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Japan to Resume Commercial Whaling, Defying(违抗) International Ban
Japan said on Wednesday that it would withdraw 1.___________ an international agreement and resume commercial whaling, a defiant move to prop up(支持) an industry that still has cultural 2._____________(significant) there, despite plummeting(骤降) demand 3.___________ whale meat.
The country would leave the International Whaling Commission, 4.____________ established a moratorium(暂停) on hunting whales that 5.____________ effect in 1986.
The international agreement never stopped Japanese whaling, because it allowed the country 6.______________(continue) killing whales for 7._____________(science) research while selling the meat.
In recent years, Japan 8._____________(have) an annual quota(年度份额) in the Antarctic of 333 minke whales, which in the 2017-2018 hunting season included 122 pregnant females.
Whale meat was once popular in Japan but is far less so now. Japanese people ate more than 233,000 tons of whale meat in 1962, 9.______________ just 3,000 tons in 2016, according to government data.
Still, 10._____________(defend) the industry carries a nationalist appeal(民族主义诉求), with international criticism of whaling sometimes seen as an imposition of Western values.
答案：1、from；2、significant；3、for；4、which；5、took；6、to continue；7、scientific；8、has had；9、but；10、defending
【词汇拓展】
1. resume: vt. 重新开始；(中断之后) 继续；重新回到 n. 简历；履历
She hopes to resume work after the baby is born.
He will resume training as soon as the injury is better.
Will everyone please resume your seats?
2. defy: vt. 对抗；公然违抗· defy a(n) ban/order: 违抗禁令/命令 · defy gravity: 对抗地心引力
3. prop up: 支撑；支持 · use pillars to prop up the falling roof: 用柱子支撑落下的屋顶
4. plummet: vi. 猛降；骤降  Housing prices are likely to plummet amid economic crisis.
5. carry: vt. 带着
He carries both the sensitivity of a poet and the prudence of a scholar.
6. imposition: n. 强加· impose an influence on somebody: 对某人强加影响
Never try to impose your values on other people. Try to understand first and then communicate.
7. withdraw from: (从活动或组织中) 退出；离开
The US has withdrawn from a number of international organizations.
美国从好多个国际组织中退出了。
A knee injury forced her to withdraw from the competition.
膝盖受伤使她不得不退出比赛。