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听力文本
Lightning is being blamed for the deaths of 323 wild reindeer in central Norway.
The lightning storm took place in a small area of the Hardangervidda mountain plateau last Friday. Every year, thousands of reindeer travel across the Hardangervidda mountain area.
The Norwegian Environment Agency is a government agency that reports on climate and environmental issues in Norway. The agency said 70 calves were among the dead reindeer.
Kjartan Knutsen is the spokesman for the Norwegian Environment Agency. Knutsen told the Associated Press that it was unusual to have such a large number of reindeer deaths in one lightning storm.
"We have not heard about such numbers before" he said.
Knutsen said reindeer like to group together in bad weather. This may be a possible reason for their deaths.
He said, "I don't know if it there were several lightning strikes, but it happened in one moment."
The agency is discussing what to do with the reindeer. Usually the agency leaves the body of a dead animal wherever it is found, Knutsen said. That way they can decompose in the natural way.
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词汇解析
1.reindeer 驯鹿
Mother reindeer had to leave her baby behind on whom the hyenas had sprung.
驯鹿妈妈无可奈何地离开了被一群鬣狗扑住的孩子。
2.plateau 高原
A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
一个宽阔的山谷展开，通向一片平坦的高原耕地。
3.group together 集合，聚集
The family grouped together for the photograph.
全家聚集在一起照相。
4.decompose 分解，腐烂
The debris slowly decomposes into compost.
这堆碎屑慢慢地分解变成了堆肥。
内容解析
1.Lightning is being blamed for the deaths of 323 wild reindeer in central Norway.
be blamed for... 是……的罪魁祸首，因……而受苛责
In the face of all this uncertainty, investors can hardly be blamed for being cautious.
面对这些不确定性，投资者不能因为这而被指责为过于谨慎。
I was blamed by mom for breaking the vase.
我打碎了花瓶，妈妈因此责备我。
2.We have not heard about such numbers before" he said.
hear about 听说，听闻
Yes, we hear about this all the time and and it does set us thinking as to who are better drivers?
没错，我们常常听到对于这个问题的讨论，不禁让我们要坐下来好好想想到底谁开车更好。
We also know that if you do not like our boyfriend/girlfriend, set of friends or art project we also hear about it.
我们也知道如果你们不喜欢我们的男朋友或女朋友，朋友圈或者我们听说的某个艺术展。
参考译文
挪威中部雷击造成323头野生驯鹿死亡。
这次雷电风暴上周五发生于哈当厄尔高原的小部分地区。每年都有成千上万的驯鹿穿过哈当厄尔高原地区。
挪威环境局是一家对挪威的气候和环境情况进行报导的政府机构。据挪威环境局称，在死亡的驯鹿群众还发现了70头牛犊。
克努森是挪威环境局的发言人。他告诉美联社，在一场雷雨风暴中死去这么多只驯鹿十分罕见。
他说，“这样庞大的数字，以前闻所未闻”。
克努森表示，恶劣天气来临时，驯鹿喜欢聚集在一起。这可能是造成它们大量死亡的原因。
他还说，“我不知道总共发生了几次雷击，因为都是在一瞬间完成的”。
挪威环境局正在讨论如何处理这些驯鹿的尸体。克努森说，通常情况下，他们会把死去动物的尸体留在原地。这样的话，他们就能自然降解了。
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