Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called TrueStories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor
in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing. In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion."
- magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/
英英：extremely attractive and impressive
英汉：宏伟的；壮丽的；了不起的- primeval /praɪˈmiːvl/
英英：from the earliest period of the history of the world, very ancient
英汉：原始的；初期的- boa constrictor /ˌbəʊə kənˈstrɪktər/
英英：a large South American snake that kills animals for food by winding its long body tightly around them
英汉：蟒蛇- prey /preɪ/
英英：an animal, a bird, etc. that is hunted, killed and eaten by another
英汉：猎物；受害者；牺牲者
