美人鱼终成绝唱？原型儒艮功能性灭绝【暴虐朗读】

【头条播报】
The dugong, the charismatic marine mammal that has inspired mermaid fairy tales, has been declared functionally extinct in China. Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that although the species may still exist in the region, their dwindled numbers are no longer able to maintain a viable population. The dugong, which mainly feeds on seagrass, was once a common sight in the coastal city of Beihai in Guangxi but no records of dugong have been recorded since 2008 after a serious population decline in China.

【朗读要点】
①The dugong, the charismatic marine mammal that has inspired mermaid fairy tales, has been declared functionally extinct in China. 

dugong、functionally extinct in China和mermaid fairy tales要强调
The dugong, … the charismatic marine mammal … that has inspired mermaid fairy tales, … has been declared functionally extinct in China. 

②Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that although the species may still exist in the region, their dwindled numbers are no longer able to maintain a viable population.

宾语从句之前稍顿
Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said … that although the species may still exist in the region, … their dwindled numbers are no longer able to maintain a viable population. 

③The dugong, which mainly feeds on seagrass, was once a common sight in the coastal city of Beihai in Guangxi but no records of dugong have been recorded since 2008 after a serious population decline in China.

no records、since 2008,、China和decline要清晰交代
The dugong, … which mainly feeds on seagrass, … was once a common sight in the coastal city of Beihai in Guangxi … but no records of dugong have been recorded since 2008 … after a serious population decline in China.

【朗读练习】
The dugong, the charismatic marine mammal that has inspired mermaid fairy tales, has been declared functionally extinct in China. Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that although the species may still exist in the region, their dwindled numbers are no longer able to maintain a viable population. The dugong, which mainly feeds on seagrass, was once a common sight in the coastal city of Beihai in Guangxi but no records of dugong have been recorded since 2008 after a serious population decline in China.