Whale survey

文章大意

两名学生为下周海洋生物船旅准备海洋哺乳动物调查，讨论并设计“鲸鱼调查”表格的各个标题，包括日期、观察时间、海况、天气、能见度、渔船情况，以及鲸鱼目击记录中的位置和描述等具体信息。

题目与答案

1. Headings for table:

   General Information

   · Date

   · 21_____

   答案：watch times

   原文定位：Well, date. We better start with that;Mm-hmm;And then after that, watch times. That's pretty standard on all survey reports

2. · State of sea,e.g. 22_____, choppy etc.

   答案：calm

   原文定位：Mm, okay. Then I think it'll be important to record what the sea's like at the time. You know, whether it's calm, whether it's choppy or whatever

3. · State of 23_____

   答案：weather

   原文定位：Yes, put that. Uh, and then the weather too

4. · Visibility (estimate to nearest 24_____ metres)

   答案：hundred

   原文定位：Shall we say to the nearest fifty meters;I think that's too exact. A hundred would be more realistic

5. · Presence of 25_____

   答案：fishing boats

   原文定位：And yes, one other thing. We should record whether there are any fishing boats. That's useful information to get

6. Details of whale sightings

   · Location

   · Description

   - appearance

   - 26_____

   答案：behavior

   原文定位：First, appearance. People could just note down any aspect that they feel certain about;Okay. And the second one;That could just be behavior, and that should cover everything

7. · Group 27_____

   · Presence of juveniles

   答案：size

   原文定位：Before that, we should have one for recording the size of the group in case there's more than one whale

8. Sperm Whale
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D

   答案：D

   原文定位：This one's just got small bumps along its back, but it doesn't actually have a fin. Yes. I think that's a sperm whale

9. Northern Right Whale
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D

   答案：C

   原文定位：Oh, and the other one without a fin is a northern right whale;How do you know;From the shape of its flippers. They've got this distinctive paddle shape. See? They're square at the ends

10. Minke Whale
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D

    答案：A

    原文定位：That's right. But this other one's only about a quarter of the size of the blue whale. It's a minke whale