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42.Turtles
42.海龜
"Oh, by the way, I noticed something rather interesting coming over by way of the ocean."Martina said.
"啊，順便告訴你，我發(fā)現(xiàn)在了一些十分有趣的東西正從海那邊過(guò)來(lái)。"馬丁那說(shuō)。
"I could have sworn it was baby turtles by the dozens crawling about the shore.
"我本來(lái)可以發(fā)誓，那是大量的小海龜在岸邊爬行。
By the time I got down there, however, they were all gone or running away by the by."
可是，等我下去的時(shí)候，它們要么不見(jiàn)了，要么順勢(shì)跑掉了。"
"Well, you were by no means hallucinating." Dietrich said with a smile. "
"是的，你并沒(méi)有產(chǎn)生幻覺(jué)，"迪特里希笑著說(shuō)。"
This is turtle hatching season. The area is famous for it.
現(xiàn)在是海龜孵化期。這地方是個(gè)有名的孵化地。
I almost stepped on a baby turtle myself the other day by mistake, but it escaped by virtue of its small fast swimming abilities.
那天我自己還差點(diǎn)不小心踩到一只小海龜，好在它憑著快速的游泳本領(lǐng)跑掉了。
Those critters are fast!"
那些動(dòng)物跑的可真夠快的！"
"And they're so cute! I really wanted to get a closer look!"
"而且它們還那么可愛(ài)！我真想近距離看它們一眼！"
"Yeah, they really are fascinating," Dietrich replied.
"是的，它們真的很迷人，"迪特里希回答說(shuō)。
Then he turned his head and added with a frown.
然后他轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)頭去皺著眉頭補(bǔ)充道，
"But now they are dying out and fighting extinction.
"可現(xiàn)在它們都快死光了，它們與滅絕搏斗。
No one is sure why.
沒(méi)有人清楚這是為什么。
The locals are fishing by the book, so they're not catching and killing the turtles at sea.
當(dāng)?shù)厝耸且唤z不茍地按照規(guī)定捕魚的，因此他們不會(huì)捕殺海里的海龜。
But they are dying out anyhow all by themselves."
可不知為什么它們就這樣子快死光了。 "
"By the name of my father, that can't be true." Martina responed sympathetically. " There must be something harming them.
"以我父親的名義，那不可能是真的，"馬丁那觸景生情地答道。一定是什么東西傷害到它們。
All kinds of garbage are dumped by sea.
各種垃圾都是由海路倒掉的。
And they haven't changed their practices by request.
他們沒(méi)有應(yīng)要求改變他們的做法。
It would only be by reason of legal pressure that they would handle waste differently."
只有在因?yàn)橛蟹蓧毫Φ臅r(shí)候他們才會(huì)用不同的方法處理垃圾。"
"Yes, it really is too bad. Those turtles have survived so long by means of natural selection.
"是的，真是太糟糕了。這些海龜是通過(guò)優(yōu)勝劣汰才幸存這么久的。
Now they are struggling for survival by turns."
現(xiàn)在輪到它們?yōu)樯鎶^斗了。"
"It's just unfair!"
"這太不公平了！"
"Life's unfair!"
"生活就是不公平的！"
