The Monster In Loch Nessie
More than one slippery creature is said to be living in Loch Nessie. In any case, people have reported seeing a humped "what-is-it" for over 30 years. For a long time the mysterious monster was considered just a joke. But things changed in 1966.Then, some photo experts of the Royal Air Force reported on their study of a film of the "monster". They said that there really is some huge objects in Loch Ness——and it's probably alive!
Most scientists agree that Nessie is neither a whale nor a shark. They think that it could be a huge, unknown kind of sea slug. The small garden slug can stretch its body to enter worm holes. So a sea slug could shape its body into the one, two, three or more humps that different people say they have seen.
How did Nessie get into Loch Nessie? From the sea, all say. Until the end of the last Ice Age[4] the lake was an arm of the sea. Then the ice on the rugged rocks melted. The earth's crust rose, leaving the lake separated from the sea. The lake's gloomy bottom is well-stocked with fish. What a perfect place for a settlement of monsters! Gradually, they could get used to fresh water.
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據(jù)說尼斯湖里有不止一個令人難以捉摸的動物。不管怎么說，30年來一直不斷有人報導(dǎo)見到了一個有駝峰般隆起的背部的“不知是什么”的動物。在相當長的一段時間里，人們只不過把尼斯湖的神秘的動物當作是一個玩笑，但是在1966年這種情況改變了，英國皇家空軍研究報告表明：尼斯湖里確實有某種巨大的物體，而且這個物體可能是有生命的！
大多數(shù)科學(xué)家一致認為“尼西”既不是鯨，也不是鯊魚。他們認為“尼西”可能是一種龐大的、還不為人類所知的海蛞蝓。渺小的庭院蛞蝓能把身體伸長而鉆進蟲子洞里。因此，像不同的人所說的那樣，海蛞蝓也應(yīng)該能將它的身體形成一個、二個、三個或更多個的駝峰形隆肉形式。
“尼西”是怎么進入尼斯湖的呢？所有的人都認為是從大海進而進去的。最后一次冰期以前，尼斯湖一直是同海洋連為一體的。后來嶙峋的巖石上的冰融化了，地殼上升，把尼斯湖同大海分開了。尼斯湖昏暗的湖水深處蘊藏著豐富的魚類資源。這是大型怪獸的一個多么好的棲息地啊！它們逐漸地能夠適應(yīng)淡水了。
More than one slippery creature is said to be living in Loch Nessie. In any case, people have reported seeing a humped "what-is-it" for over 30 years. For a long time the mysterious monster was considered just a joke. But things changed in 1966.Then, some photo experts of the Royal Air Force reported on their study of a film of the "monster". They said that there really is some huge objects in Loch Ness——and it's probably alive!
Most scientists agree that Nessie is neither a whale nor a shark. They think that it could be a huge, unknown kind of sea slug. The small garden slug can stretch its body to enter worm holes. So a sea slug could shape its body into the one, two, three or more humps that different people say they have seen.
How did Nessie get into Loch Nessie? From the sea, all say. Until the end of the last Ice Age[4] the lake was an arm of the sea. Then the ice on the rugged rocks melted. The earth's crust rose, leaving the lake separated from the sea. The lake's gloomy bottom is well-stocked with fish. What a perfect place for a settlement of monsters! Gradually, they could get used to fresh water.
參考譯文：
據(jù)說尼斯湖里有不止一個令人難以捉摸的動物。不管怎么說，30年來一直不斷有人報導(dǎo)見到了一個有駝峰般隆起的背部的“不知是什么”的動物。在相當長的一段時間里，人們只不過把尼斯湖的神秘的動物當作是一個玩笑，但是在1966年這種情況改變了，英國皇家空軍研究報告表明：尼斯湖里確實有某種巨大的物體，而且這個物體可能是有生命的！
大多數(shù)科學(xué)家一致認為“尼西”既不是鯨，也不是鯊魚。他們認為“尼西”可能是一種龐大的、還不為人類所知的海蛞蝓。渺小的庭院蛞蝓能把身體伸長而鉆進蟲子洞里。因此，像不同的人所說的那樣，海蛞蝓也應(yīng)該能將它的身體形成一個、二個、三個或更多個的駝峰形隆肉形式。
“尼西”是怎么進入尼斯湖的呢？所有的人都認為是從大海進而進去的。最后一次冰期以前，尼斯湖一直是同海洋連為一體的。后來嶙峋的巖石上的冰融化了，地殼上升，把尼斯湖同大海分開了。尼斯湖昏暗的湖水深處蘊藏著豐富的魚類資源。這是大型怪獸的一個多么好的棲息地啊！它們逐漸地能夠適應(yīng)淡水了。