Primates at risk and noodle art 靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)動(dòng)物滅絕危險(xiǎn)，由方便面制成的藝術(shù)品
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60% of world's primates at risk of extinction 世界60%靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)動(dòng)物將面臨滅絕危險(xiǎn)
Creating art in an instant 用方便面制成的藝術(shù)展品
文字稿
Our closest biological relatives - but while the human population continues to grow, most of our fellow primates are now sliding towards extinction. This international team of scientists trawled through the data on more than 500 primate species revealing a looming extinction crisis. They estimate that 60% of primate species are now threatened with extinction and 75% have populations that are in decline. Forest habitat that these animals rely on is being destroyed -primarily for agriculture and logging. Reversing these declines means looking closely at where we source products like timber, palm oil and meat. ??
靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)動(dòng)物是和人類(lèi)最相近的物種，但隨著全球人口總數(shù)持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)，在我們其余的靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)動(dòng)物同伴中，大多數(shù)物種的數(shù)量正逐漸下滑并且一步步走向滅絕。該國(guó)際科學(xué)家小組全面搜羅了有關(guān)500多個(gè)靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)物種的數(shù)據(jù)，他們的研究揭示了一個(gè)迫在眉睫的物種滅絕危機(jī)。據(jù)這些科學(xué)家估計(jì)，有60%靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)物種正遭受滅絕的威脅，75%的靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)物種數(shù)量呈下降趨勢(shì)。這些動(dòng)物賴以生存的森林棲息地正受到人類(lèi)破壞，其原因主要是農(nóng)業(yè)活動(dòng)和伐木行為。人們?nèi)绻敫淖兡壳斑@一下降的趨勢(shì)，就應(yīng)當(dāng)更仔細(xì)地審視木材、棕櫚油和肉類(lèi)等產(chǎn)品的來(lái)源。
Most of us look at instant noodles as a quick meal, but one artist is turning them into… well, art. Cynthia Suwito knits noodles as a performance art piece for a gallery in Singapore. She says her work is a reflection on the modern world's obsession with instant gratification. It takes her three hours to knit a 20cm-long piece. Mmmm… that’s what we could call having good taste in art!
大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為方便面是一種速食，但有一位藝術(shù)家卻把這類(lèi)食物轉(zhuǎn)變成了藝術(shù)。辛西婭·蘇維托（Cynthia Suwito）以面條為材料織出了一件表現(xiàn)藝術(shù)作品，在新加坡的一家畫(huà)廊中展出。她說(shuō)，該藝術(shù)品映射現(xiàn)代世界中人們執(zhí)于即時(shí)滿足感的現(xiàn)象。她織成這件 20 厘米長(zhǎng)的作品共花 費(fèi)三個(gè)小時(shí)。嗯……只有做出這種展品的人才能稱得上在藝術(shù)方面"品位"不凡。
詞匯
trawled through
全面搜羅了
obsession
癡迷，執(zhí)念
練習(xí)
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trawled through / obsession
1. My cousin is ______ with social media. He doesn't do anything without posting a picture or comment on Weibo!
2. As the winter hours ticked by, without a sign of the girls, detectives ______ a list of violent criminals and paedophiles.
答案
1. My cousin is obsessed with social media. He doesn't do anything without posting a picture or comment on Weibo!
2. As the winter hours ticked by, without a sign of the girls, detectives trawled through a list of violent criminals and paedophiles.
