2014-2015学年九年级英语人教版新教材课文第十三单元译文

Unit 13 Save the Sharks! 拯救鲨鱼 Many have heard of shark fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is especially popular in 很多听说鱼翅汤这著名的昂贵的碟子尤其受欢迎southern China. But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a 南方的中国知道杀死整个的鲨鱼每次享受 bowl of shark fin soup? 碗鱼翅汤 When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the shark back into the ocean. 当人们捕捉鲨鱼砍掉它们的鳍扔鲨鱼回到海洋This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment. Without a fin, a shark can no longer 这不但残酷的而且对...有害环境没有鳍鲨鱼不再swim and slowly dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If their 游泳慢慢地死去鲨鱼在…顶部食物链海洋的生态系统如果它们的numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never 数量下降太低将带来危险对整个海洋生命很多认为鲨鱼决不be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million 濒临灭绝的因为最强壮的在它们的食物链事实上大约百万sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks 鲨鱼被抓贸易工业每年数量一些种类鲨鱼have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years. 下降超过90% 最近到年 Environmental protection groups around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF, are 环境的保护组织全世界例如世界野生动物协会世界自然基金会teaching the public about “finning”. They have even asked governments to develop laws to 教学公众关于鱼翅甚至要求政府制定法律 stop the sale of shark fins. So far, no scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for 停止出售鱼翅到目前为止没有科学的研究表明鱼翅对…有好处health, so why eat them ? Help save the sharks! 健康因此为什么要吃他们呢帮助拯救鲨鱼 Rethink, Reuse, Recycle! 反思再利用再循环 Do you often throw away things you do n’t need anymore ? Have you ever thought about 经常扔掉东西不再需要曾经考虑 how these things can actually be put to good use ? Nothing is a waste if you have a creative 如何这些东西实际上好好利用没有东西浪费如果有创造的mind. 思想 Y ou have probably never heard of Amy Hayes, but she is a most unusual woman. She lives 可能决没有听说艾米海斯最不寻常的妇女居住in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish. The windows and doors come from 房子英国建造 窗子门来自 旧的建筑物周围城镇顶部房子古老的船turned upside down .And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles. 翻转上下大门在…前面房子由…构成岩石旧玻璃瓶Amy recently won a prize from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president said , “ Amy 艾米最近获得奖来自帮助拯救我们的星球协会总统说艾米is an inspiration to us all.” 灵感我们大家 Amy isn’t the only one who is good at recycling. Jessica Wong from Hong Kong uses old 艾米不唯一人擅长于循环利用杰西卡伍从香港使用旧clothes that people do n’t wear anymore to make bags. She has been doing this for a few years 衣服人们不再穿做成袋子已经做这几年了now. She opened a small shop where she sells her bags, and she has also set up a website to sell 现在开小商店卖袋子也建立网站卖them online. She especially likes to use old jeans to make handbags. Her bags are cute and 它们网上特别喜欢使用旧的牛仔裤制作手提袋袋子可爱的useful. “ I plan to write a book about new ways to use old clothes,” she said . “ I hope people 有用的 计划 项目进度计划表范例计划下载计划下载计划下载课程教学计划下载 写书关于新的方法使用旧衣服说希望人们can read my book and enjoy it !” 读书喜欢 Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He is known for using iron 王涛建立小的企业上海四年前以…出名使用铁and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces. Some are large pieces that look 其它的材料从旧的汽车制造漂亮的艺术品一些大的艺术品看起来like animals or humans, and some are smaller pieces you can put at home. The more popular 像动物人类一些较小的艺术品放在家里比较受欢迎works can even be seen in art shops around the city. Wang Tao hopes to set up a “ metal art” 作品甚至看见艺术品商店围绕城市王涛希望建立金属艺术theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection. Not only can the art 主题公园展示人们重要性环境的保护不但艺术bring happiness to others, but it also shows that even cold, hard iron can be brought back to life 带来快乐其他人而且也展示甚至冷硬的生铁带回生活with a little creativity. 伴随一点创意