See here Jonathan "said his father not unkindly." Winter isn't far away. Boats will be few and the surface fish will be swimming deep.

“你瞧，乔纳森，”他父亲温和地说，“冬天快到了，船只就要少了，海面上的鱼也要钻到海底去了。”

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Hundreds of dead fish can be seen on the surface of the water because of water pollution.

由于水污染，我们可以在河面上看到数以百计的死鱼。

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When they get a tern or pelican to drop a fish, they plunge down and grab it off the surface of the water, which may have been how this bird got oiled.

当他们让一只燕鸥或鹈鹕扔下一条鱼时，他们会一头栽到水里，然后把鱼从水面抓起来，这可能就是这只鸟被油弄脏的原因。

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For a while they sat, and Suchen remembered the splash of a fish breaking the surface of the water, and two egrets taking off with unhurried elegance, one after the other.

NEWYORKER: Alone

Coastal fisherman know that when a flock of seagulls is circling and diving into the sea a school of bluefish is often driving bait fish towards the surface and the anglers hasten to cast their lines into the frothy water beneath the screeching birds.

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Changing temperatures in the lake during the winter could have brought stagnant water to the surface, thus asphyxiating entire schools of fish.

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