Question

根據圖畫及上下文提示，在下面對話的空白處填入適當的話語（話語可以是句子、短語或詞），使對話完整。

         

A: Hey, Ginny．What do you call those big, gray things in the water?

B:  1           ．

A: What?

B: Manatees．They’re very gentle and very shy．

A:  2            ?

B: They’re usually about 10 feet long and they weigh about 1,000 pounds．

A: How much do they eat everyday?

B: They need about 100 pounds of aquatic food a day．

A:  3            ?

B: It is underwater plants and vegetation （植被)．

A: That’s what they eat?

B: Yes, it is．

A:  4           ?  

B: Yes, they are endangered．But, we’re trying to save them．

A: Wait a moment．Why are they endangered?

B:  5            ．

A: Where do they live?

B: They live in the swamps（沼澤）．6            ．They are endangered also because there sometimes isn’t enough food for all of them．

A:  7           ．There used to be a lot of manatees, but now there aren’t very many of them left, I think．

B: Yes,  8           ．At this point, there are only about 2, 500 in the U．S．

A:  9            ?

B: Since 1927 laws have been passed to protect them．

A: Thank you for your information．

B:  10           ． 

Answer 1

1．They’re called manatees/We call them manatees/They are manatees/Manatees

2．How big are manatees/they

3．What is aquatic food/What do they eat

4．Are manatees/they endangered

5．Because their homes are disappearing/Because their living areas are populated/Because there is not enough food for them to eat（本題開放度較大，凡是能夠回答manatees處境危險的原因，只要表達正確都得分）

6．And they have become polluted

7．I am sorry to hear that/What a pity

8．you are right/that’s right（本題開放度較大，凡是能夠表示贊成意義的，只要表達正確都得分）

9．Have long have laws been passed to protect them/Are there any laws to protect them?

10．My pleasure（本題開放度較大，凡是能夠回答感謝的，只要表達正確都得分）