What's for Supper

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Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain,

炸鱼薯条一直是英国人最喜欢的菜肴，

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but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.

但由于海洋被过度捕捞，鱼类变得越来越昂贵。

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So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.

因此，当得知巨型鱼类正在恐吓北海石油钻井平台的潜水员时，这令人感到惊讶。

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Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water,

石油钻井平台需要经常维修，而潜水员通常必须在水下百英尺的黑暗中工作，

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have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.

他们在工作时被撞到他们的巨型鱼吓得魂不附体。

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Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.

现在他们已经制造了特殊的笼子来保护他们免受这些“怪物”的侵害。

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The fish are not sharks or killer whales,

这些鱼不是鲨鱼也不是虎鲸，

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but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes,

而是人们喜欢吃的品种，比如鳕鱼和鳐鱼，它们长得异常大，

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sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.

有时甚至长达十二英尺。

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Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large:

有三个因素导致这些鱼长得如此巨大：

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the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea;

海底热油管道周围的温暖水域；

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the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs;

钻井平台船员扔到海里的丰富食物供应；

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the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs.

以及石油钻井平台周围完全没有渔船。

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As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water.

结果，这些鱼就在这宜人的暖水中不停地吃，不停地长大。

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Who eats who?

到底是谁吃了谁？