Media English 媒體英語(yǔ) Blue whales return to the Seychelles 藍(lán)鯨重返塞舌爾附近水域 
藍(lán)鯨是地球上體型最龐大的動(dòng)物。在印度洋的一片水域， 它們?cè)虿饿L活動(dòng)而幾乎滅絕，而幾十年后， 這片水域的藍(lán)鯨數(shù)量已經(jīng)恢復(fù)。 The deep very low frequency song of the blue whale is difficult for us to hear.Depending on what device you're listening on, it might be too low for your speakers. 我們?nèi)硕茈y聽(tīng)到藍(lán)鯨發(fā)出的低沉、低頻的叫聲。你在這段音頻中能不能聽(tīng)到它們的叫聲取決于你使用的音頻播放設(shè)備， 因?yàn)樗{(lán)鯨叫聲的頻率可能低于一些揚(yáng)聲器可播放的頻率范圍。 But it's the tell-tale loud pulsing call of the world's largest animal, and it's what scientists managed to capture with an underwater "sound trap" – a microphone and recording rig planted on the sea floor near the Seychelles for a whole year. 作為世界上最大的動(dòng)物，藍(lán)鯨發(fā)出的叫聲頗具辨識(shí)度，響亮而富有節(jié)奏感。幫助科學(xué)家們記錄到這種叫聲的設(shè)備是一種水下“聲音陷阱”，它由一個(gè)麥克風(fēng)和錄音裝置組成，被放置在塞舌爾附近水域的海床上一整年。 Painstaking analysis of all those hours of sound revealed that blue whales spend months in the tropical waters around the tiny island nation. |
科學(xué)家們對(duì)錄制的大量音頻進(jìn)行了細(xì)致的分析，發(fā)現(xiàn)藍(lán)鯨在小面積島國(guó)塞舌爾周?chē)?/span>熱帶水域生活了幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間。
The researchers have described this as a conservation win – evidence that the population has recovered decades after a ban on commercial whaling.
研究人員稱(chēng)藍(lán)鯨的回歸是一個(gè)動(dòng)物保護(hù)的成功案例——在禁止商業(yè)捕鯨幾十年后，藍(lán)鯨的數(shù)量已經(jīng)恢復(fù)。
1.詞匯表
frequency 頻率
tell-tale 泄露秘密的，足以辨識(shí)的
pulsing 脈沖的，節(jié)奏強(qiáng)烈的
recording rig 錄音裝置
painstaking 精心的，仔細(xì)的
whaling 捕鯨（活動(dòng)）
2.閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。（答案見(jiàn)下頁(yè)）
1.Why can it be difficult to hear the blue whale's song?
2.How did scientists record the blue whale's song?
3.True or False? Blue whales are not found in warm regions of the world.
4.What has happened to the blue whale population since whaling was banned?
3.答案
1.Why can it be difficult to hear the blue whale's song?
It can be hard to hear the blue whale's song because it is a very low-frequency sound.
2.How did scientists record the blue whale's song?
Scientists used a microphone and recording rig placed on the sea floor.
3.True or False? Blue whales are not found in warm regions of the world.
False. They spend several months near the tropical island nation of the Seychelles.
4.What has happened to the blue whale population since whaling was banned?
Blue whale population numbers have recovered since whaling was banned.
