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When you were trying to figure out what to buy for the environmentalist on your holiday list, fur probably didnt cross your mind. But some ecologists① and fashion(时装)enthusiasts② are trying to bring back the market for fur made from nutria(海狸鼠).
Unusual fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn have showcased nutria fur made into clothes in different styles. “It sounds crazy to talk about guilt-free fur—unless you understand that the nutria are destroying vast wetlands every year,”says Cree McCree, project director of Righteous Fur.
Scientists in Louisiana were so concerned that they decided to pay hunters $5 a tail. Some of the fur ends up in the fashion shows like the one in Brooklyn last month.
Nutria were brought there from Argentina by fur farmers and let go into the wild. “The ecosystem down there cant handle this non-native species(物种). Its destroying the environment. Its them or us,”says Michael Massimi, an expert in this field.
The fur trade kept nutria in check for decades, but when the market for nutria collapsed in the late 1980s, the cat-sized animals multiplied③ like crazy.
Biologist Edmond Mouton runs the nutria control program for Louisiana. He says its not easy to convince people that nutria fur is green, but he has no doubt about it. Hunters bring in more than 300,000 nutria tails a year, so part of Moutons job these days is trying to promote④ fur.
Then theres Righteous Fur and its unusual fashions. Model Paige Morgan says, “To give people a guilt-free option⑤ that they can wear without someone throwing paint on them—I think thats going to be a massive thing, at least here in New York.”Designer Jennifer Anderson admits it took her a while to come around to the opinion that using nutria fur for her creations is morally acceptable. Shes trying to come up with⑥ a label to attach to nutria fashions to show it is eco-friendly.
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[语篇解读]文章介绍了一些生态学家和时装爱好者试图让海狸鼠毛皮重回市场及其原因。
[重难词块]
①ecologist n.生态学家
②enthusiast n.热衷于……的人;热心者
③multiply v.(使)繁殖
④promote v.促进;推动;推销,促销
⑤option n.可选择的事物;选择
⑥come up with 提出
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原句:Designer Jennifer Anderson admits it took her a while to come around to the opinion that using nutria fur for her creations is morally acceptable.
分析:本句为主从复合句。句中admits后面为宾语从句,省略了连接词that。在宾语从句中that引导名词opinion的同位语从句。
译文:设计师珍妮弗·安德森承认,她花了一段时间才改变观点,认为用海狸皮做她的作品在道德上是可以接受的。
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