闊別多年後，金雕開始從蘇格蘭南部重新回到英格蘭，這讓人們燃起瞭它們可能會留下並築巢的希望。
Once widespread around the UK, persecution from farmers and gamekeepers meant Britain’s second biggest bird of prey had disappeared from England and Wales by the mid-19th Century.
金雕曾廣泛分佈於英國，但由於受到農民和獵場看守人的迫害，作為英國第二大猛禽的金雕在 19 世紀中期就從英格蘭和威爾士消失瞭。
The numbers recovered a little after the two world wars, but England’s last resident golden eagle, who’d lived alone for ten years in the Lake District, died in 2015.
兩次世界大戰後，金雕的數量略有恢復，但最後一隻居住在英格蘭的金雕在湖區獨自生活瞭十年後於 2015 年死亡。
But from 2018 the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project began moving young eagles from the Scottish Highlands. The birds are fitted with satellite trackers, and the data shows that at least three or four of them have begun venturing into England this year, with several sightings in Northumberland.
但從 2018 年開始，蘇格蘭南部金雕項目開始將幼鷹從蘇格蘭高地遷移出去。這些鳥的身上被安裝瞭衛星追蹤器，追蹤數據顯示至少有三到四隻金雕今年開始大膽地嘗試飛到英格蘭，人們在諾森伯蘭郡多次目擊金雕。
Whether they will stay and nest is unclear, but their visits are welcome news for those who regard golden eagles as one of nature’s most majestic creatures.
它們是否會留下來並築巢尚不清楚，但它們的到訪對那些視金雕為大自然最雄偉的生物之一的人們來說無疑是個好消息。
詞匯表
widespread 廣泛分佈的
persecution 迫害
bird of prey 猛禽，食肉型鳥類
fitted 安裝瞭
satellite trackers 衛星追蹤器
venturing into 大膽嘗試進入
sightings 目擊
nest 築巢
majestic 雄偉的
聽力練習
一、聽第一遍音頻，回答問題。
1. What is the overall tone of this report?
a. Positive
b. Negative
c. Neutral
二、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題。
1. Golden eagles had disappeared from England and Wales because they were killed by farmers and gamekeepers.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
2. When did England’s last resident golden eagle die?
a. the mid-19th Century
b. eight years ago
c. 2015
3. The golden eagles are tracked using _______.
4. How many golden eagles have been seen in Northumberland?
a. 18
b. at least three or four
c. It’s unclear how many individual golden eagles have been seen.
5. The golden eagles are likely to stay and nest in England.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
三、聽第三遍音頻，將句子補充完整（提示：可以反復聽，直到聽清楚每一個詞）
1. England’s last resident golden eagle, ________________ alone for 10 years in the Lake District, died in 2015.
2. The data shows that ________________ three or four of them have begun venturing into England this year, with several sightings in Northumberland.
答案
一、聽第一遍音頻，回答問題。
1. a. Positive. The golden eagles’ return to England is ‘welcome news for those who regard golden eagles as one of nature’s most majestic creatures.’
二、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題。
1. a. True. …persecution from farmers and gamekeepers meant Britain’s second biggest bird of prey had disappeared from England and Wales by the mid-19th Century
2. c. England’s last resident golden eagle, who’d lived alone for 10 years in the Lake District, died in 2015.
3. The golden eagles are tracked using satellite trackers.
4. c. There have been ‘several sightings‘ in Northumberland, but it’s unclear whether this was one eagle seen several times, or multiple eagles.
5. c. Not given. The report states ‘Whether they will stay and nest is unclear‘, but the likelihood is not mentioned.
三、聽第三遍音頻，將句子補充完整。（提示：可以反復聽，直到聽清楚每一個詞）
1. England’s last resident golden eagle, who’d lived alone for 10 years in the Lake District, died in 2015.
2. The data shows that at least three or four of them have begun venturing into England this year, with several sightings in Northumberland.
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