【新唐人2010年9月22日訊】【看新聞學英語】

Whale Trapped Near Scottish Island

鯨魚受困於蘇格蘭島附近

By Jessie Chen, David Lee

【新聞關鍵字】

1. trap: v. 落入困境

2. spot: v. 認出、發現

3. tangle: v. 糾結、纏住

4. creel: n. 捕蝦籠

5. put in: ph. 加進

6. mammal: n. 哺乳動物

7. diver: n. 潛水夫

8. work out: ph. 想出、解決

9. carry out: ph. 執行

10. come up: ph. 出現

A 25-foot long whale, trapped off Scotland’s Shetland Islands.

一隻25英尺長的鯨魚，困在蘇格蘭設得蘭群島。

The humpback whale was spotted on Thursday after it became tangled in a creel line used to catch lobsters and crabs.

這隻座頭鯨被困在用來捕捉龍蝦和螃蟹的籠網後，週四被發現

Bad weather forced rescuers to postpone a rescue effort by divers to cut the ropes and free the whale.

惡劣的天氣迫使救援人員延緩救援工作，由潛水員切斷繩索和釋放鯨魚。

Animal welfare groups said it would be a dangerous operation.

動物福利組織說，這是一次危險的行動。

[Ron Patterson, Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]:

“As you’ll appreciate, putting divers in with something of this size can be a major problem. These are big animals and a flick from the tail could be very serious for any diver, so we shall have to take it very seriously before anybody goes in."

防止虐待動物蘇格蘭學會的Ron Patterson 說：“你將了解，把潛水員與這種大尺寸的東西放一起，可能是很大的問題。這些大型動物和牠們輕彈起的尾巴，可能對任何潛水員造成嚴重危險，因此在任何人行動前，我們必須嚴肅看待。”

One rescue volunteer remained hopeful that something could be done to save the 30-ton mammal.

一位救援義工仍然抱著希望，希望能夠做些什麼來拯救這隻30噸的哺乳動物。

“I am just hoping that we can get hold of divers so we can work out some way of releasing it. This is going to be a pretty dangerous operation so a lot of people will have to make some pretty big decisions."

救援義工Jan Bevington 說：“我只是希望我們能夠掌握潛水員，這樣我們可以想出一些方法釋放牠。這將是非常危險的行動,所以有很多人必須做出相當大的決定。”

A team of specialist divers from the south of England have been called to carry out the rescue operation, but they will have to act quickly.

來自英格蘭南部的一個專業潛水員團隊，被召喚來執行這項救援行動，但他們必須快速地行動。

Fears are growing about the whale’s health as it is coming up for air less frequently.

大家越來越擔心鯨魚的健康，因為出現空氣不足的次數頻繁。

本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_europe/2010-09-11/303211452513.html

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【每日一句】

Let’s fight one on one.

我們來單挑

【今日諺語】

There are no coincidences and no accidents in life. Everything big and small is for a reason.

生命中沒有巧合或意外，不論大小事，都有原因。