时间:2018-12-13 作者:英语课 分类:北师大版高中英语模块7(选修)


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[00:01.01]Recently, there was another threat

[00:03.02]when the tanker 1 Jessica ran aground

[00:04.83]near the islands.

[00:06.48]It is believed to have leaked almost

[00:08.32]a million litres of oil into the sea.

[00:11.75]At first, it was feared that the islands'

[00:13.95]many unique species would be damaged,

[00:16.37]but the archipelago is expected

[00:18.13]to make a full recovery.

[00:20.45]By the time George was discovered,

[00:22.44]breeding programmes were known to be increasing

[00:24.88]the numbers of other tortoise sub-species,

[00:27.54]but is was acknowledged that his case

[00:29.12]was different.Unless a mate could be found,

[00:32.24]his group faced extinction 2.

[00:34.20]George was taken to the Charles Darwin Research

[00:36.55]Certre on Santa Cruz islandand

[00:38.80]and provided with a harem from related

[00:41.12]sub-species,but was said to

[00:42.98]have been uninterested.

[00:45.08]Thirty years later the last Geochelone

[00:47.37]elephantopus abingdoni is as lonesome as ever.

[00:50.25]



1 tanker
n.油轮
  • The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
  • Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
2 extinction
n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种
  • The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
  • The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
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