BBC Learning English - Swans 天鹅

　　Chen Li: 是啊，我也觉得把天鹅说成是害虫一类好像说不过去。

　　Helen: Let’s hear from Graham who works for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB.

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　　The amount of water being taken out of the system is unsustainable, and also the amount of pollutants from washing machines and from farmland run-off coming into these rivers are also causing problems. So yes, let’s look at the problems swans are causing, but let’s look at the much bigger environmental picture too.

　　Helen: Graham says what people must do is to look at the whole problem.

　　Chen Li: 问题不能只看一部分，要看整个问题才能看清楚根源。

　　Helen: And this whole low water level problem is because too much water has been taken out of the river.

　　Chen Li: Take out 拿走了，取走了。人类用水用的太多了，河流当中的水供不应求。

　　Helen: And this unsustainable. Here it means it’s not possible to keep the water supply going for much longer.

　　Chen Li: 无法维持下去的 unsustainable.

　　Helen: And other problems include pollutants from washing machines and farms.

　　Chen Li: 污染来源 pollutants, 来自家庭和农场的水污染都对河流的生态平衡造成了很大的威胁。

　　不过在我们的节目结束之前，我想确认一下在英国是不是所有的天鹅都是属于女王的？

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