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VOA常速英语:Plastic in World’s Oceans Killing Young Sea Turtles
Sea turtles are found swimming in the oceans from the Horn of Africa to the Great Barrier Reef, so are huge amounts of plastic waste.
人们发现海龟从非洲之角游向大堡礁,与之一同前进的,还有大量的塑料垃圾。
It’s especially hazardous for sea turtles who can die from eating the plastic which they mistake for food,says Hassan Mohammed with the World Wildlife Fund in Kenya.
这种现象对海龟来说极其危险,因为如果它们误食了塑料垃圾,将会失去生命,肯尼亚世界野生动物基金会的哈桑·穆罕默德说。
They think that plastic is a jellyfish.When they eat plastic, it gets into their stomach and causes death.
海龟会把塑料误认为是水母,如果它们吞下塑料,塑料进入到海龟的胃里,就会造成海龟死亡。
And when there is a lot of plastic around hatching sites, the turtles are not able to lay eggs.So when baby turtles are hatched, they are unable to reach the ocean due to too much plastic, it is in their way and blocks them.
当海龟的孵化点周围有过多塑料时,海龟会无法产卵。所以孵化小海龟时,由于塑料太多,它们便无法到达海洋,塑料挡住了他们的去路。
A new study published in the Journal Scientific Reports says younger turtles in particular are at a higher risk of dying from ingesting even small pieces of plastic.
发表在《科学报告期刊》上的一项新的研究报告称,年幼的海龟更有可能因吞食塑料而死亡,哪怕是非常小的塑料碎片。
The research included analyzing the cause of death for turtles that washed up on Australian beaches.
这项研究还分析了被冲上澳大利亚海滩的海龟的死因。
On the island of Lhamo off the coast of Kenya, efforts are underway to save the sea turtles.As with other turtle breeding sites, their numbers are declining due to climate change,overfishing, poaching, and the destruction of their nesting grounds.
在肯尼亚海岸外的拉姆岛上,人们正在努力拯救海龟。与其他海龟繁殖地一样,由于气候变化、过度捕捞、偷猎和巢穴的破坏,海龟的数量正在减少。
The Lhamo Marine Conservation Trust compensates fishermen who hand over turtles caught in their nets which are later tagged and released back into the ocean.
拉姆海洋保护信托基金向渔民们提供补给,渔民们把用渔网捕获的海龟交给他们,然后他们给这些海龟贴上标签,放回海里。
We have released almost 1,000 adult turtles and 90,000 juvenile turtles, the little baby turtles.
我们已经放生了近1000只成年海龟和90000只幼龟。
It’s just another one of the small steps researchers and scientists are taking worldwide to save endangered sea turtles before it’s too late.
这只是研究人员和科学家在全球范围内采取的一小步行动,为的是在尚有机会的时候拯救濒临灭绝的海龟。
Deborah Block VOA News Washington.
美国之音记者黛博拉·布洛克华盛顿报道。
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