BBC 6分钟英语学习 入侵物种_为什么不吃它们

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Hello. This is six minute English from BBC Learning English.

I'm from and I'm Beth. Today we're going to be talking about

an interesting approach to the problem of invasive species.

When animals or plants are

introduce to new areas, they can be dangerous for existing wildlife.

Tell me about it. Every time I plant something in my garden, squirrels dig it up.

I'm getting really fed up with them.

Have you tried eating them? Sorry.

What eat the squirrels? That's right.

One of the simplest ways to deal with invasive species is just to eat them.

In this program, we'll be hearing about initiatives in the UK and belize that are trying to get people to improve things using their stomachs.

Okay, but before that, I've got a question for you.

Phil lionfish are aggressive predators which hunt over 50 different varieties of fish.

To help them do this, their stomachs can expand.

But by how much? Is it?

A ten times its original size?

B 30 times, or C 50 times?

Well, those numbers all seem incredibly big.

I mean, he can't be more than ten times.

Come here. Well, I will reveal the answer later in the program.

Before that, let's get back to your squirrel problem.

There's a restaurant in London that offers squirrel kebabs.

They specialize in food made from invasive species.

So if that's not your taste, you could try Japanese not weed beer.

This invasive plant has caused a lot of problems in the UK.

But just why is it so damaging?

Host of BBC World Service program people fixing the world Meyra Anubi explains Japanese not weed is an extremely invasive plant that arrived in Europe from Japan over a century ago.

This superweed doesn't just grow fast.

It has root systems that are so strong and resilient that they can withstand morten lover, choke out surrounding plants and cause a lot of damage to buildings.

My right tells us that Japanese, not wheat, is resilient.

If something or someone is resilient, then it means that it all they can resist attempts to stop them.

And another word for resist is withstand.

If you can withstand an attack or damage, then you don't let it affect you.

We heard that Japanese not weeds, roots can withstand lava from a volcano.

We also heard that Japanese not we can choke out other plants.

By this, we mean that it takes the space and the resources, such as light and water that they need to survive.

And not Weed is not the only invasive species problem, with a tasty solution.

In belies, since 2008, lionfish have had a massive impact on coral reefs and native wildlife.

They can eat four times as much as native species.

BBC World Service program People Fixing the World went to investigate.

Here's Marisollo Meyer talking to salso show from Marine conservation, NGO Blue Ventures, about attempts by the Bellisian governments to get people to eat lionfish.

With a big campaign slogan, eat the lion.

They got renowned chefs to prepare it in exotic ways to raise awareness that eating landfish was both tasty and helping the environment.

We have developed awareness for the restaurants to purchase it.

Think we had a lot of outreach trying to um sure fishers, the general public, how to remove the spine, then that allows them to actually keep the meat from the fish.

We heard that the Belligian government asked renowned chefs to prepare lion fish dishes.

Renowned means to be well known for being very good at something Selso show talked about outreach, work out, which is where an organization brings their work to people through events or publicity.

Fisheries are either the businesses that breed and catch fish to sell or the places where that happened.

So in belies, people are being shown attractive ways to eat lion fish.

And speaking of lion fish and eating, I think it's time I revealed the answer to our quizville I asked you, by How much can align fish expand its stomach to eat more?

And I thought it was ten times, but you were wrong.

Unfortunately, a lion fish can actually make it stomach 30 times bigger.

That might help

to explain why they are such a danger to native Bellisian fish.

OK, now, let's recap the vocabulary that we've looked at

today. If something is resilient, then it's very hard to damage.

Yes, you could say that it could withstand a lot of damage.

It can cope with it. If one plant chokes

out another, then it takes away the resources needed to live.

If you are renowned for something, then you're famous for what you do out which is how organizations bring their work to people.

Fisheries are the companies that catch and sell fish, or the places where they do it.

That's all we've got time for today.

Maybe you might want to see if there are any invasive species near you that you might want to eat.

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