(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
109-Year-Old Man Knits Sweaters for Penguins
109岁老人为企鹅织毛衣
Alfred Date is a 109-year-old Australian man who keeps busy by knitting sweaters for injured penguins. Australia’s oldest man. donates the little sweaters to a Phillip Island wildlife foundation. The organization uses the Knits for Nature program to rehabilitate penguins that have been injured from an oil spill. Oilcauses penguins to become cold and incapable of hunting. Sweaters are placed on the penguins to keep them warm and prevent them from preening and swallowing oil. The sweaters are a temporary solution until veterinarians can wash the birds.
阿尔弗雷德·戴特是一名109岁的澳大利亚老人,他一直忙碌着为受伤企鹅织毛衣
。这位澳大利亚最长寿的老人为菲利浦岛野生动物基金会捐献小毛衣 。在自然保护项目中,该组织用这些毛衣帮助漏油事件中受伤的企鹅尽快恢复 。企鹅身上的油会让它们感到寒冷,并无法捕捉食物 。穿上毛衣的企鹅能够防寒,并防止它们整理羽毛或是吸油 。毛衣只是暂时性策略,之后兽医将对企鹅进行清洗 。译文属可可英语原创,未经允许,不得转载 。
重点讲解
1.incapable of 无能力的
例句:If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it.
如果我认为我做不到什么事情的话,我通常就会因此变得无能
。2.oil spill 漏油
例句:Even if the oil spill did not directly cause these deaths, it still could be a factor.
即使石油泄漏不是海豚致死的直接原因,它也很有可能是其中一个因素
。3.donate to 捐赠
例句:The professor donated his books to the library.
这位教授把他的书捐赠给图书馆
。4.prevent from 阻止
例句:To prevent and investigate illegal activities; to attack and take precautions against terrorism; to maintain the public order and prevent from activities against public order.
预防、制止和侦查违法犯罪活动;防范、打击恐怖活动;维护社会治安秩序,制止危害社会治安秩序的行为