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世界首个海洋垃圾清扫机下海
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  • Scientists are preparing to launch the world's first machine to clean up the planet's largest mass of ocean plastic.

    科学家计划发布全球第一台清理大规模海洋塑料的机器。

    The system, originally dreamed up by a teenager, will be shipped out this summer to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, between Hawaii and California, and which contains an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. It will be the first ever attempt to tackle the patch since it was discovered in 1997.

    这台机器的设计初衷来自一名少年,今年夏天,它就将运往介于夏威夷和加利福尼亚的太平洋垃圾带,太平洋垃圾带的塑料约有18000亿。自1997年垃圾带被发现以来,这是人类第一次尝试解决问题。

    The experts believe the machine should be able to collect half of the detritus1 in the patch – about 40,000 metric tons – within five years.

    科学家认为这台机器能在五年内收集一半的垃圾,大约4万吨。

    In the past few weeks they have been busy welding together giant tubes that will sit on the surface of the sea and form the skeleton of the machine, creating the largest floating barrier ever made.

    过去几周,科学家们忙于焊接大型管道,这些管道将被安置在海面,构成机器的骨架,也是有史以来最大的浮动屏障。

    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) spans 617,763 sq miles - more than twice the size of France, and contains at least 79,000 tons of plastic, research found last month.

    太平洋垃圾带横跨617763平方英里,是法国国土面积的两倍,考察队上月发现垃圾带的塑料至少有79000吨。

    Most of it is made up of “ghost gear” – parts of abandoned and lost fishing gear, such as nets and ropes – often from illegal fishing vessels2.

    大部分塑料垃圾都是“废旧用具”,废弃丢失的捕鱼工具、渔网渔线之类,通常是非法捕鱼船留下的。

    Ghost gear kills more than 100,000 whales, dolphins and seals each year, according to scientific surveys. Seabirds and other marine3 life are increasingly being found dead with stomachs full of small pieces of plastic.

    调查表明,废旧工具每年杀死十万多只鲸、海豚和海豹。海鸟和其他海洋生物胃里都是塑料,越来越多的生物死后被发现具有这样的症状。

    Creatures eat plastic discarded in the sea thinking it’s food but then starve to death because they are not feeding properly.

    食用塑料的海洋生物认为塑料就是食物,却因为吃的东西有问题饿死了。

    Others are trapped and die of starvation or are strangled or suffocated4 by ghost gear.

    还有很多生物要么饿死,要么被废弃工具困住窒息纠缠而死。

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    1 detritus [dɪˈtraɪtəs] J9dyA   第12级
    n.碎石
    参考例句:
    • Detritus usually consists of gravel, sand and clay. 岩屑通常是由砂砾,沙和粘土组成的。
    • A channel is no sooner cut than it chokes in its own detritus. 一个河道刚被切割了不久,很快又被它自己的碎屑物质所充塞。
    2 vessels ['vesəlz] fc9307c2593b522954eadb3ee6c57480   第7级
    n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
    参考例句:
    • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    3 marine [məˈri:n] 77Izo   第7级
    adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
    参考例句:
    • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
    • When the war broke out, he volunteered for the Marine Corps. 战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
    4 suffocated ['sʌfəkeɪtɪd] 864b9e5da183fff7aea4cfeaf29d3a2e   第10级
    (使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气
    参考例句:
    • Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
    • I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时,我差点给憋死。

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