2020考研英语同源外刊:尼斯湖水怪之谜终揭晓

The most famous photo of the Loch Ness monster has long been discredited as a hoax, but scientists have come up with a new explanation for other sightings of the elusive beast — it could be just a giant eel.

久长以来，人们一向认为尼斯湖水怪最闻名的照片不外是一个圈套，但科学家们对尼斯湖水怪的其他目睹事务提出了新的诠释——它可能只是一条巨型鳗鱼。

A team of researchers used DNA samples from taken from the lake in Scotland where “Nessie” is believed to dwell and concluded that a more familiar creature was behind the legend.

一组钻研职员检测了来自苏格兰湖泊的DNA样本后得出告终论，尼斯湖水怪传说的暗地里多是一种更认识的生物。

There are large amounts of eel DNA in Loch Ness, Neil Ge妹妹ell, a geneticist from New Zealand’s University of Otago said on Thursday.

周四，新西兰奥塔哥大学遗传学家尼尔·格默尔暗示，尼斯湖中含有大量鳗鱼的DNA。

Scientists began the study of the lake’s biodiversity in June 2018, taking 250 samples of water from various locations and depths to identify its inhabitants.

2018年6月，科学家们起头钻研尼斯湖的生物多样性，他们从分歧地址和深度收集了250个样本，以肯定其栖息物种。

They found about 3,000 distinct species, Ge妹妹ell told a press conference at the Loch Ness Centre in Drumnadrochit, Scotland. “Most of those are so small, you’ll never see them.”

格默尔在苏格兰德拉姆纳德罗基特的尼斯湖中间举办的消息公布会上说，他们发明了约莫3000种分歧的物种。“大部门生物都很小，你永久都看不到它们。”

Ge妹妹ell said that while the study’s primary focus was the lake’s biodiversity, a Loch Ness monster sighting would’ve been a bonus.

格默尔说，固然这项钻研的重要存眷点是尼斯湖的生物多样性，但若能发明尼斯湖水怪的陈迹，那将是一个分外的收成。

Although the discredited 1934 photo was later said to be a toy submarine, with a model head and neck attached, various theories over the years have suggested the monster could actually be a dragon, a marine dinosaur or just a really big catfish.

虽然1934年那张不成信的照片(有着头部和颈部的不明物)厥后被说成是一艘玩具潜艇，但多年来的各类理论都表白，这只怪物现实上多是一条龙、一只海洋恐龙、或现实上只是一条大鲶鱼。

The new data suggested some of the more outlandish theories about

Nessie could be ruled out.

新的数据表白，关于尼斯湖水怪的一些更怪僻的理论已可以解除。

“Is there a plesiosaur in Loch Ness? No. There is absolutely no evidence of any reptilian sequences in our samples,” Ge妹妹ell said. “So I think we can be fairly sure that there is probably not a giant scaly reptile swi妹妹ing around in Loch Ness.”

格默尔说：“尼斯湖里有蛇颈龙吗?没有。在咱们的DNA样本中绝对没有任何爬举措物的陈迹。以是我认为咱们可以很是必定的是，尼斯湖里可能并无一只庞大的有鳞爬举措物在游动。”

【辞汇】

hoax [hoks] n. 开玩笑;圈套;谎报 v. 玩弄，坑骗

outlandish [at’lnd] adj. 怪僻的;怪异的;异国气概的;冷僻的

reptile [‘rptal] n. 爬举措物;卑劣的人 adj. 爬举措物的;卑劣的

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