2023年03月四级第1套选词填空原文翻译及答案解析

It's a fantasy that goes back centuries: a message in a bottle, carried ashore from far-off lands. Authors, artists and children __26__ have dreamed of such a gift from the sea.

这是一个可以追溯到几个世纪的幻想：来自遥远土地的漂流瓶中的信息。作家、艺术家和孩子们都曾梦想过这样一份来自大海的礼物。

This time, though, it's not a bottle that washes ashore. It's eggs—thousands of little toy eggs.

然而，这次冲上岸的不是瓶子，而是鸡蛋——成千上万的小玩具蛋。

That's what happened on the German island of Langegoog this week.

这就是本周发生在德国朗格古格岛上的事情。

Lying just off the North Sea coast, it found itself __27__ by an invasion of colored plastic eggs- much to the __28__ of local children, because the eggs contained toys.

它位于北海海岸附近，却发现自己被一波彩色塑料蛋入侵——这让当地孩子们非常高兴，因为这些蛋里装着玩具。

Police __29__ the eggs came from a freighter that lost part of its cargo during an unusually __30__ storm, the worst to hit Germany's northeastern coast since 2006.

警方怀疑这些蛋来自一艘货船，该船在一次异常猛烈的风暴中丢失了部分货物，这是自2006年以来袭击德国东北海岸最严重的风暴。

At any rate, what was lost has now been found by many of the community's littlest residents.

无论如何，丢失的东西现在已经被社区里许多最小的居民找到了。

"The surprise eggs have found their way to freedom," said Mayor Uwe Garrels. However, the joy of the moment __31__ off soon.

“惊喜蛋找到了通往自由的路，”市长Uwe Garrels说。然而，这一刻的喜悦很快就消失了。

"At first I thought this was a wonder, because everything was so __32__ . but then we realized that this is a huge __33__ in the end," said the mayor. He also noted the plastic bags and other materials that have washed ashore on the island can cause serious problems for __34__.

“起初我以为这是一个奇迹，因为一切都是如此色彩斑斓。但后来我们意识到这最终是一个巨大的混乱，”市长说。他还指出，冲上岛屿的塑料袋和其他材料可能对野生动物造成严重问题。

Still, all these little eggs contained an extra treat with their toys. They __35__ notes from afar. There was just one problem for the German children who received them: They were written in Russian.

尽管如此，所有这些小蛋里的玩具都附带了一份额外的小礼物。它们承载着来自远方的便条。对于收到它们的德国孩子们来说，只有一个问题：这些便条是用俄语写的。