CCTV9英语新闻：查干湖冬捕吸引近万人到场 200多渔民同时作业

The annual¹ Ice and Snow Fishing and Hunting Cultural Tourism Festival has kicked off at Chagan Lake in northeast China. 

Thousands of visitors watched the first fish being pulled out of water and hoped to catch their favourite one in order to bring them happiness. During the event local fishermen cut holes in the frozen² lake and go fishing dressed in fur hats and white sheepskin coats. Chagan Lake is the seventh largest freshwater lake in China and is home to 70 different species³ of fish. At last year’s event a total of 850-thousand kilograms⁴ of fish were caught. The festival attracts more than 20-thousand visitors each year.

 

Chagan Lake is the seventh largest freshwater lake in China and is home to 70 different species of fish.

 

 

Chagan Lake is the seventh largest freshwater lake in China and is home to 70 different species of fish.

1 annual   

adj.每年的；一年的；（植物）一年生的 n.年刊；一年生植物

参考例句：

• It's an annual report.这是年度报告。
• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。

2 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

3 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。

4 kilograms   

n.千克( kilogram的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 2 kilograms of rice 2公斤大米
• Every tonne of coal contains,on average,30 kilograms of nitrogen. 每吨煤平均含30公斤氮。 来自《简明英汉词典》