人类捕鲸，不料美人鱼却遭殃了！英语读头条（第52期）

Little Mermaid statue in Denmark painted red in whale-hunting protest

丹麦的小美人鱼遭泼红色油漆以抗议捕鲸

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish officials Tuesday hosed down Copenhagen's famed Little Mermaid after the statue was found doused with red paint.

据美联社丹麦哥本哈根的报道－在哥本哈根著名的雕塑小美人鱼发现被泼了红色油漆之后，丹麦官方于周二用水将雕塑清洗干净了。

On the ground in front of the statue was written in red, in English, "Denmark defend the whales of the Faroe Islands" — likely a reference to the drive hunting of pilot whales in the North Atlantic islands during the summer months, Danish media say.

丹麦的媒体报道说，在雕塑前面的地上，用红色英语字迹写着，“丹麦应该保护法罗群岛的鲸鱼” －很有可能是针对在北大西洋群岛在夏季的时候对于巨头鲸的捕猎。

Authorities on the Faroe Islands allow islanders to drive herds of pilot whales into shallow waters where they are stabbed to death. The meat and blubber are shared afterward in the noncommercial slaughter, a practice that dates from the late 16th century. The whales are not an endangered species.

法罗群岛当局允许岛民将巨头鲸赶到浅水地区，在那里它们被捅死。这不是商业的捕杀，捕猎到的肉和油脂将在民众之间分享，这样的做法源自于16世纪。这些鲸鱼并不是频临灭绝的物种。

Island officials say that the pilot whale population in the eastern North Atlantic is abundant with about 778,000 whales and about 100,000 around the Faroe Islands. Islanders hunt and kill on average 800 pilot whales each year.

群岛当局说，在北大西洋东面的巨头鲸的数量丰富，约有77万8千头，单在法罗群岛这里就有将近10万头。每年被岛民捕杀的数量约在800头左右。

The Little Mermaid was created by Danish sculptor Edvard Eriksen in tribute to the Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. Sitting on a rock at the entrance of the Copenhagen harbor since 1913, she also been a popular target for vandals, who have blown her off her perch, beheaded her, and painted her.

小美人鱼出自丹麦雕塑家爱德华·艾瑞克森，为了向丹麦童话作家安徒生致敬。自1913年开始，她就坐落在哥本哈根港入口的一块礁石上，她也是很多破坏者们的目标，她曾经被从基座上炸开，或被砍掉头，或被泼上油漆。

单词汇总

Little Mermaid : 小美人鱼

pilot whale : 巨头鲸，领航鲸

hunt : 捕猎

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008. 人教版八年级下册-不规则动词表（一）。

007. 人教版八年级下册-名次动词于一身的单词（三）。

006. 人教版八年级下册-名次动词于一身的单词（二）。

005. 人教版八年级下册-名次动词于一身的单词（一）。

004. 人教版八年级下册-相对开音节。

003. 人教版八年级下册-国名和国人。