广播电视英语短句 第 164 课：墨西哥湾-5

Coastal communities have been waiting and watching for days for oil to arrive on their shores. 连日来，海岸社区一直在关注泄漏的原油何时来到他们的海岸。

Bad weather has interfered with efforts to send out boats to clean up the oil and watch for the effects on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. 恶劣的天气阻碍了船只清理原油，也影响了对墨西哥湾野生动物的监测。

Bird populations are among those at risk of being poisoned by the oil. Bird rescue groups have set up stations. 鸟类有受到原油毒害的危险。虽然鸟类救援组织设立的工作站。

But they say finding injured birds in the huge spill and sending out boats to rescue them will be a difficult job. 但他们表示，在巨大的泄漏区域内搜寻受伤的鸟类，并派遣船只对它们进行救援却是相当困难的。