【跟着英剧练发音】South Pacific S01E06 - C

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There are 150 tonnes of fish in this one haul. It used to take a fishing vessel¹ one whole year to catch this many fish. These are mostly yellow fin² tuna, plus some skip jack³. As they're slower breeders than skip jack, many yellow fin are caught before they're old enough to breed. This makes them more vulnerable to over-fishing. Tuna fishing has grown into an 8-billion-dollar industry. And over 4 million tonnes of tuna are caught worldwide each year, a four-fold increase in as many decades. Almost 2/3 of the catch now comes from the Pacific. In the Atlantic, yellow fin catches have been shrinking since 1990. Now a similar decline has begun in the Pacific. Tuna need to swim constantly to keep water flowing over their gills, otherwise they can't breathe. The fishermen want to get them out of the water as quickly as possible. When starved of oxygen, a build-up of lactic⁴ acid in their muscles causes the quality of their meat to deteriorate⁵.

1 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

2 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

4 lactic   

adj.乳汁的

参考例句：

• Now they wear rubber fingers treated with lactic acid.现在他们带上了用乳酸处理过的橡皮指套。
• Lactic acid is an important organic acid of industrial importance.乳酸是一种具有重要工业价值的有机酸。

5 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。