时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2017年11月


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AZUZ: Now, we're explaining a $5 million effort to save what's believed to be the most endangered marine 1 mammal in the world and this is that animal. It's called a vaquita porpoise 2.


Scientists estimate that there are fewer than 30 of these animals left in the wild.


So Vaquita CPR, which stands for conservation, protection and recovery, is using this sea pen to try to capture the porpoises 3 and then move them to captivity 4. They're getting help from the U.S. Navy which is loaning four bottlenose dolphins to the rescue effort.


If all goes according to plan, the dolphins will attempt to help find and shepherd the vaquitas into the sea pens. This has never been done before, and it's not easy because the vaquitas are shy. They tend to avoid boats and people.


Vaquita CPR has captured a vaquita in this operation, which begun over a week ago, but the animal had to be released because researchers thought it was too stress to stay in the pen. Vaquita CPR plans to continue this operation for another couple of weeks, in the hopes of capturing the animals, breeding them in captivity and eventually releasing them back into the wild.



1 marine
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。
2 porpoise
n.鼠海豚
  • What is the difference between a dolphin and porpoise?海豚和和鼠海豚有什么区别?
  • Mexico strives to save endangered porpoise.墨西哥努力拯救濒危的鼠海豚。
3 porpoises
n.鼠海豚( porpoise的名词复数 )
  • A shoal of porpoises are well on the feed. 一群海豚正在吞食。 来自辞典例句
  • In 1928 some porpoises were photographed working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress. 1928年有人把这些海豚象海狸那样把一床浸泡了水的褥垫推上岸时的情景拍摄了下来。 来自辞典例句
4 captivity
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
  • A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
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