HongKongistheworld'ssharkfincapital.Butabacklash(強烈*)f...

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Hong Kong is the world's shark fin capital. But a backlash(強烈*) from environmentalists and consumer groups is pressuring restaurants to stop serving dishes containing the shark fin.

Around 50 percent of all shark fins worldwide are traded through Hong Kong. In 2008，around 10，000 tons of fins from 87 countries passed through the city's ports. For environmentalists like Stanley Shea of French－founded Bloom Association，that must change. He is trying to raise awareness in Hong Kong. Shea and his fellow activists have been quite effective. Over the last two years governments in Hong Kong and mainland China，as well as big corporations and hotel chains，have announced they will take shark fin soup off their menus and banquets.

It is in Hong Kong's Sheung Wan District that a lot of the shark fin trade happens. Here the local marine－product industry is suffering. Inside the small shops merchants talk freely about shark fins they sell these days. But in front of a camera nobody wants to mention shark fins；it is just too sensitive，they say. Not far away，at restaurant Lin Heung Kui，shark fin soup is a common dish on the menu. Around lunchtime，it is mostly the elderly and tourists who visit the place.

Shark fin soup has been the food of the rich and wealthy for hundreds of years in China. But times are slowly changing，said Veranica Mak，an anthropologist(人類學家) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong，who researches eating habits.“Not consuming shark fins becomes a kind of signifier to show you are a socially responsible person. In the past，when you wanted to show your social status，people made shark fins a signifier in a banquet，but nowadays this signifier changes，”she said.

Stanley Shea said young people were increasingly interested in social responsibility. He said that helped make his campaign a success in Hong Kong.

1．By saying Hong Kong is the world's shark fin capital，the author means ____________．

A．almost all people in Hong Kong love eating shark fins

B．Hong Kong has the longest history of trading shark fins

C．many of the world's shark fins are traded in Hong Kong

D．restaurants in Hong Kong provide the most dishes of shark fins

2．What is Stanley Shea of French－founded Bloom Association doing in Hong Kong?

A．Making the government of Hong Kong know the harm of consuming shark fins.

B．Asking merchants to trade shark fins somewhere else instead of in Hong Kong.

C．Warning people of the harm to their health of eating shark fins.

D．Fighting against shark fin consumption by raising awareness.

3．Merchants don't like mentioning shark fins in front of a camera because ____________．