第583期 双语新闻 生蚝重返菜单

Oystersaremakingacomebackonmenusandinthewater-fornow生蛇重返菜单！Overacenturyago,oysterssparkedaharvestingfrenzyinthemid-Atlantic.Atthelocaloysterindustry'speakduringthelate19thcentury,morethan20millionbushelsofoysterswerepulledfromChesapeakeBayeveryyear.Butinthedecadesthatfollowed,oystermenharvestedmorequicklythantheoysterscouldreproduce,andtheydidsowithlarge,scrapingtoolsthattransformedcraggyreefsintomuddysubstratesinwhichoysterscouldn'tsurvive.一个多世纪前，大西洋中部掀起了一场捕捞生蛀的狂潮。在19世纪末当地生蛇产业的鼎盛时期，每年从切萨皮克湾打捞出的生蛇超过2000万蒲式耳。但在随后的几十年里，生蛇的捕捞速度远超其繁殖速度。捕捞生蛇的人使用大型捕捞工具，甚至把崎岖的珊瑚礁变成了生蛀无法生存的泥泞基质。By2005,theNationalMarineFisheriesServiceconsideredplacingtheeasternoysterontheendangeredspecieslist.Today,oysterpopulationsarestilllessthanonepercentoftheirformernumbers.到2005年，国家海洋渔业部(NationalMarineFisheriesService)考虑将东方蛇列入濒危物种名单。今天，生蛇的数量仍不达之前的百分之一。Butthesmallandmightybivalveisstillmakingacomebackinthebay,thelargestestuaryintheUnitedStates.但在美国最大的入海口海湾，这种又小又壮的双壳类动物已经卷土重来。"InVirginia,ourshellfishsectorisdoingreallywell,andalotofthatisbasedonadvancesinaquaculture,HsaysMikeSchwarz,anoysterexpertatVirginiaTech.“在弗吉尼亚州，我们的贝类产业开展得非常好，这在很大程度上是基于水产养殖的进步，〃弗吉尼亚理工大学的生蛇专家迈克•施瓦茨fMikeSchwarz)说。"Keepingitgrowingandbeingsustainableispartoflookingatclimatechange.Peoplemyagedidn'thaveachancetoeatoysters.Therewasthisperiodwhereyoujustdidn'thavethem,”saysOliver,anoystercompany'sdirectoroffarms."Nowit'stheyoungergeneration'schancetodiveintothatworld."一家生蛇公司的农场主管奥利弗〔Oliver)说：“保持生蛇的增长和可持续开展还要着眼于气候变化。我这个年纪的人都没时机吃生蛇。有一段时间根本没有生蛀。现在正是年轻一代深入了解那个世界的时候。〃语料库l.peak英/pi:k/美/pi:k/n.巅峰，顶点；极值；山顶；尖端v.到达顶峰，到达最大值atthepeakof在顶峰期e.g.Shefsatthepeakofhercareer,她正处在事业的巅峰。2.consider^/kan'sida(r)/It/kan'sidar/v.考虑；认为；体贴同根词：considerableadj.相当大的，相当重要的considerationn.考虑；体贴.endangered^/in'deindsed/ft/in'deindserd/adj.（动植物）濒危的endangeredspecies濒危物种.advance英/scTvoms/tt/ad'vaens/n.进步，进展；改善v.〔使）前进；开展，进步；提前；促进，推动inadvance预先，提前5.sustainable英/s5steinsb（s）l/美/se'steineb（s）l/adj.（自然资源）可持续的sustainabledevelopment可持续开展作文素材积累1....transformedcraggyreefsintomuddysubstratesinwhichoysterscouldn'tsurvive.介词+which/whom引导的定语从句用于正式场合。在这一结构中，关系代词which/whom做介词的宾语。领先行词是物时，用介词+which引导定语从句，而且只能加which,不能加that。例如：QueenElizabethIIwastherockonwhichmodernBritainwasbuilt.女王伊丽莎白二世是现代英国的基石。领先行词是人时，用介词+whom引导定语从句。例如：Theymaystartasagroupofhigh-schoolstudents,./orwhompractisingtheirmusicinsomeone'shouseisthefirststeptofame.也许，他们刚刚起步时只是一群高中生，对他们来说，在屋里排练歌曲就是成名的第一步。当“介词+which/whom”结构在定语从句中做时间、地点和原因状语时可以用关系副词when/where/why替代。例如：Theyvisitedthecitywhere/inwhichJohnDenverwasborn.他们参观了约翰•丹佛出生的城市。Iwillneverforgettheyearwhen/inwhichourbandstarted.我永远不会忘记我们乐队成立的那一年。Thereasonwhy/forwhich