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And the fish in the market place
are getting smaller and smaller
Dr Sadovy of Hong Kong
University is worried
about the number of
being sold here
This beautiful animal
is head
and he'd called
because of his
And the other one is the giant
this is a giant
There's several of them,
and these are
one is probably a late teenager,
or well developed fish
and
of these species are young
to live for more than twenty years
but they rarely reach that age these
days they're taken out far too young
large numbers of
These animals have not had a chance
Where's the next generation
going to come from
slowly what happens
is you don't get enough adults
in the next generation
And slowly the population
or stocks...
...decline in numbers
So that's what my concern is...
...that, that if this
is part of a trend,
that we're seeing more and more
then that does not all go well
for these particular species
But much more serious than the
possible loss of a few species...
...is the loss of an
entire habitat...
specially one which supports
thousands upon thousands of species
community in our oceans
Many of them have grown up over hundreds,
sometimes thousands of years
And over that time a fantastic
number of animals
and plants have evolved with them
The
by the
provides animals with
protection from predators,
important breeding sites
and endless feeding opportunities
Now the
under threat...from man!
Today
lt's an efficient way to kill
all the nearby fish,
it completely
a patch of
and there are lots of other threats
Sometimes pollution, sometimes
they get covered by
And global warming is certainly
playing it's part too
Here is south east Asia 80%%% of
are either in danger of dying or are dead
A lot of it'd been
a more
is being used, it's fast, it's effective
but it's highly illegal,
fishermen are using
the
Fishermen
so they come out
into the open
much easier to catch
some of these fish are not even for food,
they're for the
they're purely a
The
in just a few weeks
and the whole
That was a
but this is real life
Members of the international marine
alliance in the
..are trying to save their
few remaining
They suspect these men have
been fishing
they're trying to find out where
and how they're been fishing
but the fishermen are
They're afraid to
where the places are
because there might be
some
in this err village
They hide the err bottles
and when a err another boat
approaches they just
so that err nobody can see it
these men know they could
end up in jail
lt's so hard to police these
知识点
重点词汇
reconstruction [.ri:kәn'strʌkʃәn] n. 再建,重建;改造;复兴 {toefl :5133}
luxury [ˈlʌkʃəri] n. 奢侈,奢华;奢侈品;享受 adj. 奢侈的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5235}
juvenile [ˈdʒu:vənaɪl] adj. 青少年的;幼稚的 n. 青少年;少年读物 {ky toefl ielts gre :5261}
juveniles ['dʒu:vɪnaɪlz] n. 少年(juvenile的复数形式);稚气 { :5261}
sediment [ˈsedɪmənt] n. 沉积;沉淀物 {toefl ielts gre :5512}
poison [ˈpɔɪzn] n. 毒药,毒物;酒;有毒害的事物;[助剂] 抑制剂 adj. 有毒的 vt. 污染;使中毒,放毒于;败坏;阻碍 vi. 放毒,下毒 n. (Poison)人名;(西)波伊松 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl :5542}
underneath [ˌʌndəˈni:θ] prep. 在…的下面;在…的形式下;在…的支配下 n. 下面;底部 adj. 下面的;底层的 adv. 在下面;在底下 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :5554}
coral [ˈkɒrəl] n. 珊瑚;珊瑚虫 adj. 珊瑚的;珊瑚色的 n. (Coral)人名;(英、法、西、葡)科拉尔 {gk toefl :5793}
corals [ˈkɔrəlz] n. 珊瑚( coral的名词复数 ); 珊瑚虫 { :5793}
aquarium [əˈkweəriəm] n. 水族馆;养鱼池;玻璃缸 {toefl ielts :5913}
fisheries [ˈfɪʃəri:z] n. 渔业;渔场(fishery的复数);捕鱼术;渔业公司 { :5973}
wary [ˈweəri] adj. 谨慎的;机警的;惟恐的;考虑周到的 {toefl ielts gre :6004}
villagers ['vɪlɪdʒəz] n. 村民;乡下人(villager的复数) { :6100}
reef [ri:f] n. 暗礁;[地质] 矿脉;收帆 vt. 收帆;缩帆 vi. 缩帆;收帆 {cet6 toefl :6352}
reefs [ri:fs] 礁体 { :6352}
ditch [dɪtʃ] n. 沟渠;壕沟 vt. 在…上掘沟;把…开入沟里;丢弃 vi. 开沟;掘沟 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :6459}
illegally [ɪ'li:ɡəlɪ] adv. 非法地 { :6834}
sinister [ˈsɪnɪstə(r)] adj. 阴险的;凶兆的;灾难性的;左边的 {toefl gre :6953}
intricate [ˈɪntrɪkət] adj. 复杂的;错综的,缠结的 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :7255}
Philippines [ˌfɪlə'pi:nz] n. 菲律宾 { :7390}
flattens [ˈflætnz] v. 变平,使(某物)变平( flatten的第三人称单数 ); 彻底打败某人,使丢脸; 停止增长(或上升); (把身体或身体部位)紧贴… { :7436}
starves [stɑ:vz] v. (使)挨饿,饥饿( starve的第三人称单数 ); 缺乏,急需 { :7450}
algae [ˈældʒi:] n. [植] 藻类;[植] 海藻 {toefl :8285}
retaliation [rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃn] n. 报复;反击;回敬 {gre :8470}
smothered [ˈsmʌðəd] vt. 使窒息;抑制;(用灰等)闷熄;忍住 vi. 窒息;被抑制;闷死 n. 窒息状态;令人窒息的浓烟 { :10923}
难点词汇
Yvonne ['i:vɒn] n. 伊冯(女子名) { :12874}
err [ɜ:(r)] vi. 犯错;做错;犯罪;走上歧途 {toefl gre :13165}
crevices [k'revɪsɪz] n. (尤指岩石的)裂缝,缺口( crevice的名词复数 ) { :13625}
hump [hʌmp] n. 驼峰;驼背;圆形隆起物 vt. 使隆起;使烦恼 vi. 隆起;弓起;努力;急速行进 {toefl :13883}
dazed [deɪzd] adj. 头昏的;茫然的 vt. 使眩晕;使惶惑(daze的过去式) { :14197}
squirt [skwɜ:t] n. 喷射;注射 vt. 喷湿 vi. 喷出 {toefl :14682}
cyanide [ˈsaɪənaɪd] n. [无化] 氰化物 { :17676}
grouper ['gru:pə] n. 石斑鱼;鲶科鱼;鲈科之鱼 { :23183}
LF [ ] [计] 换行, 低频 [医] 絮凝单位, 絮凝限度 { :30107}
wrasse [ræs] n. 濑鱼 { :31086}
生僻词
dynamited [ˈdainəmaitid] v. (尤指用于采矿的)甘油炸药( dynamite的过去式和过去分词 ); 会引起轰动的人[事物]
dynamiting [ˈdainəmaitɪŋ] v. (尤指用于采矿的)甘油炸药( dynamite的现在分词 ); 会引起轰动的人[事物]; 增重
词组
a hump [ ] [网络] 隆起物;长焦镜头拍摄到的一座拱桥;驼背
coastal area [ ] un. 沿海地区;沿海区;沿岸区;海岸区 [网络] 海岸带;滨海地区;海岸地区
coastal areas [ ] [网络] 沿海地区;潮涌海岸;沿海地域
coral reef [ˈkɔrəl ri:f] n. 【地】珊瑚礁 [网络] 海底珊瑚礁;美国珊瑚礁;礁墙
coral reefs [ ] n. 【地】珊瑚礁 [网络] 珊瑚礁生态系;国际珊瑚礁期刊;岌岌可危的珊瑚礁
err from [ ] [网络] 背离
juvenile fish [ˈdʒu:vinail fiʃ] un. 〔水产〕幼鱼 [网络] 稚鱼;稚鱼期
smother ... in [ ] [网络] 厚厚地或大面积地覆盖某物
smother in [ ] [网络] 厚厚地或大面积地覆盖某物
sodium cyanide [ˈsəʊdi:əm ˈsaɪəˌnaɪd] na. 【化】氰化钠 [网络] 山奈钠;杜邦氰化钠;化氰化钠
take refuge [ ] v. 回避 [网络] 避难;禅修和皈依;皈依三宝
to reef [ ] 缩帆;缩短桅樯
to reproduce [ ] [网络] 复制;文化差异再现;再生产
单词释义末尾数字为词频顺序
zk/中考 gk/中考 ky/考研 cet4/四级 cet6/六级 ielts/雅思 toefl/托福 gre/GRE
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