漂流者 26 - 英语听力
Larger insects and animals need more
Than a breeze to carry them away
Vast tracts of warm water are a perfect environment for cyclones
Over half the cyclones on the planet
Around 30 a year
Form in the Pacific Ocean
Heated by the warm tropical sun
Water evaporates and forms massive thunderstorms
Fuelling a whirling vortex
In some cases up to 500 miles wide
When they collide with islands
They unleash their fury
Winds in excess of 100 miles an hour can uproot a forest
Large insects can be sucked up into the sky
So why not birds bats and lizards
In fact all these creatures are
Known to have been carried hundreds
Of miles out to sea by cyclones
When the storm subsides
Most will meet a watery grave
But a very very lucky few will land on firm ground
And from these survivors
A whole island dynasty may be born
