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叁月份 第 10 课

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  • Rare Tigers Starve to Death in China Zoo
  • 中国动物园饿死 11 隻东北虎
  •   Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died in a Chinese zoo over the past three months, as conservation groups worldwide struggle to protect the endangered cat.
  • 就在全世界的动物保护组织竭力保护濒危动物老虎的同时,中国一个动物园有 11 隻珍稀的东北虎在过去叁个月中相继死亡。

  •   The tigers died in the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in the capital of the northeastern province of Liaoning.
  • 这些东北虎是在辽寧省瀋阳森林野生动物园死亡的。

  •   Local authorities say the animals died of malnutrition.
  • 地方当局说,死亡原因是营养不良。

  •   Chinese official news agency, Xinhua, reported Thursday that the cash-poor zoo fed the tigers only cheap chicken bones.
  • 中国官方的新华社星期四报导,动物园经济效益不好,只给老虎喂食便宜的鸡架。

  •   Hungry tigers attacked a zoo worker in November and two of the tigers were killed during the rescue.
  • 去年 11 月曾发生饥饿的老虎袭击动物园饲养员事件,在救援过程中两隻老虎被射杀。

  •   China has thousands of tigers living in captivity, but only about 50 are left roaming in the wild.
  • 中国有数千隻老虎被圈养,野外自由生存的老虎只有大约 50 隻了。

  •   An estimated 20 are the rare Siberian sub-species.
  • 估计珍稀的东北虎只有 20 隻左右。

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  • US Retail Sales Rise
  • 美国零售额上升
  •   U.S. retail sales rose in February, in spite of record snowfalls in some parts of the country that were expected to slow business.
  • 儘管美国部份地区上个月遭受的暴风雪可能使商业放缓,但美国 2 月份零售额依然上升。

  •   Friday's report from the Commerce Department says retail sales gained three-tenths of a percent.
  • 商务部星期五公佈的报告说,2 月份零售额增长 0.3 %。

  •   Economists watch retail sales closely because consumer demand drives about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.
  • 经济学家密切关心出售数据是因為美国大约 70 % 的经济活动受消费者需求的推动。

  •   Auto sales declined, perhaps hurt by Toyota recalls and foul weather.
  • 2 月份汽车销售下降,可能是受到丰田汽车召回和恶劣天气的影响。

  •   Outside that volatile area, sales in the rest of the economy gained eight-tenths of a percent.
  • 除波动较大的汽车行业以外,其他行业的销售额增长 0.8 %。

  •   Some analysts say the figures may mean that consumer spending will recover and contribute to economic growth sooner than they expected.
  • 一些分析人士说,零售数据可能意味着消费者支出可能较预期更快地復苏并推动经济增长。

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