18 Help Hawaii's Seals

Help Hawaii's Seals written by L.J. Welsh

《帮助夏威夷海豹》作者:L.J. 威尔士

Hawaiian Monk Seals live only in Hawaii. They are not found in any other place on Earth. Now there are only 1'300 of them left. There were a lot more 50 years ago. They are in big danger.

夏威夷僧海豹只生活在夏威夷。 它们在地球上任何其他地方都找不到。 现在只剩下1300只了。 50年前有很多。 他们处于极大的危险之中。

Fishermen have lived with the seals for hundreds of years. They know that the seals need to be looked after. They call them "sea dogs", If they all died, there would never be any of these seals in the world again.

渔民和海豹一起生活了几百年。 他们知道海豹需要被照顾。 他们称它们为“海狗”，如果它们都死了，世界上就再也不会有这些海豹了。

Fishermen in Hawaii want to find out how to help these seals. Sometimes hungry seals take fish from the fishing lines. If the seal swallows a hook, it could kill the seal. The fishermen want to learn ways to keep the seals safe. They can use new hooks that don't kill the seals. looking for food

夏威夷的渔民想知道如何帮助这些海豹。 有时饥饿的海豹会把鱼从鱼线上叼下来。 如果海豹吞下了钩子，它可能会丧命。 渔民们想学习保护海豹安全的方法。 他们可以使用不会杀死海豹的新钩子。 寻找食物

Hawaiian Monk Seals look for good things to eat in the sea. Some of the things that they like are: crabs, octopuses, eels, shrimps, lobsters, and small fish. dinner time

夏威夷僧海豹在海里寻找好吃的东西。 他们喜欢的一些东西是:螃蟹、章鱼、鳗鱼、虾、龙虾和小鱼。 吃晚餐的时间

Some things are bad for the seals. They can't always find all the food they need to eat. Then they get hungry, and they swim into fishing nets. Sometimes big sharks catch them and eat them.

有些东西对海豹是有害的。 它们并不是总能找到所有需要的食物。 然后它们饿了，就会游到渔网里。 有时大鲨鱼会抓住并吃掉它们。