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考研英語美文賞讀(44):一條抹香鯨死亡,人們在它肚子里發(fā)現(xiàn)了......

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  ?A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say.

  公園官員說,在印度尼西亞國家公園沖上岸的、死去的抹香鯨胃里發(fā)現(xiàn)有近6公斤(13磅)的塑料垃圾。

  Items found included 115 drinking cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags and two flip-flops.

  這些垃圾包括115個飲水杯、4個塑料瓶、25個塑料袋和兩個人字拖。

  The carcass of the 9.5m (31ft) mammal was found in waters near Kapota Island in the Wakatobi National Park late on Monday.

  周一晚些時候,在 Wakatobi 國家公園的 Kapota 島附近海域,官員發(fā)現(xiàn)了一頭9.5米(31英尺)長的哺乳動物的尸體。

  The discovery has caused consternation among environmentalists.

  這一發(fā)現(xiàn)引起了環(huán)保主義者的恐慌。

  "Although we have not been able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that we see are truly awful," Dwi Suprapti, a marine species conservation co-ordinator at WWF Indonesia, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

  “雖然我們無法推斷死亡原因,但我們看到的事實確實非常糟糕,”美聯(lián)社報道援引印度尼西亞世界自然基金會海洋物種保護協(xié)調員 Dwi Suprapti 的話說。

  It was not possible to say whether the plastic had caused the whale’s death because of its advanced state of decay, she added.

  她補充說,很難說塑料是否是鯨魚死亡的誘因,因為尸體被發(fā)現(xiàn)時已經(jīng)很腐爛了。

  In a tweet, WWF Indonesia gave the breakdown of what was found inside the animal: "Hard plastic (19 pieces, 140g), plastic bottles (4 pieces, 150g), plastic bags (25 pieces, 260g), flip-flops (2 pieces, 270g), pieces of string (3.26kg) & plastic cups (115 pieces, 750g)."

  在一條推文中,世界自然基金會印度尼西亞細數(shù)了這只鯨魚體內的垃圾:“硬塑料(19件,140克)、塑料瓶(4件,150克)、塑料袋(25件,260克)、人字拖(2件,270克)、繩子(3.26千克)和塑料杯(115 碎片,750克)。”

  The use of throwaway plastic is a particular problem in some South East Asian countries, including Indonesia.

  在一些東南亞國家,包括印度尼西亞,一次性塑料的使用很嚴重。

  Five Asian nations - China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand - account for up to 60% of the plastic waste that ends up in oceans, according to a 2015 report by environmental campaigner Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment.

  根據(jù)環(huán)境保護者海洋保護協(xié)會和麥肯錫商業(yè)與環(huán)境中心2015年的一份報告,五個亞洲國家(中國,印度尼西亞,菲律賓,越南和泰國)生產(chǎn)了全球60%的海洋塑料廢物。

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