英语阅读强化训练：World’stallestmanhelpstorescuedolphins
<p> 海豚吞了塑料块,医生束手无策;不过,世界第一巨人的手臂却挽救了它们的生命。</p><p> (★ <span word="Words">Words</span>: <span word="about">about</span> 280; <span word="Time">Time</span>: 3.5 <span word="minutes">minutes</span>)</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="dolphins">dolphins</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="aquarium">aquarium</span> (水族馆) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northeast">northeast</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="swallowed">swallowed</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="edge">edge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="pool">pool</span>.</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="fallen">fallen</span> <span word="sick">sick</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="condition">condition</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="worsening">worsening</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>. <span word="Doctors">Doctors</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="surgically">surgically</span> <span word="remove">remove</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contraction">contraction</span> (收缩) <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dolphins">dolphins</span>’<span word="stomachs">stomachs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="surgical">surgical</span> <span word="instruments">instruments</span> <span word="rendered">rendered</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="task">task</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span>.</p><p> 2.36-<span word="meter">meter</span>-<span word="high">high</span> <span word="Bao">Bao</span> <span word="Xishun">Xishun</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="herdsman">herdsman</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Inner">Inner</span> <span word="Mongolia">Mongolia</span>, <span word="positively">positively</span> <span word="answered">answered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pleas">pleas</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="aquarium">aquarium</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Fushun">Fushun</span>, <span word="Liaoning">Liaoning</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="realized">realized</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>. <span word="Bao">Bao</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="tallest">tallest</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Guinness">Guinness</span> <span word="Book">Book</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Records">Records</span>.</p><p> <span word="An">An</span> <span word="arm">arm</span> <span word="of">of</span> 1.06 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ticket">ticket</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dolphins">dolphins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="patients">patients</span>’<span word="upper">upper</span> <span word="jaws">jaws</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="tied">tied</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="towels">towels</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="bite">bite</span> <span word="Bao">Bao</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="arm">arm</span>. <span word="Bao">Bao</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stomach">stomach</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="dolphin">dolphin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="pieces">pieces</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="pieces">pieces</span>, <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="danger">danger</span>-<span word="preventing">preventing</span> <span word="facilities">facilities</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pool">pool</span>, <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="eaten">eaten</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dolphins">dolphins</span>.</p><p> “<span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="pieces">pieces</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dolphins">dolphins</span>’<span word="stomachs">stomachs</span>,” <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Zhu">Zhu</span> <span word="Xiaoling">Xiaoling</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span>. “<span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dolphins">dolphins</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="digest">digest</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recover">recover</span> <span word="soon">soon</span>.”</p>
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