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BBC地平线系列之《饮食变迁》第9期:农药的泛滥使用

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  • The time, May 1970.
  • 1970年5月
  • Here on the island of San Miguel, the breeding ground for California's sea-lions, some appear to be killing their young.
  • 位于圣米格尔岛的加州海狮繁殖区内 竟出现了部分海狮杀害幼崽的画面
  • These great animals have 17 times more DDT in them than officially permitted in fish for human consumption.
  • 这些体型硕大的动物体内DDT的含量竟是官方划定可食鱼类标值的17倍
  • By the 1970s, it was clear that pesticides were devastating wildlife by crippling reproductive ability and wrecking nervous systems.
  • 到了20世纪70年代 人们逐渐认清农药会削弱野生物种的生殖能力与神经系统 造成毁灭性的后果
  • And we were at the top of the food chain.
  • 而我们人类正处于食物链的顶层
  • 149 persons in California alone have now become ill,
  • 由于误食被杀虫剂污染的西瓜
  • with hundreds more cases suspected in four other western states and Canada from eating watermelons contaminated with the pesticide.
  • 目前仅在加州已有149人确诊患病 而在另外四个西部州和加拿大 还有几百个疑似病例
  • In the town of McFarland, there have been 12 cases of cancer among children. Six children have died.
  • 在麦克法兰镇有12例儿童癌症病例 其中六名已经死亡
  • There's a growing suspicion that it's connected with the spraying of chemicals.
  • 越来越多人开始怀疑 这一切与化学制品的喷洒有关
  • Children are dying. That's why we're here.
  • 孩子们垂死挣扎 我们必须拯救他们
  • I've lost children.
  • 我已经失去了我的孩子
  • Many pesticides were banned in the 1970s and public confidence in the food revolution had taken its first serious knock.
  • 20世纪70年代 许多农药被禁用 公众对食品工业革命的信心第一次蒙受重创


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that it's connected with the spraying of chemicals.这一切与化学制品的喷洒有关

connect with:与 ... 联系

He doesn't seem to connect with anybody.

他好像和谁都不来往。

He doesn't seem to connect with anybody.

他好像和谁都不来往。

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connect up接通(接在一起)

She connected up the two computers.

她把两台计算机连接起来。

Here on the island of San Miguel, the breeding ground for California's sea-lions, some appear to be killing their young.位于圣米格尔岛的加州海狮繁殖区内竟出现了部分海狮杀害幼崽的画面

breeding ground:滋生地;繁殖场;繁殖区

This ditch was a breeding ground for mosquitoes and flies.

这条水沟是蚊蝇繁殖的地方。

appear to:看来似乎

He appears to have drunk a lot of liquor.

他似乎喝得醉醺醺的。

It appears to me that you are all mistaken.

我觉得你们全搞错了。

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revolution [.revə'lu:ʃən]

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n. 革命,旋转,转数

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pesticide ['pestisaid]

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n. 杀虫剂

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devastating ['devəsteitiŋ]

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adj. 毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的

 
confidence ['kɔnfidəns]

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adj. 骗得信任的
n. 信任,信心,把握

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suspicion [səs'piʃən]

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n. 猜疑,怀疑

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permitted

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adj. 被允许的 v. 允许(permit的过去分词)

 

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