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SHANGHAI - Basketball superstar Yao Ming and British entrepreneur Richard Branson joined forces on Thursday to get shark fin soup off the menu and save some of the species from extinction. 上海-周三，篮球明星姚明和英国企业家理查德·布兰森爵士共同出席活动，倡导和呼吁人们拒绝食用鱼翅，拯救濒临灭绝的鲨鱼。 The soup, considered a delicacy, is widely served at top-class restaurants on the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. To cater for demand about 1.5 million sharks are slaughtered every week for their fins, a move that endangers some species. 鱼翅由于其味道鲜美，在中国大陆、香港和台湾等地的高级饭店里被广泛食用。为了迎合消费需求，每星期有150万只鲨鱼被切下鱼鳍杀害，这一现象使得许多鲨鱼种类已经濒临灭绝。 "Few people know the importance of sharks in maintaining the ecological balance," recently retired NBA star Yao said in Shanghai during an event, sponsored by conservation group WildAid, to launch the campaign against the shark fin trade. 近期退役的NBA球星姚明在活动现场表示，“很少人知道鲨鱼在保持生态平衡中的重要作用。”此次由国际环保组织野生动物救援协会在上海举行的活动，目的是为了发起抵制鱼翅贸易行动。 "Nor do they realize the cruelty of the finning process" Yao said. 姚明还表示："也很少有人知道鲨鱼被切下鱼鳍的过程有多残忍。" | 
