Conversation A
对话A
Taylor: I liked your program about sea turtles, Rob. I learned a lot.
泰勒:罗布,我喜欢你那期关于海龟的节目。我学到了很多。
Rob: What did you learn?
罗布:你都学到了什么?
Taylor: Turtles lay their eggs in the sand. The temperature of the sand is important.
泰勒:海龟在沙子里产卵。沙子的温度很重要。
Rob: I know! If the sand is hotter, more baby turtles will be female.
罗布:是啊!如果沙子更热一些,小海龟更多的会是雌性。
Taylor: But the turtle's habitat is disappearing.
泰勒:但是海龟的栖息地正在消失。
Rob: Yes. People build on beaches. So turtles don't have a place to make a nest.
罗布:是啊。人们在沙滩上建造房屋。所以海龟没有地方筑巢了。
Conversation B
对话B
Linda: What do you think about turtles, Alex?
琳达:阿莱克斯,你觉得海龟怎么样?
Alex: Well, they're delicious.
阿莱克斯:恩,它们味道很不错。
Linda: Alex! That's terrible.
琳达:阿莱克斯!你也太可怕了。
Alex: I'm just joking. But some people do like to eat turtles.
阿莱克斯:我开个玩笑。但是有一些人确实喜欢吃海龟。
Linda: They shouldn't. Five of the seven kinds of sea turtles are in danger. We should protect them, not eat them.
琳达:他们不应该这样。七种海龟中有五种已经濒临灭绝。我们应该保护它们,而不是吃它们。
Alex: Yes. We can stop hunting them. And we can use less plastic, too. If turtles eat plastic, they will get sick.
阿莱克斯:是的。我们可以停止猎杀它们。我们也可以少用塑料。如果海龟吃了塑料,它们就会生病。