练习材料：

Lesson 90 What's for supper?

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. So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs. 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. Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters. 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. 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. As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water. Who eats who?

wʌts fɔr ˈsʌpər?

fɪʃ ænd ʧɪps hæz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn əˈfeɪvrət dɪʃɪn ˈbrɪtən, bʌt æz ði ˈoʊʃənz hæv bɪn ˌoʊvərˈfɪʃt, fɪʃ hæz bɪˈkʌm mɔr ænd mɔr ɪkˈspɛnsɪv. soʊɪt kʌmz æz ə sərˈpraɪz tu lɜrn ðæt ˈʤaɪənt fɪʃɑr ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋðəˈdaɪvərz ɑn nɔrθ si ɔɪl rɪgz. ɔɪl rɪgz hæv tu bi rɪˈpɛrd ˈfrikwəntli ænd ˈdaɪvərz, hu ˈɔfən hæv tu wɜrk ɪn ˈdɑrknəs əˈhʌndrəd fit ˈʌndər ˈwɔtər, hæv bɪn ˈfraɪtənd aʊt ʌv ðɛr wɪts baɪˈʤaɪənt fɪʃˈbʌmpɪŋˈɪntu ðɛm æz ðeɪ wɜrk. naʊ ðeɪ hæv hæd ˈspɛʃəl ˈkeɪʤɪz meɪd tu prəˈtɛkt ðɛm frʌm ðiz ˈmɑnstərz. ðə fɪʃɑr nɑt ʃɑrks ɔr ˈkɪlər weɪlz, bʌt ˈfeɪvrət ˈitɪŋ vəˈraɪətiz laɪk kɑd ænd skeɪt wɪʧ groʊ tu ənˈnæʧrəl ˈsaɪzɪz, ˈsʌmˌtaɪmz æz mʌʧæz twɛlv fit ɪn lɛŋkθ. θri ˈfæktərz hæv kɔzd ðiz fɪʃ tu groʊ soʊ lɑrʤ: ðə wɔrm ˈwɔtər raʊnd ðə hɑt ɔɪl paɪps ˈʌndər ðə si; ðəˈplɛntɪfəl səˈplaɪʌv fud θroʊn ˈoʊvərˌbɔrd baɪðə kruz ɑn ðə rɪgz; ðəˈtoʊtəl ˈæbsəns ʌv ˈfɪʃɪŋ boʊts əˈraʊnd ði ɔɪl rɪgz. æz ə rɪˈzʌlt, ðə fɪʃʤʌst it ænd it ænd groʊænd groʊɪn ðəˈlʌvli wɔrm ˈwɔtər. hu its hu?

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

overfish 过度捕捞

giant 巨大的

terrify 使受恐吓；惊吓

frighten 害怕；使吃惊

been frightened out of their wits 被吓得魂不护体

bump into 碰撞；遇见

variety 品种；种类

factor 因素

练习感悟：

要注意的单词发音：oil，rigs，pipes，giant，comes as a surprise