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Fish and chips has always been a favorite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.
fish and chips 油煎鱼加炸土豆片 ，英国的一种家常菜，被看做是一盘菜，因此用单数动词
用and相连的名词看成是一个整体时，谓语动词用单数形式；如果把他们看成分开的部分，动词就用复数形式。
more and more 越来越
观众们越来越兴奋。
The audience got more and more excited .
越来越多的医生使用这种新药。
More and more doctors have begun to use the new medicine .
So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.
North Sea 北海
Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
be frightened out of their wits 被吓晕了、被吓得惊惶失措
bump into
（1） 撞上
我看到出租車撞上一辆停着的汽车。
I saw the taxi bump into a parked car .
（2） 不期而遇
我今天在城里偶然碰到了一位老朋友。
I bumped into an old friend in town today
