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 Queuing like school children, these penguins2 are waiting to receive the life-saving medicines and nutrition. They owe their lives to SANCCOB, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal3 Birds.

 
SANCCOB responded to a call for help from the Namibian(纳米比亚) government, after 156 penguins were rescued from an oil slick off the coast near Luderitz.
 
It’s believed the slick was from a sunken trawler（沉没的拖捞船）. “And researchers on the bird islands saw the penguins becoming oiled. Because there are not any rehabilitation4 facilities in Namibia, they requested the SANCCOB’s help to evacuate5 these birds and rehabilitate6 them.”
 
129 of the penguins were moved about 600 miles to the SANCCOB center in Cape7 Town（开普敦，南非首都） for treatment.
 
African penguins, also known as jackass penguins, are listed as vulnerable to extinction8 on the IUCN Red List. Currently there are only about 36,000 breeding pairs left, a drop of 75% over the last 50 years. So this operation is important for the future survival of the species.
 
African penguins are the only species of penguin1 to inhabit the African continent, generally living along the coast of Namibia and South Africa, but groups have been found as far away as Gabon（加蓬） and Mozambique（莫桑比克）. After a four-week rehabilitation period, the countless rounds of medication…

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1 penguin W3jzf     
n.企鹅
参考例句：
  • The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
  • He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。
2 penguins fc5bf5a50fd6b440a35d113f324c5e75     
n.企鹅( penguin的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Why can penguins live in cold environment? 为什么企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers. 鲸、海豹，企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3 coastal WWiyh     
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
参考例句：
  • The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
4 rehabilitation 8Vcxv     
n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位
参考例句：
  • He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
  • No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
5 evacuate ai1zL     
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
6 rehabilitate 2B4zy     
vt.改造(罪犯)，修复；vi.复兴，(罪犯)经受改造
参考例句：
  • There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
  • He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。
7 cape ITEy6     
n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风
参考例句：
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
8 extinction sPwzP     
n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种
参考例句：
  • The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
  • The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

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