Cứu 70 con cá heo mắc cạn ở New Zealand

Từ vựng - Vocabulary

stranded-unable to leave a place because something prevents you: mắc cạn, kẹt (ở đâu đó)

tirelessly - working energetically non-stop: không mệt mỏi

floating - being near the surface of the water: nổi, trôi nổi

no mean feat - a great achievement: thành quả, thành công lớn

mammals - animal of which the female feeds their young with milk produced by its own body: động vật có vú

Bài khóa - Transcript

Saving the lives of these stranded whales is a race against time.

Around 70 pilot whales have been found on the sand at Puponga Beach in New Zealand this week.

More than 100 volunteers worked tirelessly to get the animals floating again.

It's no mean feat to return these mammals to the sea. But only 46 survived and are now safely swimming in deeper water.

Bản dịch - Translation

Cứu sống những con cá voi bị mắc cạn là mộc cuộc tranh đua với thời gian.

Người ta phát hiện thấy khoảng 70 con cá voi hoa tiêu trên bãi cát ở bờ biển Puponga của New Zealand tuần này.

Hơn 100 người tình nguyện đã làm việc không mệt mỏi để đưa những con cá voi này nổi trở lại trên biển.

Đưa những động vật có vú này trở lại biển là một thành công lớn. Nhưng chỉ có 46 con sống sót và trở lại bơi an toàn ở vùng nước sâu hơn.

Bài tập - Exercise

Hãy dùng các từ và cụm từ dưới đây ở dạng thích hợp để hoàn thành những câu sau:

stranded / tirelessly / floating / no mean feat / mammals

1. The floods peaked at a lower level than expected but more than 30 suburbs are under water. Huge amounts of debris - cars, boats and jetties - have been __________ downstream, some smashing into bridges.

2. Collecting medicine from a hospital or clinic-based dispensary in some of South Africa's townships is __________. There is the cost of transport to the facility, often hours spent queuing, the cost to have someone look after children left at home, or the loss of pay because of missing work.

3. The Russian research ship Akademik Shokalskiy and Chinese icebreaker Xue Long have broken free from Antarctic ice where they had been __________ for several days.

4. "Our dedicated team of keepers, veterinary staff and many others worked __________ to ensure Tian Tian received the best care possible, which included remote observation and closing the panda enclosure to visitors to give her quiet and privacy."

5. Smaller __________, like koalas, which can weigh as little as 8kg (18lb), tend to have a smaller larynx with shorter, thinner vocal folds. And just like strings on a musical instrument, these make a higher pitched sound.

Giải đáp - Answers

1. The floods peaked at a lower level than expected but more than 30 suburbs are under water. Huge amounts of debris - cars, boats and jetties - have been floating downstream, some smashing into bridges.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Queensland rebuilding 'huge task'</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1bLeMBT" platform="highweb"/></link>

2. Collecting medicine from a hospital or clinic-based dispensary in some of South Africa's townships is no mean feat. There is the cost of transport to the facility, often hours spent queuing, the cost to have someone look after children left at home, or the loss of pay because of missing work.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> South Africa's cycling medicine men</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1aH30V0" platform="highweb"/></link>

3. The Russian research ship Akademik Shokalskiy and Chinese icebreaker Xue Long have broken free from Antarctic ice where they had been stranded for several days.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Antarctic ships escape from ice trap as weather changes</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/JFqN0R" platform="highweb"/></link>

4. "Our dedicated team of keepers, veterinary staff and many others worked tirelessly to ensure Tian Tian received the best care possible, which included remote observation and closing the panda enclosure to visitors to give her quiet and privacy."

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Edinburgh Zoo panda Tian Tian 'no longer pregnant'</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1bLp5Wx" platform="highweb"/></link>

5. Smaller mammals, like koalas, which can weigh as little as 8kg (18lb), tend to have a smaller larynx with shorter, thinner vocal folds. And just like strings on a musical instrument, these make a higher pitched sound.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Koalas bellow with unique voice organ</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/195O7yq" platform="highweb"/></link>