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5 次の英玉を読んで, 以下の設問に答えよ。 (配点50上
| For over one hundred milion years, sea turtles have SWum in the Pacific and
| ndian Oceans、They are an important lmk im marine *ecosystems and help to keep
coral reefs and other species of marine Hfe healthy through their diet. They not only
「Dlay an inportant role in keeping the OceanS clean, but they also have large touriSmm
and cultural value to humans. Unfortunately, they are in great danger.
| Climate change and *overfishing are *threatening the seven Species of sea turtle
that exist today. "The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) considers that five.of the seVen
species are likely to become endangeredL. The WWF has made some progreSs with
| the problem by asldng *fishers to use *turtle-friendly hooks when they catch their
fish. One problem that continues to grow in S126, however, js plastic.
The Pacific Ocean is home to hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, but 直 S also
home to the worst plastic pollution in the world、 gte *Great Pacific Garbage
Patch is located in the north part of the Pacific AA Tt contains over three and a
palf milion tonS of trash and ijS often called a "plasHc island.′ The “island” is about
six meters deep and spreads over an area Of about 700000 sauare kilometers. This js
ame SiZe as Texas, the second- ]argest State mn the United States.
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lastic tash in the se4 is a major problem for turtles. e They often mistake the
floatin ieces Of lastic for jellyfish. These pieces of plastic they eat can become
ped inside the 【
turtles cannot do anything to remnove unwanted items from ther stomachs.
0 urtles' stomachs and prevent them from being able to eat. Unlike
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humans must invent a solution to the problem they created.
