Dolphins剑桥雅思10-听力原文翻译及答案解析

一、Dolphins听力原文：

INTERVIEWER:Today we're pleased to have on the show Alice Bussell from the Dolphin Conservation Trust.

Tell us about the Trust,Alice.

ALICE:Well,obviously its purpose is to protect dolphins in seas all around the world.

It tries to raise people's awareness of the problems these marine creatures are suffering because of pollution and other threats.

It started ten years ago and it's one of the fastest growing animal charities in the country—although it's still fairly small compared with the big players in animal protection.

We are particularly proud of the work we do in education—last year we visited a huge number of schools in different parts of the country,going round to talk to children and young people aged from five to eighteen.

In fact,about thirty-five per cent of our members are children.

-The charity uses its money to support campaigns—for example,for changes in fishing policy and so forth.

It hopes soon to be able to employ its first full-time biologist—with dolphin expertise—to monitor populations.

Of course,many people give their services on a voluntary basis and-we now have volunteers working in observation,office work and other things.

I should also tell you about the award we won from the Charity Commission last year—for our work in education.

Although it's not meant an enormous amount of money for us,it has made our activities even more widely publicised and understood.

In the long term it may not bring in extra members but we're hoping it'll have this effect.

INTERVIEWER:Is it possible to see dolphins in UK waters?

ALICE:Yes.

In several locations.

And we have a big project in the east part of Scotland.

This has long been a haven for dolphins because it has very little shipping.

However,that may be about to change soon because oil companies want to increase exploration there.

We're campaigning against this because,although there'll be little pollution from oil,exploration creates a lot of underwater noise.

It means the dolphins can't rest and socialise.

This is how I became interested in dolphin conservation in the first place.

I had never seen one and I hadn't been particularly interested in them at school.

Then I came across this story about a family of dolphins who had to leave their home in the Moray Firth because of the oil companies and about a child who campaigned to save them.

I couldn't put the book down—I was hooked.

INTERVIEWER:I'm sure our listeners will want to find out what they can do to help.

You mentioned the'Adopt a Dolphin'scheme.

Can you tell us about that?

ALICE:Of course!

People can choose one of our dolphins to sponsor.

They receive a picture of it and news updates.

I'd like to tell you about four which are currently being adopted by our members:Moondancer,Echo,Kiwi and Samson.

Unfortunately,Echo is being rather elusive this year and hasn't yet been sighted by our observers but we remain optimistic that he'll be out there soon.

All the others have been out in force—Samson and Moondancer are often photographed together but it is Kiwi who’s our real‘character’as she seems to love coming up close for the cameras and we've captured her on film hundreds of times.

They all have their own personalities—Moondancer is very elegant and curves out and into the water very smoothly,whereas Samson has a lot of energy—he‘s always leaping out of the water with great vigour.

You'd probably expect him to be the youngest—he's not quite—that’s Kiwi—but Samson's the latest of our dolphins to be chosen for the scheme.

Kiwi makes a lot of noise so we can often pick her out straightaway.

Echo and Moondancer are noisy too,but Moondancer's easy to find because she has a particularly large fin on her back,which makes her easy to identify.

So,yes,they're all very different...

INTERVIEWER:Well,they sound a fascinating group...

二、Dolphins听力中文翻译：

采访者：今天我们很高兴看到海豚保护信托基金会的爱丽丝·布塞尔（AliceBussell）在节目中露面。

告诉我们关于信任的事，爱丽丝。

艾丽斯：很明显，它的目的是保护世界各地海洋中的海豚。

它试图提高人们对这些海洋生物因污染和其他威胁而遭受的问题的认识。

它成立于十年前，是美国发展最快的动物慈善机构之一，尽管与动物保护领域的大公司相比，它仍然相当小。

我们对我们在教育方面所做的工作感到特别自豪。去年，我们访问了全国各地的大量学校，与5岁至18岁的儿童和年轻人进行了交谈。

事实上，我们大约35%的成员是儿童。

-该慈善机构将其资金用于支持运动，例如改变渔业政策等。

它希望很快能够聘请第一位具有海豚专业知识的全职生物学家来监测种群。

当然，许多人在自愿的基础上提供服务，我们现在有志愿者从事观察、办公室工作和其他工作。

我还应该告诉你，去年我们因在教育方面的工作而获得了慈善委员会颁发的奖项。

虽然这对我们来说并不意味着巨额的资金，但它使我们的活动得到了更广泛的宣传和理解。

从长远来看，它可能不会带来额外的成员，但我们希望它会产生这种效果。

采访者：有可能在英国水域看到海豚吗？

艾丽斯：是的。

在多个位置。

我们在苏格兰东部有一个大项目。

长期以来，这里一直是海豚的避风港，因为这里几乎没有航运。

然而，这种情况可能很快就会改变，因为石油公司希望增加那里的勘探。

我们反对这种做法是因为，尽管石油几乎不会造成污染，但勘探会产生大量的水下噪音。

这意味着海豚不能休息和社交。

这就是我最初对海豚保护感兴趣的原因。

我从来没有见过，在学校我对它们也不是特别感兴趣。

然后，我偶然发现了一个故事，讲述了一个海豚家庭因为石油公司而不得不离开他们在马里湾的家，还有一个孩子为拯救海豚而奔走。

我无法放下这本书，我上瘾了。

采访者：我相信我们的听众会想知道他们能做些什么来提供帮助。

你提到了“收养海豚”计划。

你能告诉我们这件事吗？

艾丽斯：当然！

人们可以选择我们的一只海豚作为赞助商。

他们会收到一张照片和最新消息。

我想告诉你我们的成员目前正在采用的四种：Moondancer、Echo、Kiwi和Samson。

不幸的是，Echo今年相当难以捉摸，我们的观察员还没有看到，但我们仍然乐观地认为他很快就会出现。

萨姆森和月亮舞者经常一起拍照，但我们真正的“角色”是猕猴桃，因为她似乎喜欢近距离拍摄，我们已经在电影中拍摄了数百次了。

他们都有自己的个性——Moondancer非常优雅，弯腰入水非常流畅，而Samson精力充沛，总是精力充沛地跳出水面。

你可能会认为他是最年轻的，他不太年轻，这是猕猴桃，但萨姆森是我们最新的海豚被选中参加这个计划。

猕猴桃发出很大的噪音，所以我们可以经常直接把她挑出来。

Echo和Moondancer也很吵闹，但Moondancer很容易找到，因为她背部有一个特别大的鳍，这使她很容易识别。

所以，是的，他们都很不同。

记者：嗯，他们听起来是一个迷人的群体。

三、Dolphins听力问题：

Question 11-12

Choose TWO letters,A-E.

Which TWO things does Alice say about the Dolphin Conservation Trust?

A.Children make up most of the membership.

B.It's the country's largest conservation organisation

C.It helps finance campaigns for changes in fishing practices.

D.It employs several dolphin experts full-time.

E.Volunteers help in various ways.

Question 13-15

Questions 13-15Choose the correct letter,A,B,or C.

13.Why is Alice so pleased the Trust has won the Charity Commission award?

A.It has brought in extra money.

B.It made the work of the trust better known.

C.It has attracted more members.

14.Alice says oil exploration causes problems to dolphins because of

A.noise.

B.oil leaks.

C.movement of ships.

15.Alice became interested in dolphins when

A.she saw one swimming near her home.

B.she heard a speaker at her school.

C.she read a book about them.

Question 16-20

Write the correct letter,A,B,CorD,next to questions 16-20.

Which dolphin does Alice make each of the following comments about?

It has not been seen this year.16

It is photographed more than the others.17

It is always very energetic.18

It is the newest one in the scheme.19

It has an unusual shape.20

Dolphins

A.Moondancer

B.Echo

C.Kiwi

D.Samson

四、Dolphins听力答案：

11.C

12.E

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.D

20.A

五、Dolphins听力答案解析

11-12由it’s one of the fastest growing...in the country—although it’s still fairly small，可以排除B项。当听到proud of the work we do in education就要意识到进入到关于儿童的叙述，当Alice说about thirty-five per cent of our members are children时，我们可以排除A项。接下来出现了关键词support campaigns，changes in fishing policy and so forth，原文中的fishing policy被题干换为fishing practices，support被换为helps。接下来的一句话就说到It hopes soon to be able to employ its first full-time biologist，可知还没有雇佣，所以D项错误。由此可知E项应该是正确的，但也要确定一下。接下来出现services on a voluntary basis and we now have volunteers working in observation,office work and other things，原文中的几个例子被题目用in various ways替代，证实刚刚的猜测，所以答案是C和E。

13.B当Alice说到tell you about the award...可知答案即将出现，Although it’s not meant an enormous amount of money可知A项说的带来了extra money是错误的。让步状语后半部分是信息的传递重点：it has made our activities even more widely publicised and understood，understood与better known相对应，所以B项正确。接下来的it may not bring in extra members说明C项是错误的。

14.A当听到oil companies want to increase exploration there知道14题的答案即将出来。后面又出来让步状语从句although...be little pollution from oil，这里排除了B。知道重点在后面，由creates a lot of underwater noise可判定答案是A。

15.C This is how I became interested in...说明本题的答案即将出现。她说了解到一个关于海豚家族因为油气公司不得不离开自己生活的地方，一个孩子发起活动保护海豚的故事，由I couldn’t put the book down—I was hooked.可知是从读一本书开始的。

16.B Alice说到Echo is being rather elusive and hasn’t yet been sighted by our observers，这里如果elusive一词不认识也没有关系，后面说hasn’t yet been sighted，sighted被题目替换为not been seen，所以选B。

17.C听力内文出现转折词but，是出题的重点部分。由Kiwi...love coming up close for the cameras...可以判定答案是C，后面的captured对应题目中的photographed。

18.D注意听与energetic相关的词，Samson...always leaping out of the water with great vigour.，vigour与energetic相对应，所以选D。

19.D 18题之后又出现一个but，考生要注意听这部分，Samson’s...the latest of...可以判定答案是D。latest与newest相对应。

20.A再次出现but，Moondancer’s easy to find because she has a particularly large fin on her back...，particularly与unusual相对应，答案选A。