环球慢速英语 尼罗河鲈鱼(5)

Voice 2: But today there are less and less fish for her to collect. Karen fears that the lake is being over-fished. Big industries are fishing. They take huge numbers of fish from the waters. They export the good fish to other countries. The industry is worth one hundred and forty million dollars each year. Karen is concerned. She fears that there will not be enough fish for local people. She says,

声音2：但是现在，可供她收集的鱼越来越少。凯伦担心维多利亚湖被过度捕捞了。当地的主要产业就是捕鱼业。他们从水里捕捞大量的鱼。同时也将优质鱼出口其他国家。这个产业每年的价值为1.4亿美元。凯伦非常担心。她担心会没有足够的鱼支持当地人的生活。她说，

Voice 4: "They are taking everything. Someone like me cannot even get one single fish."

声音4：“他们捕捞走了所有的鱼。像我一样的人甚至得不到一只鱼。”

Voice 1: Richard Abila has been studying the Nile Perch¹. He is an expert on Lake Victoria. He says that in the beginning Nile Perch fishing was like a gold mine. Suddenly the lake was producing large fish. People could sell the fish in large amounts. Everyone wanted a part of this business. Some people made a lot of money. So why are these people still not rich?

声音1：理查德·亚比拉一直在研究尼罗河鲈鱼。在维多利亚湖的问题方面，他是专家。他表示，一开始捕捞尼罗河鲈鱼就像是金矿。维多利亚湖突然开始产出大型鱼类。人们可以大量出售尼罗河鲈鱼。所有人都想分一杯羹。有些人挣了很多钱。那为什么这些人仍然不富裕呢？伯纳德·奥尼安戈是当地的一名渔民。

1 perch   

n.栖木，高位，杆；v.栖息，就位，位于

参考例句：

• The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
• Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。