British Vision Issue 81, 日本开始又一轮大规模捕鲸行动

Over the hunting of humpback whales in south Pacific,Deff said it wasn’t convinced that Japanese mission was really necessary for scientific research..the whaling fleets says sale today environmental campaigners are planning to intercept¹ this
Commercial whaling has been banned for 21 years,so the Japanese say this is a scientific expedition.but the research expedition comprised 3 whaling fleets and a vast factory ship.a research expedition which is expected to kill around a thousands of whales.it is a research expedition with a clear motive².
The scientific research we’re carrying out will pave the way to over turning *toil on commercial whaling and is expected to use as well resources. scientific research into whale is impactive for Japan
To reinforce the point, the word“research” has been painted on the side of the factory ship
“it’s very unusual to have a research being done on a endangered species involves killing³ them in large munbers.we will not carry out them on tigers.this isn’t scientific research this is commercial whaling by another name.this loophole in international ban on commercial whaling which allow them to kill whales and market the meat .the meat that ends up on sales in supermarkets in Japan”
What particularly annoys the activists⁴ is that this trip will target to threaten fin⁵ whales and humpback whales.it’s the largest hunt for the once almost extinct humpbacks since the 60s’.the Japanese argue that the stocks have recovered,the 4 commercial whaling began their earnest in the 20th century ,do data around 114,000.but the time of 1986 commercial ban stocks haddropped to around 1,200 but there after the population recovered,humpbacks whale take off fin as the endangerest in 1986 and reclassified as vulnerable.by 1992,the humpbacks population was believed to be around 63,000.
Waiting to intercept the Japanese whaling fleets is the Green Peace SOS
“we have called the Japanese government to cancel the hunt and to stop down hunting whales in the name of science where this is completely *you don’t need to * it well.but nevertheless they hunt at least we are here and we will be following the fleets down and protesting and do everything we can in peaceful means to stop killing whales in organizations
Automated containers will not be able entirely to prevent things like this happening with Japanese whale hunting due to continue into next year

1 intercept   

vt.拦截，截住，截击

参考例句：

• His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
• Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。

2 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。