Sapphires v lemurs, cow emissions 藍(lán)寶石開采威脅狐猴的生存、幫助奶牛減少甲烷排放量
本集內(nèi)容
Sapphire mining threat to rare lemurs?藍(lán)寶石開采威脅稀有狐猴的生存
Helping cows to help the planet?減緩溫室效應(yīng)從給奶?！皽p排”開始
文字稿
In the forests of Madagascar there's a new sound - the sound of men working. Poor men who want to get rich. Once virgin rainforest, felled and burned. Now look - mine shafts and spoil heaps stretch across the valley. See the damage it causes, threatening the habitat of one of the world's rarest animals, the Indri lemur. They spend their lives in the trees eating leaves and fruit and breeding only once every three years. There may be as few as two thousand left in the wild.
馬達(dá)加斯加的森林里回蕩著一種新的聲音 — 這是人們在干活時發(fā)出的聲響。這些貧困的人們想要變得富有。曾經(jīng)的原始熱帶雨林，現(xiàn)在樹木已被砍伐、燒毀。放眼望去，礦井和矸子山在山谷間綿延不絕。開采活動給當(dāng)?shù)丨h(huán)境造成了破壞，也給世界上最稀有的動物之一大狐猴的棲息地造成了威脅。狐猴在樹上生活，以樹葉和果子為食，而且每三年才繁殖一次。目前，野生的大狐猴數(shù)量大約只剩兩千只了。
Christine Musasua’s farm only has five cows but it's part of a new battle against global warming because cows are a major contributor to climate change. By using a few simple techniques to change the way she farms, Christine has drastically cut her cows’ methane emissions. The techniques have been taught by a Swedish development organisation. Christine used to get one or two litres of milk a day. Now she’s getting over five litres a day. As a result, Christine will need fewer cows and fewer cows means less methane.
克里斯汀·穆薩斯亞的農(nóng)場只飼養(yǎng)了五只奶牛，但她獨(dú)特的養(yǎng)殖方式卻是一場對抗全球氣候變暖新斗爭中的一環(huán)，這是因?yàn)槟膛Ｊ怯绊憵夂蜃兓闹饕蛩刂?。克里斯汀通過一些簡單的技巧改變了她的養(yǎng)殖方法，從而大幅度減少了奶牛的甲烷排放量。這些技巧是由一家瑞典的研發(fā)機(jī)構(gòu)所傳授的。過去，克里斯汀每天收獲一到兩升牛奶，而現(xiàn)在，她每天可收獲五升多。由于產(chǎn)奶量的增加，克里斯汀所需的奶牛數(shù)量會越來越少，從而意味著甲烷排放量也將隨之降低。
詞匯
habitat
（動植物的）棲息地
drastically
大幅度地，急劇地
練習(xí)
請從以下詞匯中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢竵硗瓿删渥印Ｗ⒁猓耗憧赡苄枰淖儐卧~的時態(tài)來完成句子。
habitat / drastically
1. The change to using electric vehicles will ______ cut air pollution in our cities.
2. Wildlife experts say that access to flower-rich?______?from spring through to summer is key to the survival of successive generations of the bees.
答案
1. The change to using electric vehicles will drastically cut air pollution in our cities.
2. Wildlife experts say that access to flower-rich habitats from spring through to summer is key to the survival of successive generations of the bees.
