考研經(jīng)典短文背誦之環(huán)境保護類一

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Directions:
     Study the following set of pictures carefully and write an essay in no less than 150 words.
     Your essay must be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
     Your essay should cover all the information provided and meet the requirements below:
     1. Describe the pictures
     2. Deduce the purpose of the artist of the pictures.
     3. Suggest counter-measures.
    
     范文:
     The picture unveils a drastic change of ocean ecology during the past century due to the expanding scale of world commercial fishing. There were few fishing ships on the sea in 1900 when an enormous number of fish swam freely; in contrast, in 1995 a large fleet of ships were endeavoring to search for the only fish in the sea.
     The tremendous contrast presented by the drawing alarmingly reminds us of the detrimental deterioration of oceanic ecosystem by the greediness of mankind. The industry of commercial fishing had undergone a booming expansion along with the growing public awareness of the merits of seafood, which made fishing unusually profitable. Lacking knowledge regarding the significance of ecological balance, businessmen sent out ships that insatiably chased fishes and thus posed a severe threat to all life in the sea. However, this trend may in turn endanger humankind.
     To prevent the exhaustion of ocean resources, governments should unite to work out effective measures against commercial fishing. For instance, there should be limitations on fishing time and location so as to reduce the exploitation of the sea. Moreover, people also call for laws and regulations that are responsible for punishing excessive fishing. Last but not the least, the public attachment to the importance of balance preservation would play a decisive role in saving ocean species from extinction.
     譯文:
     該圖顯示出20世紀以來由于全球商業(yè)捕魚業(yè)的大規(guī)模擴張而導致海洋生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的巨大變化。1900年的時候海上只有一艘船,而海里有許許多多魚兒在自由地遨游;相反,到了1995年,海上有許多漁船,它們都在努力尋找海里僅剩的一條魚。
     該圖所顯示出來的巨大反差使我們警醒地意識到人們的貪婪給海洋生態(tài)系統(tǒng)造成了巨大的破壞。隨著公眾意識到了海鮮食品的價值,商業(yè)捕魚也在不斷擴張,而且有著十分高的利潤率。由于商人們?nèi)鄙賹τ谏鷳B(tài)平衡的認識,他們的漁船無休止地捕魚,給海洋生物的生存造成了巨大的威脅。但是,這個趨勢可能最終會反過來威脅到人類自己的生存。
     為了防止海洋資源的枯竭,各個政府必須聯(lián)合起來,對商業(yè)捕魚采取有效的措施。例如,為了防止過度捕撈,可以限制捕魚的時間和地點。此外,人們還呼吁制定更多的法律法規(guī)來懲罰過度捕撈。最后,公眾對于保持生態(tài)平衡重要性的認識對于拯救瀕臨滅絕的海洋生物起到了決定性的作用。
     閃光詞匯及詞組:
     expanding: adj. 擴張的
     scale: n. 規(guī)模
     enormous: adj. 巨大的,龐大的
     search for: 尋找
     detrimental: adj. 有害的
     deterioration: n. 退化,變壞
     along with: 與……一起
     profitable: adj. 有利可圖的
     insatiably: adv. 不知足地
     pose a threat to: 對……造成威脅
     endanger: v. 危及
     exploitation: n. 開發(fā),開采
     call for: 要求
     excessive: adj. 過多的,過分的
     萬能句型:
     The picture unveils a drastic change of…
     The tremendous contrast presented by the drawing alarmingly reminds us…
     Lacking knowledge regarding…