7.Collecting tropical fish dates back to World War Ⅱ in this country. But raising of pet fish goes back to the early days of the Sung Dynasty in China, about 900 A.D., when they were raised in small bottles as house pets.

　　7、在这个国家里，收养热带鱼的习惯可以追溯到第二次世界大战。但是，人们饲养观赏鱼可以追溯到中国宋朝早期，大约公元900年左右。当时，观赏鱼作为家庭宠物饲养在小瓶子里。

　　8. They chose a small member of carp family, Carassius auratus, better known as the goldfish. From them they obtained different shaped and colored fish. There developed more than 100 beautiful kinds with such names as Falling Flowers, Seven Stars, Eight Melon Seeds, Piled-up-Gold, As Europeans began to go the Far East in numbers during the 17th century, it happened that they too grew to like the little carp. A jar-full of goldfish was then taken on a long sea trip back to London in 1665.By the late 18th century the fish were widely popular in England and soon the goldfish bowl was seen in many homes.

　　8、人们选择了鲤鱼族的一个小成员，CARASSIUSAURATUS,如同金鱼一样很早就被人所熟识了。从它开始，久而久之，人们获得了种种不同外形和色彩的观赏鱼。观赏鱼种类扩展到一百个美丽的品种，它们有的带着奇特的名字：落花、七星、八颗瓜子、黄金细毛等等。十七世纪，大批的欧洲人开始去远东，奇怪的是他们也开始喜欢这种小鲤鱼。于是在1665年，一个装满了金鱼的坛子经过漫长的海上旅行被带到伦敦。到18世纪晚期，在英国喂养这种金鱼已经很流行，在许多家庭都能看到金鱼碗。

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