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常到我格子裡逛的人應該都知道,我希望在學英文時、還能傳達些訊息。

前幾天我在奇摩新聞裡,看到這則海龜誤食塑膠袋死亡日增可能導致滅絕的新聞,就試著找英文報導, ... 一個關於英文學習的部落格看我的部落格時,我會建議,先看看『我學英文的故事』,先建立真正輕鬆有效學英文的方法,也就是多讀、多聽,讀懂、聽懂就好了,不要硬背單字、不要管文法。

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日誌相簿影音好友名片 200904252308Plasticbagsthreatenancientturtlespecies海龜誤食塑膠袋死亡日增可能導致滅絕?英文閱讀,中英對照以及難句解析常到我格子裡逛的人應該都知道,我希望在學英文時、還能傳達些訊息。

前幾天我在奇摩新聞裡,看到這則海龜誤食塑膠袋死亡日增可能導致滅絕的新聞,就試著找英文報導,於是就有了以下這篇VancouverSun的Plasticbagsthreatenancientturtlespecies的閱讀練習了。

看完這篇文章後,希望網友能為我們僅有的一個地球,盡些力。

    It'sbeenaroundfor100millionyears—agiantreptilethathaslongoutliveditsdistantdinosaurcousins,canweighmorethanaSmartcarandaccumulatenearlyasmuchmileageeveryyear. ButanewstudyoftheendangeredleatherbackturtlebythreeCanadianscientistshas,forthefirsttime,documentedhowoneoftheworld'smostmajesticandenduringspecies—andoneonlyrecentlyshowntoinhabitkeyfeedinggroundsalongCanada'sAtlanticshore—isbeingseriouslythreatenedbythelowliestartifactofmodernconsumerculture:theplasticbag. Tragically,thebiggestmemberoftheturtlefamilyispronetomistakingthediscardedbagsthatlittertheworld'soceanswithjellyfish,itsonlysourceoffood. Theresearchers'analysisofnearly400turtleautopsiesconductedsince1968showedthat37.2percentofthedeadleatherbacksexaminedhadingestedsomeformofplastic—mostlybags,butalsofishinglines,balloons,picniccutleryandcandywrappers. Insomecases,theplasticposedsuchanobstructiontodigestingfoodthatitwasconsideredthedirectcauseofdeath.Butthescientistsobservedthatevennon-lethalamountsofplastic,"byreducingtheextentofthegutfromwhichabsorption(ofnutrients)canoccur,maywellimpairhealthandreproduction." Thestudy,publishedinthelatesteditionofthescientificjournalMarinePollutionBulletin,wasco-authoredbybiologistsNicholasMrosovskyoftheUniversityofToronto,GeraldineRyanfromtheUniversityofGuelphandMikeJames,aleatherbackturtlespecialistwithDalhousieUniversityandthefederalDepartmentofFisheriesandOceans. "Unfortunately,"thestudystates,"ananimalthatcangulpdownatoxinladenPortugueseman-of-wardoesnotnecessarilysurviveeatinganinertplasticbag." Shipstrikes,entanglementsinfishingnets,habitatdestructionandthehumanharvestingofturtleeggsinsomesoutherncountriesareotherthreatsfacedbyleatherbacksworldwide. James,whoseresearchoverthepastdecadehasdemonstratedthesignificanceofNovaScotia'sandNewfoundlandandLabrador'soffshorefeedingzonestothesurvivalofthespecies'AtlanticOceanpopulation,describedtheMPBstudyasa"monumentaleffortthatlookedbackatnecropsiesoverthelastcenturyfromallovertheworld." InastatementreleasedbyDalhousieUniversity,Jamesnotedthat"plasticsingestiondoesn'talwayscausedeath,butthereareclearlyhealthriskstotheturtles. "Thefrustrating,yethopefulaspectisthathumanscaneasilybeginaddressingthesolution,withoutmajorlifestylechanges,"headded."It'sassimpleasreducingpackagingandmovingtowardalternative,biodegradablematerialsandrecycling." Leatherbacks,whichcanliveatleast80yearsandgrowbeyond650kilograms,arebornonbeachesintropicalwatersbutmigratevastdistancestosuchplacesasCanada'sEastCoast,wherejellyfishareplentiful. "Sincejellyfishandmarinedebrisconcentratewhereoceanwatermassesmeet,leatherbacksfeedingintheseareasarevulnerabletoingestingplastic,"theuniversitystatementsaid."Onceleatherbacksingestplastic,thousandsofspinesliningthethroatandesophagusmakeitnearlyimpossibletoregurgitate." Thescientistsalsospeculateinthestudythatthedeclineoreventualextinctionofleatherbackturtlesandresultingjellyfishbloomscouldcausemajorproblemsforcommercialfishingincertainpartsoftheworld. "Itmaybeasked,forinstance,whethertheproliferationofjellyfishoffthecoastofNamibiaandtheassociateddeclineinfishstockstheremightresultfromtoofewturtles,"thescientistsnote,"or,toputittheotherwayround,whetherincreasednumbersofleatherbackswouldresultinareboundoffishstocks."   以下是我的翻譯和解說: It'sbeenaroundfor100millionyears—agiantreptilethathaslongoutliveditsdistantdinosaurcousins,canweighmorethanaSmartcarandaccumulatenearlyasmuchmileageeveryyear.它已經存活了一億年,這一種巨大的爬蟲動物,遠遠的比它遠親表兄弟—恐龍存活的還要久。

它比一部Smartcar還重,而且每年的哩程數也相當。

(注意到沒這裡的Smart的S大寫,如果小寫就是smartcar所謂的智慧車了。

) ButanewstudyoftheendangeredleatherbackturtlebythreeCanadianscientistshas,forthefirsttime,documentedhowoneoftheworld'smostmajesticandenduringspecies—andoneonlyrecentlyshowntoinhabitkeyfeedinggroundsalongCanada'sAtlanticshore—isbeingseriouslythreatenedbythelowliestartifactofmodernconsumerculture:theplasticbag.這句可真是又臭又長,不過只要看被我用顏色標出來的部分,就可以看懂了。

翻譯是:但是一個由三位加拿大科學家的研究,已經證實,世界上最雄偉、最持久的動物之一,也是最近才知道棲息在加拿大大西洋岸,已經受到現代消費文化最低價的人工製品—塑膠袋,的嚴重威脅。

Tragically,thebiggestmemberoftheturtlefamilyispronetomistakingthediscardedbagsthatlittertheworld'soceanswithjellyfish,itsonlysourceoffood.可悲的是,烏龜家族裡最大的(棱皮龜),會把世界海洋到處被棄置的塑膠袋,誤認為它唯一的食物來源—水母。

Theresearchers'analysisofnearly400turtleautopsiesconductedsince1968showedthat37.2percentofthedeadleatherbacksexaminedhadingestedsomeformofplastic—mostlybags,butalsofishinglines,balloons,picniccutleryandcandywrappers.學者自1968年分析了,近400隻海龜的驗屍報告,顯示了37.2%的死去棱皮龜,吞下了各種樣式的塑膠—多數是塑膠袋,但也有魚線、汽球、野餐餐具和糖果包裝袋。

Insomecases,theplasticposedsuchanobstructiontodigestingfoodthatitwasconsideredthedirectcauseofdeath.有些情況下,塑膠阻礙了食物消化而被認為是海龜的直接死因。

Butthescientistsobservedthatevennon-lethalamountsofplastic,"byreducingtheextentofthegutfromwhichabsorption(ofnutrients)canoccur,maywellimpairhealthandreproduction."但是科學家也觀察到,就算是非致命程度的塑膠,也會降低了腸道的營養吸收,而影響到健康和繁殖。

Thestudy,publishedinthelatesteditionofthescientificjournalMarinePollutionBulletin,wasco-authoredbybiologistsNicholasMrosovskyoftheUniversityofToronto,GeraldineRyanfromtheUniversityofGuelphandMikeJames,aleatherbackturtlespecialistwithDalhousieUniversityandthefederalDepartmentofFisheriesandOceans.這句很長卻很簡單,首先記得,兩個逗點之間先不看,其實這句只是,這研究由三位biologists完成而已。

翻譯是:這項出刊在海洋污染科學期刊裡的報告,是由三位生物學家—多倫多大學的NicholasMrosovsky、Guelph大學的GeraldineRyan、Dalhousie大學以及聯邦海洋魚類部門的棱皮龜專家,MikeJames所寫。

"Unfortunately,"thestudystates,"ananimalthatcangulpdownatoxinladenPortugueseman-of-wardoesnotnecessarilysurviveeatinganinertplasticbag."這裡的Portugueseman-of-war是僧帽水母,連我也不知道。

『很不幸的』研究裡說『一個能一口吞下充滿毒性的僧帽水母的動物,卻沒法在吃進無生命的塑膠下,能確定存活。

』 Shipstrikes,entanglementsinfishingnets,habitatdestructionandthehumanharvestingofturtleeggsinsomesoutherncountriesareotherthreatsfacedbyleatherbacksworldwide.這句也很簡單,反正就是說明一些棱皮龜所受到的威脅。

被船撞到、被漁網纏住、棲息地的毀壞,和某些南方國家人們的收集海龜蛋,是世界上棱皮龜所遭受的其他威脅。

James,whoseresearchoverthepastdecadehasdemonstratedthesignificanceofNovaScotia'sandNewfoundlandandLabrador'soffshorefeedingzonestothesurvivalofthespecies'AtlanticOceanpopulation,describedtheMPBstudyasa"monumentaleffortthatlookedbackatnecropsiesoverthelastcenturyfromallovertheworld."兩個逗點之間先不看,就看懂了不是嗎?近十年的研究,已經證實了NovaScotia、Newfoundland和Labrador海岸進食區,對這物種的大西洋生存數量的重要性的James,描述這個報告為:『這世紀裡,重新檢驗世界各地驗屍報告的偉大成就。

』 InastatementreleasedbyDalhousieUniversity,Jamesnotedthat"plasticsingestiondoesn'talwayscausedeath,butthereareclearlyhealthriskstotheturtles.在一份由Dalhousie大學發出的聲明裡James說『吞入塑膠並不一定會造成死亡,但明顯的會對海龜健康有所威脅。

』 "Thefrustrating,yethopefulaspectisthathumanscaneasilybeginaddressingthesolution,withoutmajorlifestylechanges,"headded."It'sassimpleasreducingpackagingandmovingtowardalternative,biodegradablematerialsandrecycling."『令人沮喪但卻又令人燃起希望的看法是,人類很容易的就可以找出解決辦法,而且有不需要更改任何主要的生活方式。

』他進一步說明『其實只是簡單的減少包裝,以及使用其他生物可以分解的物質,和回收就可以ㄌ。

』 Leatherbacks,whichcanliveatleast80yearsandgrowbeyond650kilograms,arebornonbeachesintropicalwatersbutmigratevastdistancestosuchplacesasCanada'sEastCoast,wherejellyfishareplentiful.又來了兩個逗點之間先不看,其實這兩個逗點之間,只是進一步說明棱皮龜,而裡面的which正是關係代名詞,就是棱皮龜。

壽命至少是80年,並可以成長到超過650公斤的棱皮龜,出生在熱帶海域的沙灘上,但會遷移長遠距離,到達諸如加拿大東岸,那些很多水母的地方。

"Sincejellyfishandmarinedebrisconcentratewhereoceanwatermassesmeet,leatherbacksfeedingintheseareasarevulnerabletoingestingplastic,"theuniversitystatementsaid."Onceleatherbacksingestplastic,thousandsofspinesliningthethroatandesophagusmakeitnearlyimpossibletoregurgitate."這句裡的esophagus,我也不知道,不過既然跟throatand在一起,暫時就當throat之類的東西吧!還有regurgitate,我也不知道,不過既然說道吃塑膠,就猜消化吧!『由於水母和海洋廢棄物聚集在洋流匯及處,棱皮龜在這些地方取食,就很容易因吃進塑膠而受到傷害。

』大學的聲明裡說『在棱皮龜吃進塑膠後,幾千條沿著喉嚨和食道的脊柱,讓它幾乎無法反芻。

』 Thescientistsalsospeculateinthestudythatthedeclineoreventualextinctionofleatherbackturtlesandresultingjellyfishbloomscouldcausemajorproblemsforcommercialfishingincertainpartsoftheworld.這句裡的speculate,如過你不知道,多唸幾次、多拼幾次吧!這字蠻重要的。

科學家也推測,棱皮龜的減少,或是最終絕種,和隨之而來的水母數量的增加,會在世界上某些地方,造成商業漁業活動的大問題。

"Itmaybeasked,forinstance,whethertheproliferationofjellyfishoffthecoastofNamibiaandtheassociateddeclineinfishstockstheremightresultfromtoofewturtles,"thescientistsnote,"or,toputittheotherwayround,whetherincreasednumbersofleatherbackswouldresultinareboundoffishstocks."『例如或許有人會問,那密比亞近岸水母的增殖,以及隨之而來的漁獲量的減少,是否是因為海龜數量的減少?』科學家們註解著『換句話說,棱皮龜數量的增加,是否會導致漁獲量增加?』tzuhung/Xuite日誌/回應(0)/引用(0)聽力練習:ProposalC...|日誌首頁|看笑話學英文上一篇聽力練習:ProposalCourtneyCollinsKARK4News新聞播一半男主播向女主播求婚...下一篇看笑話學英文回應 加我為好友日誌相簿影音 我的相簿 tchung_168's新文章突破新多益800,滿分名師的教學密笈勘誤表留學達人英語通勘誤表一句話學英文6/15,2013EnglishPracticeYouTubeLink6/1,2013EnglishPracticeYouTubeLink談一下多益並探討一下為什麼台灣人多半老是考不好多益(下)談一下多益並探討一下為什麼台灣人多半老是考不好多益(下)談一下多益並探討一下為什麼台灣人多半老是考不好多益(上)BrainGamesShrewvs.Snake 全部展開|全部收合 tchung_168's新回應沒有新回應! 關鍵字



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