看图学英文：动物世界的那些事儿
What happens in the animal world

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Award-winning photographer Joe Petersburger was lucky enough to capture the hunting kingfisher in this breathtaking sequence of images, the Daily Mail reported.

据英国《每日邮报》报道，获奖摄影师乔·彼得斯伯格幸运地捕捉到一组激动人心的翠鸟捕鱼镜头。

nose dive: 俯冲，用来比喻盈利或者价格的直线下降或者暴跌

飞机正在行驶中汽油消耗完了，或者引擎偏偏在半空中出了故障，这时这架飞机会发生什么情况呢？很可能会这样——nose dive，即飞机急速下降，换句话说是俯冲。这个习惯用语被广泛应用在航空之外的其它方面，例如股票市场或者商业贸易。

例句：It's not good news -- our profits took a real nose dive the last couple of months. In fact they're down about 50 percent from the same time last year.

这可不是什么好消息。这几个月来我们的盈利确实直线下降，和去年同期相比下降了几乎百分之五十。