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Thank you for joining us for Spotlight.
感谢收听我们的《Spotlight》节目。
I’m Liz Waid. And I’m Ruby Jones
我是莉兹·怀德。我是鲁比·琼斯。
Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
《Spotlight》使用一种特殊的英语广播方式。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
这对世界各地的人们来说都更容易理解。
Today’s Spotlight is on plastic.
今天的《Spotlight》是关于塑料的。
This material is one of the most common in the world.
这种材料是世界上最常见的材料之一。
People use it to hold things, to carry things, to make things, and much more.
人们用它来拿东西，装东西，做东西，等等。
It seems like the perfect material.
它看起来是完美的材料。
But could it be causing people harm?
但它会对人们有害吗？
In today’s program we will look at the lasting effects of plastic waste.
在今天的节目中，我们将看看塑料垃圾的持久影响。
Charles Moore lives in California, in the United States.
查尔斯·摩尔住在美国加利福尼亚州。
He spends a lot of time near or on the ocean.
他经常呆在海边或海上。
He owns a boat. And he sails in it often.
他拥有一艘船，并且经常驾船航行。
The ocean has always been a place of beauty to Charles.
对查尔斯来说，海洋一直是一个美丽的地方。
That is, until one day when he discovered something terribly ugly.
直到有一天，他发现了一些非常丑陋的东西。
In the late 1990’s Charles found a large area of plastic waste in the northern Pacific Ocean.
20世纪90年代末，查尔斯在北太平洋发现了一大片塑料垃圾。
The waste was caught in the natural currents of the ocean.
这些垃圾被卷入了海洋的自然水流。
The currents there flow in a circle shape.
那里的水流呈环形流动。
So, the waste was trapped there.
所以，垃圾被困在那里。
This area is part of the North Pacific gyre.
这一区域是北太平洋环流的一部分。
There is a huge amount of waste in this slow moving area of water.
在这片缓慢流动的水域中有大量的垃圾。
