托福英语阅读材料：Warningover’terrible’northernseabirdbreeding

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英国北部地区的海鸟们生存出现危机，今天我们的托福考试阅读材料就来关注这些小生灵们的生存现状。  
. @6 u+ d" V$ x9 r* w5 ^. m　　Seabird breeding has been "terrible" in some northerly areas such as Orkney and Shetland, RSPB Scotland has warned.

0 ~7 m- v% A  s. Q　　The 700 Arctic terns present at the start of the breeding season on the Shetland island of Mousa failed to produce a single chick.

　　The organisation said the situation was "similarly miserable" on Orkney.
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　　The RSPB's Doug Gilbert said: "The terrible season for critical colonies in the far north warns us that seabird populations remain in real danger."

6 w5 Q2 X3 T6 ]5 ^5 @# b) A) ?) k　　Just two kittiwakes were said to have returned to Orkney's North Hill reserve to breed, and not a single chick fledged there.
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　　However RSPB Scotland said some species continued to do well, such as gannets.
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# [' Z2 v& d( A" V! ], n5 ^　　The organisation added that research showed seabirds were valuable to rural economies due to related tourism.