时间:2019-02-13 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

It's not every day that you find a motorcycle or a concrete dock washed ashore 1, but that's what people on the West coast of the United States have been spotting. These items were among debris 2 from the March 2011 tsunami 3 in Japan.


It's been estimated that 1.5 million tonnes of debris is floating through the North Pacific Ocean and new items are frequently dragged up onto sandy beaches.


Volunteer beachcombers have been working at Yaquina Bay in Oregon to clean the beach of all rubbish. The group - college students, pensioners 4, surfers and locals - work alongside State Park officers and is given gloves to protect their hands. There's been no evidence yet of any radioactive debris, but they are all too aware of the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant after the tsunami.


The arrival of alien species is another cause for concern in the US. The concrete dock that drifted in to Newport, Oregon, was found to contain sea creatures originating from Japan that could threaten the local ecosystem 5. Some starfish prey 6 on native marine 7 organisms and the Wakame kelp is known as one of the worst invasive species outside its natural environment.


As the Hatfield Marine Science Centre's John Chapman explained on the International Business Times website: "In sheltered waters, the Wakame kelp can quickly form large beds that block out sunlight essential for the survival of native kelps, seaweeds, and other marine algae 8."


The debris is also a reminder 9 of the human suffering brought by the tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people.


Jack 10 Barth, a professor at Oregon State University's College of Oceanic Atmospheric 11 Sciences, points out that some personal items found can provide some closure for families in Japan.


Sixteen-year-old Misaki Murakami, a tsunami survivor 12, was reunited with his football after it washed up in Alaska. His signature on the ball made it possible to trace him.


Murakami said: "I'm very grateful as I've so far found nothing that I'd owned."


Quiz 测验


1. How much debris from the tsunami in Japan is estimated to be floating through the North Pacific Ocean?


1.5 million tonnes.


2. In the material washed ashore, what is a cause for concern in the US?


The possibility of radioactive debris and species of animals and plants that might damage local ecosystems 13.


3. Is the following statement true, false or not given? Students are part of a group of beachcombers paid a salary to clean beaches in Oregon.


False. The group is made up of volunteers, according to the article.


4. What made it possible to identify the football's owner?


His signature on the ball.


5. What marine creatures are mentioned in the article?


Starfish (kelp is a plant not a creature)


Glossary 词汇表


washed ashore 被冲上岸


the coast 海岸


to spot 偶然看到


debris 碎片,残骸


to float 浮


to drag 拖


a beachcomber 海滩清理者


a surfer 冲浪者


radioactive 放射性的


meltdown 彻底崩溃


to drift in 在海上漂流


the ecosystem 生态系统


a starfish 海星


Wakame kelp 裙带菜海带


to block out 阻挡


a seaweed 海藻


marine algae 海洋藻类植物


closure 完结


to trace 跟踪



adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
n.领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人( pensioner的名词复数 )
  • He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。 来自辞典例句
n.生态系统
  • This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
  • We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
n.水藻,海藻
  • Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
  • Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
adj.大气的,空气的;大气层的;大气所引起的
  • Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
  • Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。
n.生存者,残存者,幸存者
  • The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
  • There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
n.生态系统( ecosystem的名词复数 )
  • There are highly sensitive and delicately balanced ecosystems in the forest. 森林里有高度敏感、灵敏平衡的各种生态系统。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Madagascar's ecosystems range from rainforest to semi-desert. 马达加斯加生态系统类型多样,从雨林到半荒漠等不一而足。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
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Alcuescar
all inclusive or clean surplus concept
aurea mediocritas
awakers
Babelegi
beat someone with his own weapon s
blank mould turnover
bocco
causticization reactor
chronic ulcer
coherence factor
company time
comtracted
conjugated system of bonds
cryogenic materials
cryptic colouring
debosh
dibiasio
dunnett's table
elaphoglossum lepidopodum c.chr.
end-to-end session
EODR
excision of skin of nose for rhinophyma
exponential smoothing models
fawning on
gentleboy
gibsonite
global macro fund
goas
gold export and import
Haber process
handstrokes
homogeneous carburizing
hot air damper
infinitely dimensional integral
internal elastic coat
Khebāng
Komatsushima
last transition peak mesial point
launching-pad
lautreamont
likour
lioy
lussacs
mass-circulations
master patent
matallanas
mechanical pulsing
menstruatings
midlife
misform
MYCIF
Môle, Cap du
Nocardia mesenterica
nominal control voltage
nucleophile-assisted unimolecular electrophilicsubstitution
ocean data station
Petrela
phonatome
physical properties
platinum-iridium catalyst
polarized relay contact
polystichum nepalense c.chr
polyvinyl ethyl ether
popstrological
print order
process inks
production-process
psychic homosexuality
radiotelegraphy
Recs
reduction of progressive variability
Sarbamyl
security right in the goods
shortening of chordae tendineae
single reduction helical gears
slot boring
Slovenish
snow plow device
spark-ignition engine
spiroglycol
splashing device
square screw thread
surrosion
tayloristic
Tinderers
training objectives
triglycidyl-s-triazinetrione
under allowance
unpacked format
untrowable
vaccinologist
Valverde, Prov.de
vegetable casein
Vokeo I.
vulcanizing heater
water injection cycle
water reserve
water-flux
watering stock
wet batch