Lesson 90

Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.
鱼和薯条一直以来是英国人最喜爱的食物，但随着海洋被过度捕捞，鱼肉变得越来越贵。
So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.
因此，当得知巨型鱼类正使北海石油钻井平台上的潜水员们感到惊恐时，人们会感到很惊讶。
Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
石油钻井平台必须定期维修，而那些经常要在水下一百英尺深处的黑暗中工作的潜水员，在工作时曾被撞到他们身上的大鱼吓得魂不附体。
Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.
现在他们已经让人制作了特殊的笼子，以保护他们免受这些怪物的侵害。
The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.
这些鱼不是鲨鱼或虎鲸，而是像鳕鱼和鳐鱼这样最受欢迎的食用鱼类，它们长到了不寻常的大小，有时长达12英尺。
Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large: the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea; the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs; the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs.
三个因素导致了这些鱼长得这么大：海底热石油管道周围的温水；钻井平台上的船员扔到船外的充足食物供应；以及石油钻井平台周围完全没有渔船。
As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water.
结果，这些鱼在可爱温暖的水里只是吃个不停，不断长大。
Who eats who?
弱肉强食（谁吃谁）？