本文選自雅思聽力Section 3，難度一般

Summary:本文是研究性的對話，設(shè)計的話題是利用自動機械浮體研究海洋。海洋研究對氣象學(xué)、農(nóng)業(yè)、漁業(yè)以及人類生活的各個方面都有重大的影響。海洋和海洋動物研究也是雅思考試中出現(xiàn)頻率較高的話題


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However, this is not the case with our ocean weather forecasting. Because we know from the floats what the prevailing weather conditions will be in certain parts of the ocean, we can advise the navy on search and rescue missions. That's happening right now and many yachtsmen owe their lives to the success of this project. In addition, the float data can help us to look at the biological implications of ocean processes. Would that help with preserving fish stocks? Yes, and advising governments on fisheries legislation.We're well on the way to completing a project on this. We hope it will help to bring about more sustainable fishing practices. We'll be seeing the results of that quite soon. It sounds like the data from floats has lots of applications. Yes it does. It's also a powerful agricultural tool. If we were aware of what the weather would be like, say, next year, we could make sure that the farmers planted appropriate grain varieties to produce the best yield from the available rainfall. That sounds a bit like science fiction, especially when now we can't even tell them when a drought will break. I agree that this concept is still a long way in the future, but it will come eventually and the float data will have made a contribution.