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EXTRA1 In order to prove or disprove the balancing-act theory of whale migration, what question needs to be answered?

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[00:00.00]Professor: I want to continue our discussion about whales. [00:07.92]Specifically, today, um, I want to talk about whale migration-um, why whales head south for the winter. [00:15.91]Or really why whales in the cold water of the Northern Hemisphere head south for the winter. [00:21.08]Now, not all kinds of whales migrate, but most baleen whales do.
[00:26.10]And interestingly enough, we still don't really know why the baleen whales migrate. [00:31.53]We do have several theories, however, which I'II discuss today. [00:34.82]Uh, can anybody name one reason why baleen whales might migrate south, to the warm tropical water?
[00:41.98]Male student: Uh, for food? [00:44.38]You know, the whales move to warmer water in order to find a good area to feed.
[00:49.24]Professor: Good guess. [00:50.34]That should be an obvious reason, after all, most animals that migrate do so for the purpose of finding food. [00:57.34]But, uh, that doesn't seem to be the case with baleen whales. [01:01.57]To understand why, you need to know something about water temperature. [01:05.44]There are a lot of technical reasons that I'm not going to go into right now.
[01:09.62]But let's just say that nutrients don't rise to the surface of tropical water like they do in other kinds of water. [01:16.51]Tropical water simply never gets cold enough. [01:19.91]So ...well, what this means, uh, is that tropical water doesn't have much of the plankton that most whales feed on.
[01:27.69]Male student: I don't understand-if there's no plankton, how do the whales survive through the winter?
[01:33.47]Professor: Right. How do they survive? [01:36.18]You see, they don't have to eat anything, because they've stored up so much fat during the summer feeding season that they can just survive off of that. [01:44.38]So if they don't need to eat anything, we're back to our original question. [01:49.03]Why do baleen whales migrate? [01:51.28]Any theories? No?
[01:54.05]Well, there's one idea out there that a lot of people believe. [01:58.02]In fact, uh, you could say it's the most popular theory we have about whale migration. [02:02.98]Basically, the argument is that for baleen whales, migration is a kind of balancing act. [02:08.99]Let me explain. [02:10.27]On one hand, whales need to take advantage of the summer months by eating as much food as they can.
[02:16.59]And that's what they can do best in the northern seas. [02:19.62]This allows them to build up a lot of fat. [02:22.39]But in the winter, food is scarce even in the north, so what the whales need to do is save energy. [02:29.60]And that's what migrating south can help them do. [02:32.58]Amanda, you have a question?
[02:34.41]Female student: Yes. Um, the balancing-act theory doesn't make sense to me. [02:39.95]Maybe whales might need to save energy during the winter, but wouldn't moving all the way down to tropics make them lose energy?
[02:48.57]Professor: That's a good point, and it's one reason why this isn't a perfect theory. [02:53.27]It does cost the whales energy to migrate, but it's easier for whales to save energy in warm water than it is to save energy in cold water, so there might still be, you know, a good reason to move south for the winter. OK?
[03:07.38]Now, before moving on to the next chapter, I want to briefly discuss how the baleen whale manages to navigate. [03:15.27]It's pretty remarkable, because the whales manage to return to the same places year after year, and have to travel over an enormous area of ocean in order to do it. [03:25.66]I mean, it's not like whales can just look at a map, right? [03:29.48]So exactly how do they do it?
[03:32.24]Well, a lot of experimental work still needs to be done, but we have been able to figure out at least three ways the baleen whale navigates without getting lost. [03:41.91]The first is the ability to use Earth's magnetic field like it was a map. [03:46.77]That sounds strange, but we know that many birds use that method, use the magnetic field, and it's possible that whales have the biological ability to do the same thing.
[03:57.38]Another theory is that if they stay close to the coast, whales might be able to find familiar landmarks and use those as guides. [04:06.00]But we don't really know if a whale's eyesight is good enough to be able to do that, so that's not a perfect theory.
[04:13.21]And finally, we know that many whales make very loud sounds that can travel literally hundreds of miles underwater. [04:21.25]Through a process called echolocation, it's possible that these whales hear the sounds bounce off of islands or other pieces of land and use those echoes as clues to help them find their way.

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对应原文:Professor: Basically, the argument is that for baleen whales, migration is a kind of balancing act. Let me explain. On one hand, whales need to take advantage of the summer months by eating as much food as they can. And that’s what they can do best in the northern seas. This allows then to build up a lot of fat. But in the winter, food is scarce even in the north, so what the whales need to do is save energy.  解析:教授说,基本上迁徙是种平衡做法这主要对于baleen鲸鱼来讲。On one hand 用来证实其中一方面鲸鱼需要利用夏天数月的优势尽可能多的吃食物。这是它们在北部的海里面最大的优势,这样可以储存很多脂肪。但是在北部的冬天食物是相当短缺的,因此鲸鱼需要做的就是储存能量。也就是说比起待在北方,鲸鱼是否迁徙到南方会储存更多的能量。

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