90_What's_for_Supper

90 What's for Supper?

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Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive. So it comes as a surprise (to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs). Oil rigs have to be repaired frequentlyand divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work. Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters. The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate (which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length). Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large: the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea; the plentiful supply of food (thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs); the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs. As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water. Who eats who?

油煎鱼加炸土豆片一直是英国人喜爱的一道菜，但是因为过度捕捞，鱼已经变得越来越贵。 所以当听说北海石油钻井平台上的潜水员受到巨型鱼类的恐吓时，人们确实会感到吃惊。 钻井平台需要经常修理，潜水员常常要在水面100英尺以下摸黑工作，他们曾在工作时被撞到他们身上的大鱼吓得惊惶失措。 现在他们有了特制的笼子，用来保护他们免受大鱼的侵袭。这些鱼并不是鲨鱼或逆戟鲸， 而是深受人们喜爱的食用鱼品种，如鳕鱼和鳐鱼，只不过它们长得出奇地大，有时长达12英尺。 这些鱼能长得这么大是由3个因素造成的：海底输油管道的热油使海水温度升高； 钻井平台上的工作人员抛到海里充足的食物；钻井平台周围根本没有捕鱼船只。 结果是，这些鱼就在可爱的温暖的水流中吃呀吃，长呀长。究竟谁吃谁呢？

Words

• giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/ adj. 巨大的
  1. The fisher claimed to have caught a giant fish.
  2. They carried the giant fish to the village fair.
  3. Where did you get this giant fish?
• terrifying /ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ/ v. 使害怕
  1. The giant fish in the kitchen terrified me a great deal.（L79）
  2. I was so terrified that…（L35）
  3. was/why/who…
  4. He had a lot of patience and tried not to terrify the little bird.（L85）
• divers /ˈdaɪvɚz/ n. 潜水员
  1. As a diver, I am aware of the danger.（L70）
  2. Everybody was relieved to hear that all the divers were safe.（L84）
  3. The diver knocked the fisher to the ground.
• oil /ɔɪl/ rigs /rɪɡz/ 石油钻塔
  1. You should have accepted the work on the oil rig.（L65）
  2. If you found a work on the oil rig, we wouldn’t meet each other.（L40）
  3. It is said that he jumped off the oil rig last month.（L58）
• frequently /ˈfrikwəntli/ 频繁地
• been /bɪn/ frightened /ˈfraɪtənd/ out /aʊt/ of /ʌv/ their /ðɛr/ wits /wɪts/ 理智
• bumping /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/ 撞击
• cages /ˈkedʒɪz/ n. 笼子
  1. There is a beautiful bird in the cage.
  2. The beautiful bird in the cage was bought by my grandfather.（L10）
  3. The kid noticed with dismay that the birds were not in the cage.（L86）
• sharks /ʃɑrks/ n. 鲨鱼
  1. When he finally saw a real shark, he felt disappointed.（L89）
  2. He devoted his life to studying all sorts of sharks.（L85）
  3. He noticed that the shark was swimming towards him.（L67）
• whales /welz/ n. 鲸鱼
  1. They saw the whale jumping out of the water yesterday afternoon.（L35）
  2. What sort of whale did you see yesterday?
  3. The authorities had the whale killed.（L66）
• varieties /vəˈraɪətiz/ n. 种类
  1. a variety of…
  2. He was fired for a variety of reasons.
  3. This thing can be used in a variety of ways.
  4. We’ll need to discuss a variety of matters tonight.
• cod /kɑd/ n. 鳕鱼
• skate /sket/ 鳐鱼
• factors /ˈfæktɚz/ n. 因素
  1. a variety of factors…
  2. It depends on a variety of factors.
  3. Before long, they noticed a variety of factors that can destroy the whole building.（L86）
• plentiful /ˈplɛntəfəl/ 大量的
• supply /səˈplaɪ/ 供应
• crews /kruz/ n. 全体人员
  1. When the fire and police crews arrived on the scene, the couple were already dead.（L75）
  2. Two fire crews managed to put out the fire.
  3. The whole crews felt disappointed by this last night.（L89）
• chip /tʃɪp/ n. 炸薯条
  1. The person who ate fish and chips was
  2. John.（L28）
  3. Mum, can we have our fish and chips outside?
  4. We run out of fish and chips.（L88）

Expressions

• be scared/frightened out of sb’s wits 吓得魂飞魄散
• a variety of 各种各样的
• it comes as a surprise to learn that 得知……令人惊讶
• protect a. from b. 保护 A 免受 B
  1. I need to protect you from yourself.
  2. An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
  3. I would protect you from anyone who tried to hurt you.
  4. The river is 300 miles in length.
  5. The movie is nearly two hours in length.
  6. The whale is said to be over ten meters in length.（L58）
• in length… 长度为……
• the total absence of ... 完全没有……
• as a result... 结果……
  1. As a result, he carried the bed to the roof of his house.（L74）
  2. As a result, he took charge of the company.（L79）