2014-2015学年九年级英语人教版新教材课文第十三单元译文.docVIP

Unit 13 Save the Sharks! 拯救 鲨鱼 Many have heard of shark fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is especially popular in 很多 听说 鱼翅 汤 这 著名的 昂贵的 碟子 尤其 受欢迎 southern China. But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a 南方的 中国 知道 杀死 整个的 鲨鱼 每 次 享受 bowl of shark fin soup? 碗 鱼翅 汤 When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the shark back into the ocean. 当 人们 捕捉 鲨鱼 砍掉 它们的 鳍 扔 鲨鱼 回到 海洋 This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment. Without a fin, a shark can no longer 这 不但 残酷的 而且 对...有害 环境 没有 鳍 鲨鱼 不再 swim and slowly dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If their 游泳 慢慢地 死去 鲨鱼 在…顶部 食物 链 海洋的 生态系统 如果它们的 numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never 数量 下降 太 低 将 带来 危险 对 整个海洋 生命 很多 认为 鲨鱼 决不 be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million 濒临灭绝的 因为 最强壮的 在它们的 食物链 事实上 大约 百万 sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks 鲨鱼 被 抓 贸易 工业 每年 数量 一些 种类 鲨鱼 have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years. 下降 超过 90% 最近 到 年 Environmental protection groups around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF, are 环境的 保护 组织 全 世界 例如 世界野生动物协会 世界自然基金会 teaching the public about “finning”. They have even asked governments to develop laws to 教学 公众 关于 鱼翅 甚至 要求 政府 制定 法律 stop the sale of shark fins. So far, no scie