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More than 200 whales have been found stranded in Australia on the western shore of Tasmania, wildlife officials said. The animals, which appear to be pilot whales, are currently stranded on a beach and a sand bank. Early reports estimate that about half of the animals are alive. It also said that experts were on the scene to assess the current situation. It stressed that volunteers were not needed at the moment.

当地野生动物官方机构表示，超过200头鲸鱼被发现搁浅在澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚岛西海岸。这些鲸鱼似乎是领航鲸，目前被困在海滩和沙洲上。早些的报道称，这些搁浅的鲸鱼中大约有一半是活着的。目前，专家正在现场评估目前的情况。同时报道还强调，暂时不需要志愿人员。

1.be stranded on 在...上搁浅（strand vt. 使...滞留；使...搁浅）

2.Tasmania 塔斯马尼亚

3.pilot whale 领航鲸

Mass whale strandings have baffled marine scientists for decades. The incident isn’t the first of its kind to occur in Tasmania, an island state off the southern coast of mainland Australia. A mass stranding in 2020 saw hundreds of whales stranded in a harbor – making it the largest mass whale stranding in Tasmania’s history. Another distressing case this week saw more than a dozen young sperm whales found dead on another Tasmanian beach. The animals, mostly males, were first discovered by wildlife authorities on Monday afternoon.

大规模鲸鱼搁浅困扰了海洋科学家几十年。这并不是塔斯马尼亚，这个位于澳大利亚大陆南海岸的岛州发生的第一起此类鲸鱼搁浅事件。在2020年，这里也曾发生一次大规模搁浅，数百头鲸鱼被困在一个港口，这是塔斯马尼亚州历史上最大规模的鲸鱼搁浅事件。本周还发生了另一起让人痛心的搁浅事件，在塔斯马尼亚的另一个海滩上发现了十几头年轻抹香鲸的尸体。野生动物管理部门于周一下午首次发现这些动物，其中大部分为雄性。

4.mass whale stranding 大规模鲸鱼搁浅

5.sperm whale 抹香鲸