BBC新闻词汇(视频版) 第173期:清理海底垃圾
日期:2016-11-22 11:03

(单词翻译:单击)

Vocabulary:

词汇:

divers

潜水员

sinks

下沉

biodegradable

可生物降解的

stretches

延伸

ecosystem

生态系统


Its no ordinary day at the beach.

这不是海滨的普通的一天。

These divers are in Cornwall, southwest England, not for the fun but to pick up rubbish.

这些潜水员们来到了英格兰西南部的康沃尔,目的不是游玩享受,而是来收检海底的垃圾。

An estimated 70% of the plastic which enters the sea sinks, according to the organisation Dive Against Debris.

据专门清理海底残骸的潜水组织Dive Against Debris估计,有70% 进入海里的塑料物品都会下沉到海底。

And much of it is not biodegradable.

其中大部分都是不能生物降解的。

This is a problem that stretches far beyond the UK.

这个问题的存在远远超出了英国国界。

Eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the worlds oceans every year, causing damage to this fragile ecosystem.

每年飘落并沉积于世界各国海底的塑料垃圾高达八百万吨,给这个脆弱的生态系统带来破坏。

Its no ordinary day at the beach.

这不是海滨的普通的一天。

These divers are in Cornwall, southwest England, not for the fun but to pick up rubbish.

这些潜水员们来到了英格兰西南部的康沃尔,目的不是游玩享受,而是来收检海底的垃圾。

An estimated 70% of the plastic which enters the sea sinks, according to the organisation Dive Against Debris.

据专门清理海底残骸的潜水组织Dive Against Debris估计,有70% 进入海里的塑料物品都会下沉到海底。

And much of it is not biodegradable.

其中大部分都是不能生物降解的。

This is a problem that stretches far beyond the UK.

这个问题的存在远远超出了英国国界。

Eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the worlds oceans every year, causing damage to this fragile ecosystem.

每年飘落并沉积于世界各国海底的塑料垃圾高达八百万吨,给这个脆弱的生态系统带来破坏。

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