A: Welcome, Mr. Lu.
B: Thank you, Rob.
A: You study oceans.
B: There are many kinds of fish. But fishermen have caught too many of them.
A: Do you mean they are overfishing?
B: Yes.
A: That sounds a good idea. Look at this article! Garbage (垃圾) in the ocean is also a big problem.
B: Yes. I read about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Garbage collects (聚集) there because of the way the water moves.
A: Yes. It is like an island of floating (漂浮的) rubbish.
B: No. It's more like a soup. But it is full of plastic and chemicals (化学品) .
A: That sounds terrible!
B: We can! We can use less plastic and recycle more.
A: Yes!
| A. What's the article about? B. How often do you go fishing? C. How many kinds of fish are there? D. Why can't we do anything about it? E. And we should keep plastic out of the ocean! F. And most of the garbage is made up of tiny pieces of plastic. G. They can catch fish but they should catch a safe number of fish. |
