The Reading Room - Do birds build their homes like humans?

May 18, 2026 - Do birds build their homes like humans?

Questions

1. cfead

2. 1. b

   2. c

   3. a

   4. c

   5. a

3. architecture, passed down, imitating, mate, evolution

Vocabulary

1. hive

   • n. 蜂巢 a home for bees；热闹忙碌的地方
   • v. 将（蜂群）放入蜂巢

2. spin

   • v. 旋转；纺线 (of a web) when spiders make their homes；给出有利解读；用旋转亮片假饵钓鱼
   • n. 旋转；短途自驾（类似开车转一圈）；有利的倾向、解读、偏向

3. beaver

   • n. 河狸；头盔护面
   • v. (非正式) 努力工作

4. dam

   • n. 水坝 a wall built to stop or control water
   • v. 建水坝
   • 缩写 decameter 十米

5. nest - a home built by animals (like birds) for eggs or babies

6. architect - a person who designs buildings

7. weaver - n. 织工；织巢鸟

8. pass down - give something (like traits or knowledge) from parent to child

9. transmit - v. 发送 send something from one place or person to another transit - n. 人或货物的载运，常用 in transit 在运输中

10. trait - a feature or characteristic of a living thing

11. imitate - v. 模仿 to copy someone or something

    intimate

    • adj. 亲近的、密切的；私密的
    • n. 亲密的朋友
    • v. 暗示

12. caregiver - who looks after someone else

13. coin

    • n. 硬币
    • v. 通过冲压制造（硬币）；创造或发明（词或短语） to invent a new word or phrase

14. evolution - the slow change of living things over time

15. invasive - adj. 侵入性的 has spread quickly in a new place and caused harm

16. mate - who you choose to reproduce or have babies

17. wren - n. 鹪鹩，一种鸟