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上期翻译答案
An annual increase in the temperature of the five hottest days of a yearreducedeconomic growth in tropical regions by as much as a percentage point.
一年当中最热的五天的气温升高，会造成热带地区的经济增长下降多达一个百分点。
《本期内容》
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Blue whales could be accidentally eating 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, according to new research suggesting filter-feeding whales could be the most vulnerable marine species to plastic pollution.
一项新的研究表明，蓝鲸每天可能会意外摄入1000万片塑料微粒，滤食性鲸鱼可能是最易受塑料污染影响的海洋物种。
Like other filter-feeding whales, also known as baleen whales, blue whales usebristlybaleen plates to sift,sieveortrapkrill, plankton and small fish from ocean waters. Matthew Savoca at Stanford University in California and his colleagues have investigated whether these whales are also ingesting microplastics around polluted stretches of coastline.
与其他滤食性鲸类(也被称为须鲸)一样，蓝鲸用长满长毛的须鲸板从海水中过筛、过滤或捕食磷虾、浮游生物和小鱼。加州斯坦福大学的马修·萨沃卡和他的同事们调查了这些鲸鱼是否也在被污染的海岸线附近摄入了微塑料。
The researchers combined feeding data from almost 200 tagged blue,finand humpback whales with data on whale prey and plastic concentrations in the California Current Ecosystem – a cold-water Pacific Ocean current thatruns downthe western coast of North America – to model how much plastic whales could be ingesting.
研究人员把近200头被标记过的蓝鲸、长须鲸和座头鲸的捕食数据，与鲸鱼的猎物和加州洋流生态系统(一种沿北美西海岸流过的太平洋冷水洋流)中塑料浓度的数据结合起来，形成模型估算鲸鱼可能摄入的塑料数量。
They discovered that the highest concentrations of microplastics are found at depths of 50 to 250 metres, which is also where filter-feeding whales mainly eat because of the high availability of krill. Blue whales, which have a particularly krill-rich diet, could ingest up to 10 million plastic particles a day, while humpback whales could consume up to 4 million particles a day, the team calculates.
翻译划线句，长按文末小程序码打卡，答案下期公布~蓝鲸饮食结构中的磷虾所占比例尤其高，研究团队推测，它们每天可以吃掉多达1000万块塑料微粒，而座头鲸每天可以吃掉多达400万块塑料微粒。
“These numbers are huge, the largest estimated daily ingestion of any species yet studied,” says Savoca. “Of course, the animals themselves are also huge, so we also need to consider their enormous size to start totease apartthe potential effects of this huge amount of ingested plastic inside a huge body.” Little is known about how such plastic accumulation could be affecting the health of whales, says Savoca, so this is a target for future research.
萨沃卡说：“这个数量是很大的，是目前所有经研究物种中日常摄入估计量中最大的。”“当然，这些动物本身也很大，所以我们也需要考虑到它们巨大的体型，进而着手梳理这样庞大的身躯摄入大量塑料后带来的潜在影响。”萨沃卡说，人们对这种塑料在体内的累积会怎样影响鲸鱼的健康知之甚少，所以这是未来研究的一个目标。
本文节选自：New Scientist （新科学家）
发布时间：2022.11.01
作者：Madeleine Cuff
原文标题：Blue whales could be eating 10 million pieces of plastic every day
词汇积累
1.bristly
/ˈbrɪslɪ/
adj.有刚毛的；易怒的
2. sieve
/sɪv/
n.筛子；滤网；不能保守秘密的人
vt.筛；滤
3. trap
/træp/
n. (捕捉动物的)陷阱，网，夹子; 圈套，诡计; 伏击; 牢笼，困境
v. 设陷阱(或夹子、捕捉器)捕捉; 使陷入圈套，使中计; 诱捕，抓捕; 使受限制; 把……困在，使陷于(尤指危险之地)
4.fin
/fɪn/
n. (鱼的)鳍; 鳍状物，(飞机或汽车的)尾翅，尾翼; (潜水者的)脚蹼; 散热片
v. (穿着脚蹼)在水下游泳
词组搭配
1.run down vt.撞倒；使……变弱；停止；浏览；追溯；筋疲力尽
2.tease apart 梳理
写作句总结
Little is known about how such plastic accumulation could be affecting the health of whales, says Savoca, so this is a target for future research.
结构: Little is known about how … could be affecting the health of …, so this is a target for future research.
人们对这种…会怎样影响…的健康知之甚少，所以这是未来研究的一个目标。
例句: Little is known about how greenhouse effect could be affecting the health of giraffe, so this is a target for future research.
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