UK ranked 15th for school science education, study about seals 英國(guó)中學(xué)自然科學(xué)教育排世界第十五、研究海豹的水中生活
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UK ranked 15th for school science education 英國(guó)中學(xué)自然科學(xué)教育排名世界第十五
Researchers to uncover secret life of seals 研究人員即將揭開(kāi)海豹水中生活的秘密
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Simple science, but today a wider lesson for the UK: technology is changing the world but our schools aren’t keeping up with the best. Ministers around the UK say they need more time. For schools in England a shortage of science teachers - year on year not enough are starting training. And without enough teachers some fear we'll never catch up.?
這些學(xué)生正在課堂上學(xué)習(xí)基本的科學(xué)知識(shí)，但今天發(fā)布的一則消息給英國(guó)人上了一堂意義深遠(yuǎn)的課：科技正改變世界，但英國(guó)的學(xué)校卻沒(méi)能給學(xué)生提供世界最高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的科學(xué)教育。英國(guó)的部長(zhǎng)們說(shuō)，他們需要更多的時(shí)間來(lái)改變這一狀況。英格蘭地區(qū)的中學(xué)普遍缺少教授自然科學(xué)的老師，而參加這類教師培訓(xùn)的人數(shù)連年不足。有些人士擔(dān)心在教師不足的情況下，英國(guó)將永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法與其它國(guó)家并駕齊驅(qū)。
Above the waves their lives are well understood. But beneath, Britain’s grey seals are more of a mystery. They spend two-thirds of their time in the water but until now they’ve been little studied. If you want to study these incredible animals up close you do have to get into the water. Around the coast of the UK nearly 40% of the world’s grey seals live here and there are 5,000 of them here, in the Farne Islands. This is Ben Burville. He’s been diving with seals for decades. Now he’s capturing them on camera working with Newcastle University to record behaviour that surprisingly has never been seen before.
雖然我們對(duì)英國(guó)灰海豹在岸上的生活頗為了解，但它們?cè)诤Ｑ笾械幕顒?dòng)卻充滿了更多的神秘。灰海豹一生中三分之二的時(shí)間都在水中生活，然而到目前為止，幾乎沒(méi)有針對(duì)它們?cè)谒谢顒?dòng)的研究。如果你想近距離地仔細(xì)研究這群奇妙的動(dòng)物，的確需要下到水里去。世界上約有40％的灰海豹棲居于英國(guó)沿岸，其中有5000只生活在法恩群島附近。這是本·博韋爾（Ben Burville），他在海豹的陪伴下潛齡已有好幾十年?，F(xiàn)在，他正和英國(guó)紐卡斯?fàn)柎髮W(xué)合作，利用攝像機(jī)捕捉海豹的影像，并意外地記錄了下了這群動(dòng)物從未被人見(jiàn)過(guò)的行為。
詞匯
keeping up
跟上
up close
近距離地，靠近地??
練習(xí)
請(qǐng)從以下詞匯中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢竵?lái)完成句子。注意：你可能需要改變單詞的時(shí)態(tài)來(lái)完成句子。
keeping up / up close
1. I would never go camping in the wild. I'm afraid of getting __________ with a bear.
2. Why did you buy this expensive car? Are you trying to __________ with your rich neighbour?
答案
1. I would never go camping in the wild. I'm afraid of getting up close with a bear.
2. Why did you buy this expensive car? Are you trying to keep up with your rich neighbour?
