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Japan is defending its plans to hunt whales in the Antarctic Ocean and says opposition from anti-whaling nations will not stop what it calls a "research whaling program."

日本为在南极海洋捕鲸的计划进行辩护，表示来自反对捕鲸国的阻力阻止不了它所说的「捕鲸研究项目」。

Right whales have one of the smallest brain-to-body-size ratios of any cetacean, the longest penis in the animal kingdom (averaging more than seven feet or 2.3m) and testes with a combined weight of one tonne.

露脊鲸的大脑于身体的比例是所有鲸类动物中最小的，而且雄性露脊鲸有着动物王国中最长的生殖器（平均长度超过七英尺或是2.3米），它和睾丸在一起共有一吨重。

This year"s high birth numbers help,"but we"re not overexcited," Conger said.

其次，幼年和青年脊美鲸的死亡率高达25％，而同时，母脊美鲸要到10岁以后才能生育。

WHALING WAR \ 抗议捕鲸 A whaling protester threw a bottle full of rotten butter at the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 1 in the Antarctic Ocean Monday.

周一在南极海域，一名鲸鱼保护者将一个装满变质黄油的瓶子扔向日本捕鲸船勇新丸2号。

Nicklin is a new kind of whaler. His job is not to render the oil, but to capture the essence of cetaceans, and the Nikon is his favorite harpoon.

尼克林属于新的一类捕鲸人，他的工作不是割取鲸脂，而是捕捉鲸的神韵，相机是他最得力的工具。

After that, they had fun playing with the baluga plush dolls while our photographer took pictures of them and the baluga.

事后他们还充当起「小白鲸亲善大使」，拿著小白鲸的娃娃公仔拍照。

The interpreter plays an important role during the sail of whale watching. He or she can arouse interests among visitors in the relative issues of whale watching in Hualien, comfort the disappointment at not seeing whales, and help arouse general concern for interpretational education.

在赏鲸的行程中解说员是非常重要的一个角色，他/她可以提升游客对花莲赏鲸相关议题的兴趣，降低游客对没有看到鲸豚的失望感，促进游客对解说的重视。

Japan plans to double its whale catch in the northwest Pacific Ocean and add sea whales to the list, a government official said, rebuffing international criticism of the country's whaling program.

日本一位政府官员说，日本计划把在西北太平洋海域捕鲸的数量增加一倍，并将大须鲸也列为捕捉对象，他还驳斥了国际社会对该国捕鲸计划的批评。

Japan plans to double its whale catch in the northwest Pacific Ocean and add sei whales to the list, a government official said, rebuffing international criticism of the country's whaling program.

日本一位政府官员说，日本计划把在西北太平洋海域捕鲸的数量增加一倍，并将大须鲸也列为捕捉对象，他还驳斥了国际社会对该国捕鲸计划的批评。

That's the song of an Atlantic minke whale —and minkes are often the type of whale in the cross-hairs of Japanese and Scandinavian harpoon ships.

这是大西洋小须鲸的歌唱声（译者注：在原文播客中，有一小段小须鲸的音乐）——小须鲸常常是日本和北欧诸国捕鲸船的猎杀目标。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失