1·In the ocean where food is easier to find, a blue whale, for instance, can eat up to 8,000 pounds of food a day.
例如,在更容易找到食物的海洋中,一只蓝鲸一天可以吃多达8000磅的食物。
2·Biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds.
今年早些时候,当生物学家们在海军的帮助下,成功追踪到一只特定的蓝鲸长达43天并监测它的声音的时候,生物学家们很高兴。
3·However, there are amphibious penguins and seals and a rich Marine life, ranging from the minute organisms called plankton to the biggest creature the world has ever known, the blue whale.
然而,这里却有着两栖的企鹅和海豹以及丰富的海洋生命—包括从被称为浮游生物的微小生物,直到迄今所知世界上最大的动物蓝鲸。
4·But their populations have been slow to recover, and the blue whale is still endangered.
但是它们的数量恢复的很慢,如今蓝鲸任然就处于濒危的境地。
5·Even as a baby, a blue whale can make a grown man look like a minnow.
即使是蓝鲸宝宝,相较之下也能让一名成年人看起来给小鲤鱼一样。