美国英语听力80篇2 Lesson33

[00:06.77]Nylon material was placed under the Orc's body for the trip.
[00:12.56]Holes had been cut for his nose, tail and fins¹.
[00:17.45]A big mechanical² arm lifted him into a special container filled with cold seawater.
[00:24.97]This travel box measured eight-and.one-half-meters.
[00:29.49]A truck carried Keiko and his box to a nearby airport.
[00:34.43]From there, an American Air Force plane flew him to Iceland.
[00:39.86]Until earlier this month, Keiko lived in the floating cage in Klettsvik Bay.
[00:46.58]Animal experts watched him closely³ as he learned⁴ skills he would need to live free in the ocean.
[00:54.36]Keiko still needs to develop more Orc skills.
[01:01.68]For example, the bay is full of fish.
[01:05.18]Keiko hunts and kills fish, as he should.
[01:09.51]But he still is providing himself with only about half the food he needs to support his five-ton body.
[01:17.82]Humans give him the rest of his food.
[01:20.69]And sometimes he acts as though he were still performing tricks for the public in an amusement park:
[01:27.64]He brings fish that he has killed to his human keepers.
[01:32.13]Some experts say Keiko never can live complete free in the ocean.
[01:39.63]They say he is too old to learn all he needs to know.
[01:45.06]One official of a sea-park organization says that putting Keiko in the open ocean would be "a death sentence."
[01:53.82]But the president of the Ocean Futures⁵ Society says
[01:58.31]the whale has been able to learn and do everything his keepers have asked.
[02:03.90]Jean-Michel Cousteau says Keiko could be released⁶ into the open ocean later this year.
[02:11.68]Mister Cousteau also says this will happen only if Keiko continues to improve his skills
[02:19.39]and other conditions seem right.
[02:22.55]Ocean Futures will continue to watch over Keiko--- even if he is never able to leave the bay.
[02:31.64]He is living in Ocean water with other ocean creatures.
[02:36.29]So even if the barriers remain around the bay,
[02:40.37]Keiko is experiencing the most normal Orc life he has known in twenty years.
[02:46.32]Activists⁷ in several parts of the United States are working to free other Orcs.
[02:46.39]For example, some activists demonstrated⁸ about ten months ago at a sea park in the southern city of Miami, Florida.
[02:55.90]They were demanding that an Orc named Lolita stop performing in the park.
[03:01.91]They urged that she be returned to life in the sea, just, as Keiko has been.
[03:07.84]The Sea Park has refused to let Lolita return to the ocean.
[03:13.09]Some animal experts support the presence⁹ of Orcs in parks, if they are well treated.
[03:21.58]They say the animals' needs are provided¹⁰ for and their health guarded.
[03:20.58]They say the whales do not suffer the dangers of living in the ocean.
[03:25.91]And the Orcs are happy in their relations with human beings.
[03:30.25]But animal rights activists point to the fact that Orcs can swim as many as one hundred kilometers a day.

1 fins   

[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌

参考例句：

• The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
• Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句

2 mechanical   

adj.机械(学)的；力学的；机械似的；手工操作的

参考例句：

• He borrowed a mechanical book from me.他从我这儿借了一本力学方面的书。
• He looks very mechanical.他看上去非常呆板。

3 closely   

adv.紧密地；严密地，密切地

参考例句：

• We shall follow closely the development of the situation.我们将密切注意形势的发展。
• The two companies are closely tied up with each other.这两家公司之间有密切联系。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

5 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

6 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 demonstrated   

举行示威游行（或集会）( demonstrate的过去式和过去分词 )； 示范。展示； 显示； 论证

参考例句：

• All of those demonstrated the correctness of his analysis. 这一切都证明了他分析的正确性。
• The fireman demonstrated great courage in saving the child. 那位消防队员在抢救孩子的过程中，表现了极大的勇气。

9 presence   

n.出席；到场；存在

参考例句：

• Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛。
• His presence is indicative of his willingness to help.他的出席表示他愿意帮忙。

10 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。