1. The United States National Resource Defense Council has found that DDT was the most popular of a long list of dangerous chemicals in use. 美国国家资源保护委员会发现 DDT 是一系列使用中的危险化学品里最受欢迎的一种。
2. The chief killer was the widely used DDT. 主要杀手是广泛使用的杀虫剂。
3. DDT prevented eagle eggshells from thickening. DDT 会阻止鹰蛋壳变厚。
4. Fish, soaked up DDT, died, and were washed up on shores, where bald eagles feasted on them. 被 DDT 浸泡过的鱼死了,被冲上岸边,白头海雕在那里大快朵颐。
5. Fortunately, in 1972, a law was passed to ban DDT, which saved the bald eagle from total wipeout. 幸运的是,在1972年,通过了一项禁止使用 DDT 的法律,使秃鹰免遭灭顶之灾。