Eating reindeer, shark attacks 阿拉斯加馴鹿成珍饈、鯊魚襲擊事件影響留尼旺旅游業(yè)
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Tucking into Alaskan reindeer?阿拉斯加馴鹿可能成為當(dāng)?shù)氐恼漯}佳肴
Reunion Island's shark problem?留尼旺島旅游業(yè)遭鯊魚襲人事件重創(chuàng)
文字稿
Traditionally this land was home to hunters of wild caribou, not farmers of domesticated reindeer, but as temperatures rise everything changes. And while politicians ponder those problems, the Tlingit people are finding that hunting is harder than ever. Plans are now afoot to fly thousands of live reindeer to remote Alaskan villages to start new farms. Rump of Rudolf could yet become an Alaskan delicacy.
這片土地一度聚集了捕捉野生北美馴鹿的獵人，那時(shí)并沒(méi)有養(yǎng)殖場(chǎng)主在這里馴養(yǎng)馴鹿，但隨著氣溫的升高，一切都會(huì)改變。然而就在政客們思索這類問(wèn)題時(shí)，特林吉特人逐漸發(fā)覺(jué)他們的狩獵活動(dòng)已變得前所未有地困難。下面的這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃正在籌備之中：幾千只活馴鹿將被空運(yùn)到數(shù)座偏遠(yuǎn)的阿拉斯加村莊去，以建造新的飼養(yǎng)場(chǎng)。這樣一來(lái)，圣誕馴鹿“紅鼻子魯?shù)婪颉钡暮笸热饩腿杂锌赡艹蔀橐坏腊⒗辜拥恼漯}佳肴。
Reunion Island, a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean. But over the past few years this island has become notorious as the shark attack capital of the world. After the first attacks, the local authorities put a blanket ban on surfing and swimming on the island, and that hit the island's idyllic tourism image hard. Since 2015, the figures do show a slow increase in the number of tourists to the island. That was the year that the government installed a series of exclusion nets on two beaches on the island's western coast.
留尼旺島是位于印度洋的一處熱帶天堂。但在過(guò)去的數(shù)年間，這座島已經(jīng)因其“世界鯊魚襲人事件之都”的稱號(hào)而變得聲名狼藉。在最初的數(shù)起襲人事件發(fā)生后，當(dāng)?shù)赜嘘P(guān)部門對(duì)島上的沖浪及游泳活動(dòng)發(fā)布了全面禁令，這項(xiàng)舉措使留尼旺島旅游業(yè)所打造的恬靜美好的形象遭受重創(chuàng)。自2015年來(lái)，數(shù)據(jù)的確表明，來(lái)島游客的數(shù)量已有緩慢提升。同年，政府在島嶼西岸的兩處沙灘邊安裝了一系列防鯊網(wǎng)。
詞匯
ponder
思索，思考
notorious
聲名狼藉的
blanket ban
全面禁令
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。
ponder / notorious / blanket ban
1. Tanzania's most ______ elephant poacher, nicknamed "The Devil", has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
2. The council has been ______ the plans for a by-pass for so long that the volume of traffic has now doubled!
3. Health campaigners are calling for a ______?on the selling of junk food to patients, visitors and staff, saying hospitals should be 'role models' for healthy living.
答案
1. Tanzania's most notorious elephant poacher, nicknamed "The Devil", has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
2. The council has been pondering the plans for a by-pass for so long that the volume of traffic has now doubled!
3. Health campaigners are calling for a blanket ban on the selling of junk food to patients, visitors and staff, saying hospitals should be 'role models' for healthy living.
