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After a three-month mission, a fleet of Japanese ships has returned home after catching 333 minke whales, more than 200 of which were pregnant females. Cue the angry reactions.
结束三个月的任务后，日本船队捕获了333头小须鲸后回航，其中超过200只是怀孕的雌性。此举引发外界愤怒。
Japan's government claims the expedition was for research, but the U.N. International Court of Justice and scientific and animal welfare organizations have universally called BS.
日本政府声称此次探险是为了研究，但联合国国际公正和科学法院及动物福利组织普遍称其虚假。
For one, the Japanese say they’re studying minke whale migration, but killing the whales and putting them on your boat obviously prevents them from migrating. Second, most of those whales will end up as food.
其一，日本声称他们正在研究小须鲸迁徙，但捕杀鲸鱼并将其置于船上显然阻碍了它们的迁徙。其二，大部分鲸鱼将流向餐桌。
Japan likely classifies the hunt as scientific because whaling is forbidden by international law, though it's not the only nation that still does it.
日本将捕猎冠以科学的名义，因为国际法禁止捕鲸，尽管这并不是唯一仍在捕鲸国家。
Norway is the only other country that expects to carry out any whaling this year, but it largely avoids international flak because it hunts in its own territory, while Japan goes into international waters.
挪威是另一个进行捕鲸的国家，但很大程度上避免了国际的批评，因为在自己的水域，而日本在国际海域捕鲸。
Despite widespread pressure to stop, Japan says it plans to continue hunting whales at the same rate for at least the next decade.
尽管广泛压力要求停止，但日本计划至少在未来10年里，将继续以同样的速度捕杀鲸鱼。
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词汇解析
1、end up
(通常指意外地)最终到达
The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。
She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
她带着孩子逃亡，从一个邻居家跑到另一个邻居家，最后逃到了一个朋友的地下室。
最终；结果；到头来
If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.
如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。
Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.
每次他们去跳舞，都会不欢而散。
2、forbid
禁止;不准
They'll forbid you to marry.
他们不会准许你结婚。
She was shut away and forbidden to read.
她被关了起来，并且不允许看书。
阻止;妨碍;阻碍
His own pride forbids him to ask Arthur's help.
他的自尊心不允许他开口向阿瑟求助。
Custom forbids any modernisation.
传统习惯阻碍着现代化的进程。
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