boa constrictors

Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars.

然后我就决不和这个家伙谈论大蟒蛇或者原始森林或是星星什么的.

The grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar.

大人们劝我把这些画着开着肚皮的，或闭上肚皮的蟒蛇的图画放在一边，还是把兴趣放在地理、历史、算术、语法上。

This untouched land is remote enough to retain a wilderness feel, even without the lightning, and is home to jaguars, alligators, boa constrictors and monkeys, all of which retreat as the storms draw closer in the small hours.

这块无人问津的土地所在偏远，即使没有闪电，仍保留了原始荒原之感。这里也是美洲豹、短吻鳄、大蟒蛇和猴子的家园，它们会在凌晨风暴来临前撤回。

In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey4 whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion5."

这本书中写道：“这些蟒蛇把它们的猎获物不加咀嚼地囫囵吞下，尔后就不能再动弹了；它们就在长长的六个月的睡眠中消化这些食物。”