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【题目】A video of a hungry and thin polar bear in Canada’s wilderness has gone popular on the Internet. The video shows the bear is in search of food, walking across land with no snow or ice. It is all skin and bones. The bear is looking for food in waste containers. It is at times too weak to support its own body weight and difficult to stand. Paul Nicklen, the photographer who took the video, said the polar bear’s trouble was a clear sign of the surprising effect of climate change. He said filming the animal made them sad. He explain his team members were “holding their tears and emotions(情感) while recording this dying polar bear”.

Mr. Nicklen is part of the environmental group Sea Legacy. His team was on Canada’s Baffin Island to get a documentary on conservation. He said the bear they filmed was not old and probably died within hours. He said, “This is what hunger looks like. The muscles weaken. No energy. It’s a slow, painful death.” he blamed the bear’s sad trouble on global warming. He said, “As temperatures rise and sea ice melts, polar bears lose the main food of their diets-seals.” Climate change is the biggest threat to the world’s 26,000 polar bears. The video explains that bears are “hungry, and running out of energy” and are “forced to walk into human living places for any food”.

根据短文内容，回答1-4题，英译汉第5题。

【1】What is the popular video about?

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【2】Can the bear support its own body weight?

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【3】What does the bears’ trouble mean?

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【4】Where will bears go to look for food?

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【5】将划线句子翻译成汉语。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 It is about a hungry and thin polar bear./ A hungry and thin polar bear.

【2】 No, it can’t./ No.

【3】 It means the bad effect of climate change./ The bad effect of climate change.

【4】 They will look for food in human living places./ In human living places.

【5】 他解释说他的团队成员在拍摄记录这些将要死亡的北极熊时，他们强忍住了泪水抑制住了自己的情感。

【解析】

这篇短文给我们讲述了网上走红的一段视频，视频中展示了一只瘦弱的北极熊走在没有冰雪的陆地上寻找食物。通过这段视频摄影师Nicklen告诉我们由于全球变暖，北极熊正面临着灭绝的危险。

【1】根据短文开头A video of a hungry and thin polar bear in Canada’s wilderness has gone popular on the Internet. The video shows the bear is in search of food, walking across land with no snow or ice可知，这段视频展示的是一个饥饿、瘦弱的北极熊。故答案为A hungry and thin polar bear.

【2】根据短文中It is at times too weak to support its own body weight and difficult to stand.可知，北极熊有时虚弱得无法支撑自己的体重，难以站立。由此可知答案是否定的。

【3】根据短文中Paul Nicklen, the photographer who took the video, said the polar bear’s trouble was a clear sign of the surprising effect of climate change.可知，北极熊的这种困境意味着气候变化的坏的影响。故答案为The bad effect of climate change.

【4】根据短文的最后The video explains that bears are “hungry, and running out of energy” and are “forced to walk into human living places for any food”.可知，北极熊被迫去人类居住的地方寻找食物。由此可知答案。

【5】句中主语是He，谓语动词是explain解释，后面跟了一个宾语从句；his team members他的团队成员，这是从句中的主语；were holding 是谓语动词，抑制，后面是宾语their tears and emotions“他们的泪水和情感”；while是连词，后面跟了现在分词形式，表示“当…的时候”，recording记录；this dying polar bear这只将要死去的北极熊。

这篇短文给我们讲述的是一段网上走红的视频，视频反映了因为气候变化，全球变暖，北极熊找不到食物，面临着灭绝的危险。短文主题明确，是一个科普说明文，在理解上稍有难度。做题时，应注意把握文章中心，并根据题目所问，定位文章具体细节内容。后面的题目设置是问答题和翻译，问答题都考查对文章细节的理解，答案可以在原文找到。例如第4小题，题目问的是北极熊去哪里寻找食物，做题时应注意与地点有关的名词或短语，根据短文的最后The video explains that bears are “hungry, and running out of energy” and are “forced to walk into human living places for any food”.可知，北极熊被迫去人类居住的地方寻找食物。由此可知答案。翻译题注意弄清楚句子的结构以及单词的意思，翻译应准确、流畅。