VOA慢速英语:Efforts to End Shark Finning Make Progress

1. Yet finning is taking place in other areas of the world. Liz Karan says the ban is difficult to enforce.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Filming is to take place mostly in china.
电影大部分情节发生在中国。

2. Hong Kong is currently the hub of the shark fin trade, and there are about eighty some-odd countries that contribute to that trade.

contribute to 促成 ；投稿
例句: Exercise will contribute to improving your health.
锻炼有助于增进健康。

3. Liz Karan says sharks are at risk for a number of reasons.

at risk 处于危险中
例句：Were those patients now at risk? 
那些病人现在是否处于危险之中呢？ 

4. They have very long life spans and often don’t reach sexual maturity until their teens or twenties, and then when they do reproduce, some species only have maybe a couple of pups at a time.

at a time 依次， 逐一， 每次
例句：Nothing much. I'm just taking one day at a time. 
没什么。我只是过一天是一天。 

5. IRIS HO: “According to, to the government records, in two thousand ten, thirty-four metric tons of shark fins were imported into the U.S.”

according to 按照
例句：According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest. 
按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。 

6. But some scientists believe they may be unable to survive the current demand for shark-fin soup. 

demand for 需求
例句：The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring. 
煤的需求在春天开始减少。 

7. And they can’t swim without them so they’ll end up drowning and it’s a very painful and unpleasant death.

end up 告终
例句：How does the story end up? 
这故事是如何结尾的? 

8. The Chinese ban would only apply to government activities and would not affect the eating of shark fin by the general population.

apply to 适用
例句：The low-profile strategy would not apply to him. 
这种避免引人注目的策略对他是不适用的。