1·The monitor lizard is one of the species that could soon disappear in the wild.
图片所示的该巨蜥很可能是在野外很快消失的物种之一。
2·I saw a flash of kingfisher blue. A monitor lizard paddled away through the reeds.
我看见一只翠鸟一闪而过，一头巨蜥在芦苇丛中走过。
3·The Panay monitor lizard in the Philippines is endangered for the same reason, as is the sail-fin water lizard whose hatchlings are sought for the pet trade.
菲律宾的班乃岛巨蜥也濒临灭绝，原因同上，帆鳍水蜥蜴也因同样的原因濒临灭绝，人们将刚刚孵化的帆鳍水蜥蜴幼仔用于宠物交易。
4·Sporting a "mesmerizing pattern of turquoise and blue," the monitor lizard Varanus macraei was discovered on the island of Batanta, off the Peninsula of Papua, in 2001.
有着“绿色和蓝色相间迷人图案”的巨蜥Varanus macraei与2001年发现于远离巴布亚半岛的巴丹塔岛。
5·Madhuri, an Indian elephant, swings a monitor lizard around by its tail. The unlucky creature had been swept off the ground and was carried around for a number of days by the elephant.
亚洲象曼徳胡里抓住一只巨蜥的尾巴抡来抡去，这不幸的动物被大象带着跑了好几天。