纪录片《南太平洋》 第165期 脆弱天堂（14）

A five-metre tiger shark.

一只五米长的虎鲨

The dive leaders have named her Scarface.

潜水员领队给它起名叫疤面人

She turns up once a month or so.

它一个月左右出现一次

She's inquisitive¹, but not aggressive.

它很好奇 但不具攻击性

The show's over.

表演结束

The divers² have had a great day, and local people benefit too.

潜水者度过了美好的一天 当地居民也得到了好处

With so many fish, some spill over into the waters beyond the reserve,

鱼这么多 使得有一些进入到了保护区外的水域

where fishermen now catch many more than they did before the reserve was set up.

在那里渔民们现在捕到的鱼要多于保护区设立之前

Marine³ reserves clearly work.

海洋保护区显然起效了

So why aren't there more of them?

那为什么不多设一些呢?

In truth, marine protection is decades behind wildlife protection on land.

事实上 海洋保护区在保护野生生物方面 比陆地上落后数十年

Take the islands of New Zealand.

以新西兰群岛为例

Beyond the farmed landscape are wild places where nature can flourish⁴.

在耕种区之外是大自然可以蓬勃发展的荒野

More than a quarter of the country is set aside in national parks and other reserves.

超过1/4的国土被留作国家公园和其他的保护区

In contrast, less than 1% of the Pacific Ocean is protected.

相比之下 只有不足1%的太平洋海域受保护

Instead, it is divided up into fishing zones.

相反地 它被划分为多个捕捞区

1 inquisitive   

adj.求知欲强的，好奇的，好寻根究底的

参考例句：

• Children are usually inquisitive.小孩通常很好问。
• A pat answer is not going to satisfy an inquisitive audience.陈腔烂调的答案不能满足好奇的听众。

2 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

3 marine   

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 flourish   

vi.茂盛，繁荣，兴旺；vt.挥动(以引起注意)

参考例句：

• When the root is firm,the branches flourish.本固枝荣。
• She rode by with a flourish of her whip.她骑马挥鞭而过。