually healthier than other peacocks.
(KAYLEEN HARTMAN, STAFF WRITER)
當你希望別人注意你時,你會怎麼做?
你可能換個髮型,穿戴讓人注意到你的衣服或珠寶。有時候當你精心打扮、看起來很特別時,你走路的方式也會不太一樣,想表現你知道自己看起來還不賴。
這樣的走路方式稱為「昂首闊步」。當你這樣行走時,你可以說自己「很招搖」。
照片中的鳥叫做雄孔雀(peacock),牠知道怎麼擺出最好的架式。Peacock都是雄性的(雌孔雀叫做peahen)。為了吸引雌孔雀注意,雄孔雀炫耀自己又長又美麗的羽毛。雌孔雀只會讓羽毛最長、最美麗的雄孔雀雀屏中選,所以雄孔雀務必要知道怎麼開屏。
不過,科學家認為雌孔雀挑選時常開屏的雄孔雀,可能有道理。科學家說,羽毛較多較美、又經常開屏的雄孔雀通常比其他的孔雀健康。
(翻譯︰賴美君)
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