约230头鲸鱼在澳大利亚搁浅【吉言英语】

【头条播报】

More than 200 whales have been found stranded on a remote beach on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Half of the pod, thought to be pilot whales, are believed to be still alive. Rescuers were sent to the area. It’s unclear what caused the whales to beach on a sandflat at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, the same remote location where Australia’s worst stranding occurred two years ago.

【分句讲解】
①More than 200 whales have been found stranded on a remote beach on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
200多头鲸鱼被发现搁浅在澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚西海岸的一个偏远海滩上。

1. be found (现在分词/过去分词/形容词/介词短语等) 被发现处于某种状态

He was found beaten and in shock.
他被发现遭到殴打，处于休克中。
She was found lying in a pool of blood.
她被发现躺在一滩血泊中。

2. strand v. 使搁浅

The ship was stranded on a sandbank.
船在沙洲上搁浅了。

3. remote adj. 偏远的；遥远的

a remote beach 偏远的海滩

be remote from 远离……
The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.
这家农舍附近没有别的房屋。

in the remote past 在遥远的过去
in the remote future 在遥远的将来

②Half of the pod, thought to be pilot whales, are believed to be still alive.
这群鲸鱼中有一半被认为是领航鲸，当时可能还活着。

1. pod n. 一群

③Rescuers were sent to the area.
救援人员被派往该地区。

1. rescuer n. 救援人员

a brave rescuer 一位勇敢的救援人员

rescue v./n. 救援
rescue sb from sth 将某人从……中拯救出来
You rescued me from an embarrassing situation.
我正感到尴尬，你为我解了围。 

come to one’s rescue 营救某人，为某人解围

④It’s unclear what caused the whales to beach on a sandflat at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, the same remote location where Australia's worst stranding occurred two years ago.
目前还不清楚是什么原因导致这些鲸鱼在麦夸里港入口处的沙滩上搁浅，两年前澳大利亚最严重的搁浅事件就发生在这个偏远的地方。

1. beach n. 海滩 v. 上岸

a beached /stranded whale 一头搁浅在海滩上的鲸
He beached the boat and lifted the boy onto the shore.
他把小船拖上岸，把男孩抱到海岸上。

2. occur v. 发生

Something unexpected occurred.
发生了一件出乎意料的事。

occur to sb 突然想到，出现在头脑中
The idea occurred to him in a dream.
这个主意是他在梦中想到的。
It didn’t occur to her to ask for help.
她没想到请别人帮忙。