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shim, shimmer, "porpoise," "iridescent," "plankton," dolphin fish

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Slide Show: Stars and the Sea in Cannes

Sure, the city shimmers with the glitter of celebrity. But that's just part of the Cannes experience.
5.01. - Polarstern Sets Sail to Fertilize Southern Ocean

Fertilizing oceans to cause plankton blooms is a highly controversial
undertaking, and despite international outcry, it seems a German research
vessel may carry out that task in the near future.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew00s6I44va89pI0

Spectrum | 26.08.2008 | 04:30
The Importance of Plankton

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Marine researcher Dr. Karen Wiltshire explains what's so important about plankton.

Conversations about biodiversity usually centre on a cute, furry animal that’s in danger of becoming extinct – perhaps a panda -- with which the public can easily identify.

But what about those organisms which are so small that you need a microscope just to see them? Let’s say… something like plankton. These organisms rarely get the attention they deserve, especially considering they are at the bottom of the oceanic food chain. Andrew Ryan went to the tiny islands of Helgoland in the North Sea to find out how plankton lie at the heart of dramatic changes taking place in our oceans.

several students ask for help with some of the words in The Old Man and the Sea: "porpoise," "iridescent," "plankton," "prisms"

此書：dolphin 指的卻是

dolphin fish，即Mahi- mahi

https://www.google.com.tw/?ion=1&espv=2#q=dolphin+fish

shimLine breaks: shim

Pronunciation: /ʃɪm /

NOUN

A washer or thin strip of material used to align parts, make them fit, or reduce wear:an aluminium shim reduces the diameter so that a standard stem will fit

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VERB (shims, shimming, shimmed)

[WITH OBJECT]Back to top

Wedge (something) or fill up (a space) with a shim:display monitors were shimmed up on cardboardyou may have to shim the tube

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Origin

early 18th century: of unknown origin.

名]詰め物：割れ目に入れたり，物を水平にするのに使用したりする木片・金属片など.

━━[動]（～med, ～・ming）(他)…に詰め木［金］を入れてふさぐ［水平にする］.

porpoise noun [C]海豚;鼠海豚
a mammal that lives in the sea, swims in groups and looks similar to a dolphin but has a shorter rounder nose

Porpoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpoise

Porpoises are a group of fully aquatic marine mammals, that are sometimes referred to as mereswine, all of which are classified under the family Phocoenidae, parvorder Odontoceti (toothed whales). There are eight extant species of porpoise.

譯文大體流暢好讀，有幾個小地方可以看出台語和日語痕跡。像是他們航行去非洲的途中，遇到一大群「海豬」？這是什麼動物？看了一下日文版，原來是「イルカ」（海豚），再看英文原文居然不是dolphin，而是porpoise(鼠海豚）。不過這可能是日譯者決定譯成海豚（鼠海豚和海豚的分別，對兒童讀者來說可能有點困難），陳千武也跟著翻譯成海豚，只是用的是台語的說法「海豬仔」

iridescent
adjective
showing many bright colours which change with movement:Her latest fashion collection features shimmering iridescent materials. shim·mer (shĭm'ər) pronunciation

intr.v., -mered, -mer·ing, -mers.

To shine with a subdued flickering light. See synonyms at flash.
To appear as a wavering or flickering image, as in a reflection on water or through heat waves in air.

n.
A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.

[Middle English shimeren, from Old English scimerian.]