新概念英语第二册笔记-第90课

Lesson 90 What's for supper? 晚餐吃什么？

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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 frequently and 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?

【课文翻译】

油煎鱼加炸土豆片一直是英国人喜爱的一道菜，但是随着海洋里的滥捕滥捞，鱼已经变得越来越昂贵。因此，听说北海石油钻井平台上的潜水员受到巨型鱼类的恐吓，确实很让人吃惊。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：海底热的输油管道附近的温暖的海水；钻井平台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？

New words and expressions 生词和短语

【生词讲解】

1. chip

1） n. 油煎土豆片（英：potato chip / crisp）

（细长的）油炸马铃薯条（美：French fry）

2）碎片、木碎片

have a chip on one’s shoulder（口）心情不好、性好争吵

a chip off the old block （口）酷似父亲的儿子、一个模子印出来的, 酷似

2. overfish v. 过度捕捞

overcrop v. 因过度的耕种而使土地贫瘠

overdo v. 做得过分, 过度, 夸张

overdraw vt. 透支, 拉过度, 夸大

overdress v. （使）过度打扮, 穿着太考究

overeat vi. 吃过量

3. giant

1） adj. 巨大的

a giant corporation 一个大公司

giant panda n. 大猫熊, 大熊猫

2) n. （故事或传说等）巨人、大汉（相反：dwarf 矮子）

eg：Jack saw the giant climbing down the beanstalk .

杰克看到巨人爬下豆茎。

3）n. 伟人、大人物

giants in the field of electronics 电子行业之牛耳.

4. terrify v. 吓，使恐怖、使受惊吓

be terrified of 害怕 ..., 恐惧 ...

eg：The children were terrified of being scolded.

孩子们害怕被骂。

terrify sb 惊吓某人、威胁(某人)

eg：His sudden appearance terrified them.

他的突然出现，吓坏了他们。

be terrified by / be terrified at 被……吓一跳eg：They were terrified by his sudden appearance.

＝They were terrified at his sudden appearance.

他的突然出现使他们都吓坏了。

terrifying adj. 可怕的

terrified ['terifaid] adj. 恐惧的, 受惊吓的

5. diver n. 潜小员、跳水选手

dive [daiv] n.／vi.跳水，潜水；俯冲，扑

dive from the bridge into the river 从桥上跳入河中

diver for （为寻找或取……）潜水

eg：They dived down for oysters.

他们潜水去捞牡蛎

dive into (突然)投入, 跳入、潜心研究

eg：He dived into the history of China.

他潜心研究中国的历史。

6. oil rig 石油钻塔

oil

1）n. 油cooking oil 食用油

hair oil 发油；heavy oil 重油；light oil 轻油2）n. 油画颜料

paint in oils 油画油；burn the midnight oil 开夜车pour oil on the flame vi. 火上加油