【跟着英剧练发音】South Pacific S01E06-E

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After our cameraman left the Esperanza, Greenpeace continued their journey, and captured these images of the world's biggest purse seiner, with a capacity almost four times larger than the New Guinea vessel¹. It's a Spanish ship fishing for Pacific tuna to stock European supermarkets. The presence of such large vessels², from countries that have already over-fished their own tuna stocks, has riled the operators of local fishing fleets, perhaps with some justification³. Some biologists have recently warned that tuna populations in the Pacific will be crashing within five years unless urgent action is taken. Perhaps it's time to think again about the ways we fish. These pole and line fishermen are Solomon Islanders, and this fishing is a local industry. They target specific species, and mature individuals. There's almost no bycatch - no seabirds, no sharks. And they can be selective - flicking⁴ juvenile⁵ fish off their hooks so they can grow and breed. Because it's impossible to hook every last fish in a school, some are always left to fight another day. And since the fish don't suffer for hours in nets, this meat is of a high quality.

1 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

2 vessels   

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 justification   

n.正当的理由；辩解的理由

参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

4 flicking   

（尤指用手指或手快速地）轻击( flick的现在分词 )； （用…）轻挥； （快速地）按开关； 向…笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等）

参考例句：

• He helped her up before flicking the reins. 他帮她上马，之后挥动了缰绳。
• There's something flicking around my toes. 有什么东西老在叮我的脚指头。

5 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。