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英文原文

Conversation 1

对话1

I can't believe that duck hunting is still legal in so many parts of the world.The scientific evidence from countries like Australia, Canada, and the USA clearly indicates a decline in the bird's numbers.

我无法相信，在世界如此多的地方，猎鸭仍然是合法的。来自澳大利亚、加拿大和美国等国的科学证据表明，这种鸟类的数量正在减少。

But can anyone be sure if the decline is really caused by the hunting or by climate change?

但是，谁能确定这种减少是真的由狩猎造成的，还是由气候变化造成的呢？

It's caused by both, in fact.We see more droughts in countries like Australia. Ducks are birds that feed and breed in areas where there is a lot of water. But their habitats have been shrinking in recent decades because of the droughts.

事实上，这是两者共同造成的。在澳大利亚等国家，我们看到干旱越来越多。鸭子是在有大量水的地方觅食和繁殖的鸟类。但近几十年来，由于干旱，它们的栖息地一直在减少。

And I guess with fewer places to inhabit, they concentrate in greater numbers in fewer areas, which surely makes them easier targets for the hunters.

我猜想，由于栖息地减少，它们会在更少的区域里大量聚集，这无疑使它们成为猎人更容易的目标。

It does. My grandfather was a duck hunter. He told me hunting ducks and geese began in the 19th century. They were an easily found and plentifully available food source in farming areas, especially for poor immigrants.

确实如此。我祖父就是个猎鸭人。他告诉我，猎鸭和猎鹅始于19世纪。在农区，它们是一种容易找到且数量丰富的食物来源，特别是对于贫穷的移民来说。

What do they use for hunting during that period? 

那个时期他们用什么来狩猎呢？

They used new types of guns. And birds could easily be shot down in flight and in such great numbers that commercial hunting of ducks and geese became an industry.

他们用新型枪支。鸟类在飞行中很容易被击落，而且数量如此之大，以至于猎鸭和猎鹅成为了一项产业。

Yet, there's no commercial farming of these birds nowadays. Their meat is hardly eaten in western countries. 

然而，如今并没有这些鸟类的商业化养殖。在西方国家，几乎没有人吃它们的肉。

No duck hunting seemingly exists as the continuation of a tradition.

猎鸭似乎不再是一项传统活动的延续。

Wild dogs have never been popular with farmers, like my grandfather, anyway. Because they sometimes destroy crops. In fact, farmers used to poison them in large numbers. 

像我祖父那样的农民，从来都不喜欢野狗。因为它们有时会毁坏庄稼。事实上，农民们过去常常大量毒死它们。

That somehow doesn't surprise me. Nobody places much value on the lives of these poor birds or on their meat.

这并不让我感到惊讶。没有人重视这些可怜鸟类的生命或它们的肉。

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

问题8至11基于您刚刚听到的对话。

Question 8: What does the woman find unbelievable?

问题8：这位女士觉得什么难以置信？

Question 9: What does the woman say has caused the shrinking of ducks' habitats in Australia?

问题9：这位女士说是什么导致了澳大利亚鸭子栖息地的减少？

Question 10: Why is there no commercial farming of ducks and geese in western countries?

问题10：为什么西方国家没有鸭子和鹅的商业养殖？

Question 11: What does the woman say about farmers in her grandfather's time?

问题11：这位女士对她祖父时代的农民有何评价？

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