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The Listening Room - Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters

Nov 05, 2025 - Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters

Questions

  1. a

  2. ccba

  3. than even, the south west

Dictation

  1. The data shows the average surface temperature of (the) UK waters in (the) 7 months to the end of July was more than 0.2℃ (degrees celsius) higher than any year since 1980.

    • The data shows the average surface temperature of UK waters in the seven months to the end of July was more than 0.2 degrees celsius higher than any year since 1980.

  2. Now that might not sound much, but (UK) seas are (now) considerably warmer than even a few decades ago.

    • Now that might not sound much, but the UK’s seas are now considerably warmer than even a few decades ago.

  3. Scientists and (amateurs) naturalists in the south-west (of) England have observed a remarkable range of species, not usually seen in UK waters.

    • Scientists and amateur naturalists in the south-west of England have observed a remarkable range of species, not usually seen in UK waters.

  4. They include large numbers of bluefin tuna and octopuses, as well as (move) (sting a) jellyfish, (cong- whales), (hangbag) whales and even the (whale)‘s second-largest whale species, the fin whale.

    • They include large numbers of bluefin tuna and octopuses, as well as mauve stinger jellyfish, conger eels, humpback whales and even the world’s second-largest whale species, the fin whale.

  5. But there have also been significant declines in (cooller) water species, including cod and (hadeck).

    • But there have also been significant declines in cooler water species, including cod and haddock.

Vocabulary

  1. surface temperature - the temperature on the surface of the ocean

  2. 关于0在英语中的读法

    • nought 正式英音

    • zero 正式美音

    • 字母O（发音像 Oh） 报电话号、房间号

    • Nil 足球比分，如2:0 ，读”two nil”

    • Love 网球比分，如15:0 ，读”fifteen love”

  3. degrees Celsius 摄氏度，用法是前面加数字，Celsius 是发明者的名字（通常要大写）

    degrees centigrade 摄氏度，英国旧用法，centigrade 表示 100 等份（通常不用大写），已在1948年使用国际统一的 Celsius

    degrees Fahrenheit 华氏度，Fahrenheit 是发明者名字（通常要大写）

    仅 1 度的情况下，degree 不加 s，哪怕负数、0、小数点都是用 degrees

    Fahrenheit = (Celsius * 1.8) + 32

  4. considerably - significantly; to a large degree

  5. amateur - n. 业余爱好者；不称职、不熟练的人 adj. 业余爱好的；不称职、不熟练的

  6. naturalist - n. 自然学家 a person who studies and knows a lot about plants and animals

  7. remarkable - special and therefore worth mentioning

  8. fin - n. 鳍 v. 用脚蹼在水下游

  9. bluefin tuna - 蓝鳍金枪鱼 a large type of tuna that lives in warm seas

  10. mauve - adj. n. 淡紫色 pale purple

  11. stinger - n. 蜇人的昆虫或动物，如蜜蜂或水母；热追踪、地对空肩扛式导弹

  12. jellyfish - n. 水母、海蜇（果冻鱼）；软弱的人

  13. conger/eel - n. 鳗鱼 a long snake-like fish

  14. humpback n. 座头鲸；驼背（hunchback）

    hump n. 隆起的土地；驼峰、驼背 v. 使成驼峰状

    hunch v. 耸肩和弓背 n. 直觉；隆起的位置或东西

  15. cod - n. 鳕鱼 a large sea fish that can be eaten

  16. haddock - n. 黑线鳕鱼 a fish that can be eaten, commonly found in the North Atlantic Ocean

Transcript

The data shows the average surface temperature of UK waters in the seven months to the end of July was more than 0.2 degrees celsius higher than any year since 1980. Now that might not sound much, but the UK’s seas are now considerably warmer than even a few decades ago.

Scientists and amateur naturalists in the south-west of England have observed a remarkable range of species, not usually seen in UK waters. They include large numbers of bluefin tuna and octopuses, as well as mauve stinger jellyfish, conger eels, humpback whales and even the world’s second-largest whale species, the fin whale.

But there have also been significant declines in cooler water species, including cod and haddock.