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美食英语词汇:鲨鱼翅

美食类英语词汇:Shark Fin鲨鱼翅
鲨鱼是海洋中最重要的生物,它们的存在对于维护海洋生态乃至地球生态起着至关重要的作用。从某种意义上说,拯救鲨鱼就是拯救人类自己。
相关的英文报道
For more than a decade, shark fin soup has been served in any meal intending to highlight the host's wealth, resulting in the consumption of hundreds of millions of shark fins.
十多年以来,鱼翅汤流行于以展现主人财富为目的的任何一餐之中,而这导致了亿万件鱼翅的消耗。
Up to 73 million sharks are killed each year for their fins.
十多年以来,鱼翅汤流行于以展现主人财富为目的的任何一餐之中,而这导致了亿万件鱼翅的消耗。
One third of the world's nearly 500 shark species are facing extinction.
在全世界将近500个鲨鱼品种中,有三分之一正濒临灭绝。
However, the shark fin market has been hit by a drastic market downturn recently. Precise figures are difficult to come by, but industry estimates the market has shrunk by between 50 and 70 percent.
然而,最近鱼翅生意遭受了市场衰退的沉重打击。虽然很难获得精确的数据,但据行业内分析,市场萎缩了50%至70%。
【单词讲解】
文中的“shark fin”是鲨鱼翅的意思,即为人们常说的“鱼翅”,其中fin意为“鳍,鱼翅”,人类割掉鱼鳍之后将鲨鱼扔回海里,鲨鱼会因为溺水或者流血过多而死。
另外,文中face extinction意为“濒临灭绝”,其中extinction意为“消亡,绝种”,如mass extinction(大量消亡),in danger of extinction(面临灭绝的危险)。