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that offers excellent protection for
all the birds and plants that live here

lt also calls itself
a marine nature reserve

one of only two in the
whole of Britain

You'd think that a marine
reserve would offer

total protection for all
life under the sea,

but amazingly you can fish here even
commercial fishermen can operate here

ln the time of our grandfathers

there were natural
marine reserves,

areas that were inaccessible
to fishing fleet,

there the fish could grow to
maturity undisturbed,

but with modern fishing technology there's
practically no-where we now can't fish,

only a tiny percentage of the
ocean is a safe sanctuary

Something like one third of
one percent of the oceans

are currently within marine
protected areas

That's a very tiny fraction
and it's equivalent to something

like the size of South Africa

However we're not
really protecting

those areas err well
enough at the moment

and only something like one
ten thousandths of the surface

of the oceans is protected from
all forms of fishing at the moment,

that's equivalent to the
size of Holland,

it's a tiny fraction and
it isn't nearly enough

Roberts wants areas set aside
which are totally protected

There are some small areas
where they've done this,

Like this reserve off the
North lsland of New Zealand

Since they've stopped fishing
twenty-five years ago,

stocks have recovered and the
waters are now teaming with fish

And it's not just fish,
everything's doing well

Lobsters are abundant again,

And they're getting a lot bigger

Scientists monitor stocks
carefully and keep a close eye

on how all the animals
in the reserve are doing

This five kilometre wide reserve
produces the same number of lobster

as a hundred kilometres stretch
of unprotected coastline

Fishermen are allowed to fish
right up to the boundaries

Lobsters are now so abundant
within the reserve there isn't room

so they spread out into the
surrounding waters

And so what these no take
zone provides to

Fisheries is an increase in the
replenishment for their fisheries,

their spawning stock which
have been protected,

they're like deposits
in a bank account

Even the behaviour of the
fish has changed,

once scared of man the are now
perhaps a little over friendly

Roberts believes that between ten
and twenty percent of our oceans

should become no take zones,

And that we should protect large areas
of different marine habitat

The deep sea, coral reef, mangroves
as well as the key spawning grounds

That way the fish can grow bigger
and older and the stocks will recover

And he also believes
that migration routes

and feeding grounds
should be protected

Particularly the routes taken by
the largest marine animals of all,

the whale, as they circum
navigate the world

lt's a simple idea and
one that Roberts

believes with the public's help,
is possible

Once people realise
what's going on,

And they begin to bring to bare
pressure on the politicians

and decisions makers then l think
we'll see moves taking place

to establish the areas that
we need to set aside from fishing

We can make that choice,
we've done it before,

We've bought back some of the
great whales from near extinction

Most of them can now spend
their entire lives free

from the threat a whaling boat

But it took international
co-operation

and that only came about
once the public realised

how close the whales were
from being wiped out

Whaling was a huge industry
right up until the 1 970's

Some species very nearly disappeared
from our oceans altogether

We recognised this just in time
So we did something about it

We do now know what's happening
in our oceans

We know they're in trouble
and that we're to blame,

we can't hide behind an out of
sight out of mind attitude anymore,

we know what's down there,
the extraordinary diversity of life,

our oceans are so precious,
so vital to the planet,

if we care about that then surely
we can look after them


知识点

重点词汇
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}

fisheries [ˈfɪʃəri:z] n. 渔业；渔场（fishery的复数）；捕鱼术；渔业公司 { :5973}

sanctuary [ˈsæŋktʃuəri] n. 避难所；至圣所；耶路撒冷的神殿 {toefl :5985}

lobsters [ˈlɔbstəz] n. 龙虾( lobster的名词复数 ); 龙虾肉 { :6212}

lobster [ˈlɒbstə(r)] n. 龙虾 龙虾肉 {toefl :6212}

abundant [əˈbʌndənt] adj. 丰富的；充裕的；盛产 {gk cet4 ky toefl gre :6223}

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}

navigate [ˈnævɪgeɪt] vt. 驾驶，操纵；使通过；航行于 vi. 航行，航空 {toefl gre :6416}

spawning ['spɔ:nɪŋ] n. 产卵；增殖 v. 播种，产卵；大量生成（spawn的现在分词） { :6476}

extinction [ɪkˈstɪŋkʃn] n. 灭绝；消失；消灭；废止 {cet6 toefl gre :6977}

amazingly [ə'meɪzɪŋlɪ] adv. 令人惊讶地；惊奇地 { :8727}

coastline [ˈkəʊstlaɪn] n. 海岸线 { :8732}

Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报（letter message）；数据处理（Language Translation） { :9242}

inaccessible [ˌɪnækˈsesəbl] adj. 难达到的；难接近的；难见到的 {cet6 ky toefl :11099}

undisturbed [ˌʌndɪˈstɜ:bd] adj. 安静的；镇定的；未被扰乱的；泰然自若的 {toefl :11295}

unprotected [ˌʌnprəˈtektɪd] v. 无保护（unprotect的过去分词） adj. 无保护的；未设防的；不受关税保护的 { :11836}


难点词汇
err [ɜ:(r)] vi. 犯错；做错；犯罪；走上歧途 {toefl gre :13165}

mangroves [ ] n. [林] 红树林（mangrove的复数）；红树属植物 { :15533}

thousandths [ˈθauzənθs] n. 第一千( thousandth的名词复数 ) { :22148}

replenishment [rɪ'plenɪʃmənt] n. 补充，补给 { :24558}

ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}


复习词汇
oceans ['əʊʃnz] n. [海洋] 海洋（ocean的复数形式） { :1842}

reserve [rɪˈzɜ:v] n. 储备，储存；自然保护区；预备队；缄默；[金融] 储备金 vt. 储备；保留；预约 vi. 预订 n. (Reserve)人名；(法)勒塞尔夫 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :2475}

marine [məˈri:n] adj. 船舶的；海生的；海产的；航海的，海运的 n. 海运业；舰队；水兵；（海军）士兵或军官 n. (Marine)人名；(西)马里内；(英)马林 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :3580}


生僻词
circum ['sɜ:kəm] n. 环绕，周围；圆周


词组
a whale [ ] [网络] 鲸鱼号；一条鲸鱼；巨鲸

coral reef [ˈkɔrəl ri:f] n. 【地】珊瑚礁 [网络] 海底珊瑚礁；美国珊瑚礁；礁墙

equivalent to [iˈkwivələnt tu:] v. 等于N；相当于N [网络] 相等的；相对于；等同于

fishing fleet [ ] un. 渔船队；雷达巡逻舰队 [网络] 捕鱼渔船队

marine animal [məˈri:n ˈæniməl] un. 海洋动物 [网络] 海洋生物；异体住囊虫；海生支物

marine animals [ ] [网络] 海洋动物；海里的动物；海生动物

marine habitat [ ] [网络] 海洋栖息地；水域栖息地；海洋栖息所

marine protected area [ ] 海洋保护区

marine reserve [məˈri:n riˈzə:v] un. 海上禁捕区 [网络] 海洋保护区；海岸保护区；海洋保留区

marine reserves [ ] [网络] 海洋自然保护区；海洋保留区；索贝尔

migration route [maɪˈgreɪʃən ru:t] 回游路线

migration routes [ ] [鱼] 洄游路线

nature reserve [ˈneitʃə riˈzə:v] n. 自然保护区 [网络] 自然护理区；自然保留区；自然保留地

New Zealand [nju: 'zi:lәnd] n. 【国】新西兰 [网络] 纽西兰；奥克兰；区新西兰

the ocean [ ] [网络] 海洋；大海；赞大海

the reserve [ ] [网络] 储备基金管理公司；储备公司；珍藏

whale boat [hweil bəut] 捕鲸业；捕鲸小渔船



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