VOA常速英语:无数只海龟在墨西哥海滩产卵

It’s hard to tell from the sheer number of turtles awaiting in the Mexican Beach.But these Olive Ridley turtles meet a bumper crop of babies.
很难说在墨西哥海滩等着产卵的海龟数量到底有多少。但可以肯定的是，这些榄蠵龟将迎来一大波海龟宝宝。

“We classify them as a recovering species.By nesting in mass, the turtles fled their predators and since their predators can’t cope with attacking a nest.We’re talking about animals like dogs, gulls, foxes and since birds that end up in the attacking of nests.”
“我们将它们归类为恢复物种，即之前是濒危物种，现在得到了保护。海龟通过集体筑巢的方式，来躲避捕食者，这样不容易受到捕食者的攻击。而我们谈到的其他动物，像狗、海鸥、狐狸和鸟类则很容易在巢穴中遭到攻击。”

Peralta is in charge of 15 kilometers of protected sand on the Pacific Ocean that welcomes these turtles. And this is only one of an estimated seven or eight groups of Olive Ridleys that will lay their eggs here, this nesting season.
佩拉尔塔负责太平洋海域长达15公里的海岸线，该地区已被列为了海龟保护区，静候这些海龟的到来。这只是第一批来到这里产卵的榄蠵龟，据估计，将有七八批海龟上岸，现在正是海龟的产卵季节。

“We believe between some 150,000 could come to deposit their eggs in August.It could probably reach 200,000 and that would be pretty good.”
“我们认为，8月份差不多有15万只海龟来到这里产卵。有可能数量会达到20万只，那就更好了。”

Each wave of turtles will lay about 15 million eggs total.That’s an necessity because natural and man-made threats mean only about 1 in 1000 turtles will survive to adulthood.
每批上岸的海龟产卵总数可达约1500万枚。虽然看上去很多，却十分必要，这是因为自然和人为的威胁因素，意味着只有约千分之一的小海龟才能长大为成龟。

Kevin Enochs, VOA News.
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