媒體英語(yǔ)
Tuna species on the rise but sharks and rays on the decline 自然報(bào)告：金槍魚(yú)部分品種數(shù)量回升，鯊魚(yú)和鰩數(shù)量下降
根據(jù) IUCN（世界自然保護(hù)聯(lián)盟）的一份最新報(bào)告，一度瀕臨滅絕的幾種金槍魚(yú)的數(shù)量開(kāi)始回升。在法國(guó)馬賽召開(kāi)的 IUCN 世界自然保護(hù)大會(huì)上，該組織更新了它們的 “瀕危物種紅色名錄”。
A decade ago, all seven types of tuna were deemed at serious risk of extinction. Thanks to strict fishing quotas, four species are now starting to bounce back in some parts of the oceans, including yellowfin, bluefin and albacore.
十年前，金槍魚(yú)的所有七個(gè)品種都被認(rèn)為嚴(yán)重瀕臨滅絕。有賴(lài)于限制捕魚(yú)的配額制度，其中四個(gè)品種的數(shù)量在部分海洋區(qū)域開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)回升，包括黃鰭金槍魚(yú)、藍(lán)鰭金槍魚(yú)和長(zhǎng)鰭金槍魚(yú)。
The Global Director of the IUCN, Dr Jane Smart, says it's a message that conservation can work. But other marine creatures such as sharks are moving ever closer to extinction. 37% of sharks and rays are now threatened from overfishing, climate change and pollution.
IUCN（世界自然保護(hù)聯(lián)盟）的全球主管簡(jiǎn)·斯馬特博士指出，這表明保護(hù)工作可以起作用。但與此同時(shí)，如鯊魚(yú)等其它一些海洋生物則正進(jìn)一步走向滅絕。如今37% 的鯊魚(yú)和鰩受到過(guò)度捕撈、氣候變化和污染的威脅。
And on land the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, is in danger of extinction – with rising sea levels expected to shrink its habitat on a handful of Indonesian islands.
在陸地上，世界上體型最大的蜥蜴——科莫多巨蜥正面臨滅絕的危險(xiǎn)，海平面的上升預(yù)計(jì)將縮小它們?cè)谟《饶嵛鱽啚閿?shù)不多的島嶼上的棲息地范圍。
詞匯表
deemed 被認(rèn)為
quotas 名額、配額
bounce back 回升，反彈
conservation 保護(hù)
overfishing 過(guò)度捕撈
Komodo dragon 科莫多巨蜥
handful 少數(shù)、少量
閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。
1. How many species of tuna now seem to be at less risk of extinction?
2. What other types of sea creatures are now threatened by overfishing?
3. What has helped to protect some species of tuna?
4. How are rising sea levels expected to affect the population of Komodo dragons?
答案
1. How many species of tuna now seem to be at less risk of extinction?
Four species of tuna are now starting to bounce back.
2. What other types of sea creatures are now threatened by overfishing?
37% of sharks and rays are now threatened from overfishing, as well as climate change and pollution.
3. What has helped to protect some species of tuna?
Strict fishing quotas have allowed some tuna species to bounce back.
4. How are rising sea levels expected to affect the population of Komodo dragons?
The Komodo dragon is in danger of extinction because rising sea levels are expected to shrink its habitat on a handful of Indonesian islands.
