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It's no ordinary day at the beach. These divers are in Cornwall, southwest England, not for the fun but to pick up rubbish.

An estimated 70% of the plastic which enters the sea sinks, according to the organisation Dive Against Debris. And much of it is not biodegradable.

This is a problem that stretches far beyond the UK. Eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the world's oceans every year, causing damage to this fragile ecosystem.

词汇

divers 潜水员

sinks 下沉

biodegradable 可生物降解的

stretches 延伸

ecosystem 生态系统

中文文字稿

这不是海滨的普通的一天。这些潜水员们来到了英格兰西南部的康沃尔，目的不是游玩享受，而是来收检海底的垃圾。

据专门清理海底残骸的潜水组织Dive Against Debris估计， 有70% 进入海里的塑料物品都会下沉到海底。其中大部分都是不能生物降解的。

这个问题的存在远远超出了英国国界。每年飘落并沉积于世界各国海底的塑料垃圾高达八百万吨，给这个脆弱的生态系统带来破坏。

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divers / sinks / biodegradable / stretches / ecosystem 

1. The new regulations form part of Oxford City Council's new street trading policy, approved by the council on Monday evening.

It insists that all packaging and utensils passed on to customers by street traders must be made of __________ or recyclable materials.

2. Although deserts and arid lands may seem to be barren places, they often support complex and fragile __________ in which mammals play a key role.

3. A submerged prehistoric forest, discovered 200 metres off the Norfolk Coast, is about 10,000 years old, according to geologists.

Discovered by __________, the forest is part of a prehistoric Doggerland which once spread all the way to Germany.

4. Six fishermen have been rescued after their boat collided with another vessel and __________ off the coast of County Down.

5. A state of emergency has been declared in southern California in the US after two oil slicks, ______ nine miles, formed off the coast.

答案

1. The new regulations form part of Oxford City Council's new street trading policy, approved by the council on Monday evening.

It insists that all packaging and utensils passed on to customers by street traders must be made of biodegradable or recyclable materials.

2. Although deserts and arid lands may seem to be barren places, they often support complex and fragile ecosystems in which mammals play a key role.

3. A submerged prehistoric forest, discovered 200 metres off the Norfolk Coast, is about 10,000 years old, according to geologists.

Discovered by divers, the forest is part of a prehistoric Doggerland which once spread all the way to Germany.

4. Six fishermen have been rescued after their boat collided with another vessel and sank off the coast of County Down.

5. A state of emergency has been declared in southern California in the US after two oil slicks, stretching nine miles, formed off the coast.