Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

Lesson 90    What's for supper?

Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive. So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet underwater, have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work. Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters. The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length. Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large: the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea; the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs; the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs. As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water. Who eats who?

chip 薯条

overfish  过度捕捞

giant  [ˈdʒaɪənt] 巨大的

terrify [ˈterɪfaɪ] 吓，使恐怖

diver [ˈdaɪvər]  潜水员

oil rig  石油钻塔

wit [wɪt] 理智、头脑    be frightened out of their wits   被吓昏了，被吓得惊慌失措

bump   [bʌmp] 碰撞

cage  [keɪdʒ] 笼

variety  [vəˈraɪəti] 品种   favourite  eating varieties 深受人们喜爱的食用品种

cod  [kɑːd] 鳕鱼

skate  鳐鱼

factor[ˈfæktər]   因素

crew  [kruː] 全体工作人员

overboard [ˈoʊvərbɔːrd] 从船上落下

absence [ˈæbsəns] 缺席;不在

终于感受到了一些难度，生词越来越多，带定语的长句，带从句的句式越来越多。多听，多读，多练。