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原文Grizzly bears, which may grow to about 2.5 m long and weigh over 400 kg, occupy a conflicted corner of the American psyche——we revere (敬畏) them even as they give us frightening dreams. Ask the tourists from around the world that flood into Yellowstone National Park what they most hope to see, and their answer is often the same: a grizzly bear.
“Grizzly bears are re-occupying large areas of their former range,” says bear biologist Chris Servheen. As grizzly bears expand their range into places where they haven't been seen in a century or more, they're increasingly being sighted by humans.
The western half of the U.S. was full of grizzlies when Europeans came, with a rough number of 50,000 or more living alongside Native Americans. By the early 1970s, after centuries of cruel and continuous hunting by settlers, 600 to 800 grizzlies remained on a mere 2 percent of their former range in the Northern Rockies. In 1975, grizzlies were listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Today, there are about 2,000 or more grizzly bears in the U.S. Their recovery has been so successful that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has twice attempted to delist grizzlies, which would loosen legal protections and allow them to be hunted. Both efforts were overturned due to lawsuits from conservation groups. For now, grizzlies remain listed.
Obviously, if precautions (预防) aren't taken, grizzlies can become troublesome, sometimes killing farm animals or walking through yards in search of food. If people remove food and attractants from their yards and campsites, grizzlies will typically pass by without trouble. Putting electric fencing around chicken houses and other farm animal quarters is also highly effective at getting grizzlies away. “Our hope is to have a clean, attractant-free place where bears can pass through without learning bad habits,“ says James Jonkel, longtime biologist who manages bears in and around Missoula.
12. How do Americans look at grizzlies?
A. They cause mixed feelings in people.
B. They should be kept in national parks.
C. They are of high scientific value.
D. They are a symbol of American culture.
13. What has helped the increase of the grizzly population?
A. The European settlers' behavior.
B. The expansion of bears' range.
C. The protection by law since 1975.
D. The support of Native Americans.
14. What has stopped the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service from delisting grizzlies?
A. The opposition of conservation groups.
B. The successful comeback of grizzlies.
C. The voice of the biologists.
D. The local farmers' advocates.
15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Food should be provided for grizzlies.
B. People can live in harmony with grizzlies.
C. A special path should be built for grizzlies.
D. Technology can be introduced to protect grizzlies.
译文灰熊可能长到2.5米长,体重超过400公斤,占据了美国人心灵中一个矛盾的角落——我们敬畏它们,即使它们给我们带来可怕的梦。问涌入黄石国家公园的来自世界各地的游客,他们最希望看到的是什么,他们的回答往往是一样的:一只灰熊。
熊类生物学家克里斯·瑟夫辛说:“灰熊正在重新占据它们以前活动范围的大片区域。”随着灰熊的活动范围扩大到一个世纪或更久没有出现过的地方,越来越多的灰熊被人类发现。
当欧洲人来到美国时,美国西半部到处都是灰熊,大约有5万甚至更多灰熊与印第安人生活在一起。到20世纪70年代初,在定居者几个世纪的残酷和持续的狩猎之后,在北落基山脉,600到800只灰熊只剩下它们以前的活动范围的2%。1975年,灰熊被列入《濒危物种法》。
今天,美国大约有2000只或更多的灰熊。它们的恢复非常成功,以至于美国鱼类和野生动物管理局(U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service)曾两次试图将灰熊除名,这将放松法律保护,并允许它们被猎杀。由于环保组织的诉讼,这两项努力都被推翻了。目前,灰熊仍被列入名单。
显然,如果不采取预防措施,灰熊可能会成为麻烦,有时会杀死农场动物或穿过院子寻找食物。如果人们把食物和吸引物从院子和露营地移走,灰熊通常会毫不费力地经过。在鸡舍和其他农场动物的栖息地周围设置电栅栏也非常有效地驱赶灰熊。“我们希望能有一个干净、没有吸引力的地方,熊可以在这里通过,而不必学习坏习惯,”詹姆斯·琼克尔(James Jonkel)说,他是米苏拉及其周边地区长期管理熊的生物学家。
12. 美国人怎么看待灰熊?
A. 它们会让人产生复杂的情绪。
B.它们应该被养在国家公园里。
C. 它们具有很高的科学价值。
D. 它们是美国文化的象征。
13. 是什么帮助了灰熊数量的增加?
A. 欧洲移民的行为。
B. 熊的活动范围的扩大。
C. 1975年以来的法律保护。
D. 美洲原住民的支持。
14. 是什么阻止了美国鱼类和野生动物管理局将灰熊除名?
A. 环保团体的反对。
B. 灰熊的成功复出。
C. 生物学家的声音。
D.当地农民的倡导者。
15. 从最后一段可以推断出什么?
A.应为灰熊提供食物。
B.人们可以和灰熊和谐相处。
C.应该为灰熊修一条特别的路。
D.可以引进技术来保护灰熊。
1 段译 灰熊可能长到2.5米长,体重超过400公斤,占据了美国人心灵中一个矛盾的角落——我们敬畏它们,即使它们给我们带来可怕的梦。问涌入黄石国家公园的来自世界各地的游客,他们最希望看到的是什么,他们的回答往往是一样的:一只灰熊。
Grizzly bears, which may growv.生长 to about 2.5 m long and weighv.重 over 400 kg, occupyv.占据 a conflictedadj.矛盾的 corner of the American psychen.心理——we reverev.敬畏 them even as they give us frighteningadj.可怕的 dreams.句译 灰熊可能长到2.5米长,体重超过400公斤,占据了美国人心灵中一个矛盾的角落——我们敬畏它们,即使它们给我们带来可怕的梦。 Ask the tourists from around the world that flood into Yellowstone National Park what they most hope to see, and their answer is often the same: a grizzlyadj.灰白头发的 bear.句译 问涌入黄石国家公园的来自世界各地的游客,他们最希望看到的是什么,他们的回答往往是一样的:一只灰熊。
2 段译 熊类生物学家克里斯·瑟夫辛说:“灰熊正在重新占据它们以前活动范围的大片区域。”随着灰熊的活动范围扩大到一个世纪或更久没有出现过的地方,越来越多的灰熊被人类发现。
“Grizzly bears are re-occupying large areas of their former rangen.范围,” says bear biologistn.生物学家 Chris Servheen.句译 熊类生物学家克里斯·瑟夫辛说:“灰熊正在重新占据它们以前活动范围的大片区域。 As grizzly bears expandv.扩大 their range into places where they haven't been seen in a centuryn.世纪 or more, they're increasingly being sightedv.看到 by humans.句译 随着灰熊的活动范围扩大到一个世纪或更久没有出现过的地方,越来越多的灰熊被人类发现。
3 段译 当欧洲人来到美国时,美国西半部到处都是灰熊,大约有5万甚至更多灰熊与印第安人生活在一起。到20世纪70年代初,在定居者几个世纪的残酷和持续的狩猎之后,在北落基山脉,600到800只灰熊只剩下它们以前的活动范围的2%。1975年,灰熊被列入《濒危物种法》。
The western half of the U.S. was full of grizzlies when Europeans came, with a roughadj.粗糙的 number of 50,000 or more living alongsideprep.在旁边 Nativeadj.本地的 Americans.句译 当欧洲人来到美国时,美国西半部到处都是灰熊,大约有5万甚至更多灰熊与印第安人生活在一起。 By the early 1970s, after centuries of cruel and continuousadj.不断的 huntingv.狩猎 by settlersn.定居者, 600 to 800 grizzlies remainedv.保持 on a mereadj.仅仅的 2 percentn.百分比 of their former range in the Northern Rockies.句译到20世纪70年代初,在定居者几个世纪的残酷和持续的狩猎之后,在北落基山脉,600到800只灰熊只剩下它们以前的活动范围的2%。 In 1975, grizzlies were listed under the Endangeredadj.濒危的 Speciesn.物种 Act.句译1975年,灰熊被列入《濒危物种法》。
4 段译 今天,美国大约有2000只或更多的灰熊。它们的恢复非常成功,以至于美国鱼类和野生动物管理局(U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service)曾两次试图将灰熊除名,这将放松法律保护,并允许它们被猎杀。由于环保组织的诉讼,这两项努力都被推翻了。目前,灰熊仍被列入名单。
Today, there are about 2,000 or more grizzly bears in the U.S.句译 今天,美国大约有2000只或更多的灰熊。Their recoveryn.恢复 has been so successfuladj.成功的 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicen.服务 has twice attemptedv.尝试 to delist grizzlies, which would loosenv.放松 legaladj.合法的 protectionsn.保护 and allow them to be hunted.句译 它们的恢复非常成功,以至于美国鱼类和野生动物管理局(U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service)曾两次试图将灰熊除名,这将放松法律保护,并允许它们被猎杀。 Both efforts were overturnedv.推翻 dueadj.由于 to lawsuitsn.诉讼 from conservationn.保护 groups.句译 由于环保组织的诉讼,这两项努力都被推翻了。 For now, grizzlies remain listed.句译 目前,灰熊仍被列入名单。
5 段译 显然,如果不采取预防措施,灰熊可能会成为麻烦,有时会杀死农场动物或穿过院子寻找食物。如果人们把食物和吸引物从院子和露营地移走,灰熊通常会毫不费力地经过。在鸡舍和其他农场动物的栖息地周围设置电栅栏也非常有效地驱赶灰熊。“我们希望能有一个干净、没有吸引力的地方,熊可以在这里通过,而不必学习坏习惯,”詹姆斯·琼克尔(James Jonkel)说,他是米苏拉及其周边地区长期管理熊的生物学家。
Obviouslyadv.明显地, if precautionsn.预防 aren't taken, grizzlies can become troublesomeadj.麻烦的, sometimes killing farm animals or walking through yardsn.院子 in search of food.句译 显然,如果不采取预防措施,灰熊可能会成为麻烦,有时会杀死农场动物或穿过院子寻找食物。 If people removev.移除 food and attractantsn.引诱物 from their yards and campsitesn.宿营地, grizzlies will typicallyadv.典型地 passv.通过 by without trouble.句译 如果人们把食物和吸引物从院子和露营地移走,灰熊通常会毫不费力地经过。 Putting electricadj.电的 fencingn.围栏 around chicken houses and other farm animal quarters is also highly effective at getting grizzlies away.句译 在鸡舍和其他农场动物的栖息地周围设置电栅栏也非常有效地驱赶灰熊。 “Our hope is to have a clean, attractant-free place where bears can pass through without learning bad habitsn.习惯,“ says James Jonkel, longtimeadj.长期的 biologist who manages bears in and around Missoula.句译 “我们希望能有一个干净、没有吸引力的地方,熊可以在这里通过,而不必学习坏习惯,”詹姆斯·琼克尔(James Jonkel)说,他是米苏拉及其周边地区长期管理熊的生物学家。
12. How do Americans look at grizzlies?翻译 12. 美国人怎么看待灰熊?
A. They cause mixedv.混合 feelings in people.翻译 它们会让人产生复杂的情绪。
B. They should be kept in national parks.翻译 它们应该被养在国家公园里。
C. They are of high scientificadj.科学的 value.翻译 它们具有很高的科学价值。
D. They are a symboln.象征 of American culturen.文化.翻译 它们是美国文化的象征。
13. What has helped the increase of the grizzly populationn.人口?翻译 13. 是什么帮助了灰熊数量的增加?
A. The European settlers' behaviorn.行为.翻译 欧洲移民的行为。
B. The expansionn.膨胀 of bears' range.翻译 熊的活动范围的扩大。
C. The protection by law since 1975.翻译 1975年以来的法律保护。
D. The support of Native Americans.翻译 美洲原住民的支持。
14. What has stopped the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service from delisting grizzlies?翻译 14. 是什么阻止了美国鱼类和野生动物管理局将灰熊除名?
A. The oppositionn.反对 of conservation groups.翻译 环保团体的反对。
B. The successful comebackn.复出 of grizzlies.翻译 灰熊的成功复出。
C. The voice of the biologists.翻译 生物学家的声音。
D. The local farmers' advocatesn.倡导者.翻译 当地农民的倡导者。
15. What can be inferredv.推断 from the last paragraphn.段落? 翻译 15. 从最后一段可以推断出什么?
A. Food should be provided for grizzlies.翻译 应为灰熊提供食物。
B. People can live in harmonyn.和谐 with grizzlies.翻译 人们可以和灰熊和谐相处。
C. A special path should be built for grizzlies.翻译 应该为灰熊修一条特别的路。
D. Technologyn.技术 can be introduced to protect grizzlies.翻译 可以引进技术来保护灰熊。
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