和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:How Sharks Have Paid the Price for Demand for Shark Fin Soup

2011-03-15来源:VOA
1.Some people, however, do not approve of catching sharks.

approve of赞成, 赞同

例句:Everybody approves of the plans for a new school building.
      大家都赞成建造一所新校舍的计划。

      I don't approve of smoking in bed.
      我不赞成在床上吸烟。

2.Wildlife activists worry that some kinds of sharks are in danger of disappearing.

in danger of处于…危险之中

例句:This animal is in danger of extinction.
      这种动物濒临灭绝。

3.It also means the person must not have interfered with the shark.

interfere with干预, 阻挠, 妨碍, 阻止

例句:That interferes with my plan.
      那干扰了我的计划。

      The noise interferes with my work.
      这噪音妨碍我的工作。

4.We must stop the shark-finning which is resulting in the death of thirty to seventy million sharks each year because that has so upset ocean ecology by the removal of these often apex, top-level predators.

result in导致,结果是

例句:The game resulted in another victory for our team.
      比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。

      The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
      这次水灾造成相当大的减产。