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一、 For hundreds of millions of years, turtles have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were nature documentaries to celebrate them, or GPS satellites and marine biologists to track them, or volunteers to hand-carry the hatchlings down to the waters edge lest they become disoriented by headlights and crawl towards a motel parking lot instead. 在数亿年前的时间里，海龟一直在挣扎着离开大海道海滩上产卵，时间远远遭遇自然纪录片的赞扬，或全球定位通讯卫星和海洋生物学家的追踪，又或者志愿者们用手把幼龟放在海边以避免它们受到光线的影响迷失方向，爬向汽车旅馆的停车场。 A formidable wall of bureaucracy has been erected to protect their prime nesting on the Atlantic coastlines. 由官方建造的大型围墙用于保护海龟在大西洋沿岸的主要筑巢地。 With all that attention paid to them, youd think these creatures would at least have the gratitude not to go extinct. 收到了各种各样的关注后，你可能会认为这些生物至少会心怀感激，不至于走向灭亡。 But Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness, and a report by the Fish and Wildlife Service showed a worrisome drop in the populations of several species of North Atlantic turtles, notably loggerheads, which can grow to as much as 400 pounds. | 
