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今日英语短文 - Oil In The Sea。短文难度分为两个等级，坚持阅读，有助于英文水平的提升。
Level 1：
A pipeline moves oil in the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, and Tobago. An accident happens in early August. The pipeline starts to leak.
There are hundreds of oil spills in the sea. An oil company sends a big boat there. The boat makes circles in the oil. The oil goes to the bottom of the sea.
Local fishermen are very angry. They say that the oil company must clean the sea.
Many different animals and plants are in the sea. Oil is very dangerous for them. It makes bad changes on the food chain. People can have big health problems if they eat the fish.
重点词汇：
leak - 泄漏
oil spill - 石油泄漏，浮油
food chain - 食物链
译文：
在帕利亚，特立尼达和多巴哥的海外地区，有一条运输石油的管道。在八月初发生了一场事故，管道发生了泄漏。
数以百计的石油泄漏到大海中。一家石油公司派出了一艘大船到事发地，大船在石油泄露地绕圈航行。石油下沉到了大海的底部。
当地的渔民非常的气愤，他们说石油公司必须要把大海清理干净。
大海中有许多不同的动植物，石油对它们来说是致命的。这会导致食物链发生巨大的改变。如果人们吃了被石油污染的鱼类，会对健康造成严重的影响。
以下为进阶版，难度稍大一些，可根据能力自行阅读。
Level 2：
A group of fishermen was angry when they found a large oil spill in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad. A damaged pipeline started to leak in early August, and the fishermen did not like how an oil company dealt with it.
A big boat came, and it drove around. It made circles in the oil, which then started to go to the bottom of the sea. It was very dangerous for fish and other animals. It damaged fishing nets, too.
Officials said that there were hundreds of oil spills. The accident happened in one of the most biodiverse areas of Trinidad and Tobago, and if people eat the fish, they could have big health problems.
语言能力的提升需要积累，英语亦是如此，坚持很重要。量变到质变的过程固然辛苦，结果却是甘甜的。
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