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Galapagos environmental emergency

Summary

16 May 2014

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The government in Ecuador has declared an emergency in the Galapagos islands. A ship carrying petrol which got stuck on the rocks last week may still carry a threat to the island group's plants and animals.

Reporter:

Mattia Cabitza

Report

The petrol tanker1 became stranded2 off the island of San Cristobal on Friday. But despite having emptied the ship's cargo3, the authorities fear that some remaining pollutants4, like motor oil, could spill over and cause environmental damage.

They said they're working to remove the vessel5. This is not the first ship accident in the Galapagos. In 2001, another stranded petrol tanker spilled fuel and decimated marine6 life.

The Galapagos are home to unique animals such as the giant tortoise, the marine iguana7 and the flightless cormorant8. The archipelago is also known for its endemic finches, which were studied in the 1830s by the British scientist Charles Darwin. He went on to publish On the Origin of Species, his revolutionary book on evolution.


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1 tanker xqawA     
n.油轮
参考例句：
  • The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
  • Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
2 stranded thfz18     
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
3 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
4 pollutants 694861490fe64672170a0da250a277c7     
污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
  • The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
5 vessel 4L1zi     
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
6 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
7 iguana MbWxT     
n.美洲大蜥蜴，鬣鳞蜥
参考例句：
  • With an iguana,you really don't have to say surprise.惊喜两字已经不足以形容这只鬣鳞蜥了。
  • I'm going to turn on my computer and make a movie starring my pet iguanadj.打开计算机准备制作一部关于我的宠物蜥蜴的电影。
8 cormorant laCyd     
n.鸬鹚，贪婪的人
参考例句：
  • The cormorant is a large,long-necked,dark-colored bird which lives near sea coasts and eats fish.鸬鹚是一种长脖子黑颜色的大鸟，生活在海滨而且以吃鱼为生。
  • The exciting cormorant fishing performance is over there.那边有令人刺激的鱼鹰捕鱼表演。

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