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Coronavirus: Wildlife scientists examine the great 'human pause' 新冠肺炎疫情導(dǎo)致 “人類活動(dòng)暫停” 野生動(dòng)物學(xué)家一探究竟
研究人員們發(fā)起了一項(xiàng)行動(dòng)，這項(xiàng)行動(dòng)追蹤野生動(dòng)物在新冠肺炎疫情封鎖開始之前、期間及之后的生存狀況。這個(gè)由英國(guó)領(lǐng)頭的研究小組主要是為了研究所謂的 “人類活動(dòng)暫?！保╝nthropause）現(xiàn)象，即全球范圍內(nèi)人類活動(dòng)暫時(shí)減緩的現(xiàn)象?！叭祟惢顒?dòng)暫?！?可能給其它物種帶來深遠(yuǎn)的影響。
It's been for tragic, costly reasons, but we've pushed the pause button on human activity all over the world. And on an increasingly crowded planet, wildlife scientists think this will have some profound effects.
因?yàn)檫@場(chǎng)悲劇的、代價(jià)慘重的疫情 ，我們按下了全世界人類活動(dòng)的暫停鍵。在這個(gè)日益擁擠的星球上，野生動(dòng)物科學(xué)家們認(rèn)為人類活動(dòng)的減少將產(chǎn)生一些深遠(yuǎn)的影響。
Videos of urban wildlife encounters have been widely shared on social media, but the way to study what's actually happening, researchers say, is with bio-loggers: tracking devices fitted to animals to record their movement, position; sometimes even audio and video.
在城市中邂逅野生動(dòng)物的視頻在社交媒體上被廣泛分享，但研究人員們說，研究實(shí)際情況的方法是使用生物記錄器，就是安裝在動(dòng)物身上的追蹤裝置，用來記錄它們的行動(dòng)、位置，甚至可以錄音和拍視頻。
In dozens of studies, researchers have fitted trackers to species from African elephants to migrating cuckoos, and some of their data's been automatically uploaded throughout lockdown, giving a unique insight into how our presence and absence affect those animals.
在數(shù)十項(xiàng)研究中，研究人員們?yōu)榉侵尴?、遷徙的布谷鳥等物種安裝了追蹤器，從它們身上獲取的一些數(shù)據(jù)在疫情封鎖期間會(huì)自動(dòng)上傳，這讓我們有了獨(dú)特的視角，了解我們的存在和不存在對(duì)這些動(dòng)物造成的影響。
A glimpse of how animals move around while roads are much less busy, for example, could show us where to put wildlife crossings and corridors, or where small changes in our transport network could have the most positive impact for nature.
例如，觀察動(dòng)物是如何在道路不那么繁忙的時(shí)候四處走動(dòng)的，可以告訴我們?cè)谀睦镌O(shè)置野生動(dòng)物安全橋和通道，或提示我們?cè)诮煌ňW(wǎng)絡(luò)中做出微小的變化以給大自然帶來最積極的影響。
詞匯
pushed the pause button on 按下了暫停鍵
human activity 人類活動(dòng)
crowded 擁擠的
wildlife 野生動(dòng)植物
encounters 偶然相遇
bio-loggers （用來追蹤動(dòng)物行為的）生物記錄器
tracking devices 追蹤裝置
African elephants 非洲象
migrating 遷徙的
cuckoos 布谷鳥，杜鵑
閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問題。
1. True or false? Scientists think the pause in human activity could have some profound impacts on nature.
2. What videos have been widely shared because of the lockdown, according to the text?
3. What are bio-loggers?
4. What could the movement of animals on a much less busy road show us?
答案
1. True or false? Scientists think the pause on human activity could have some profound impacts on nature.
True. Wildlife scientists think that pushing the pause button on human activity around the world could have some profound impacts.
2. What videos have been widely shared because of the lockdown, according to the text?
Videos of urban wildlife encounters have been widely shared on social media.
3. What are bio-loggers?
They are tracking devices fitted to animals to record their movement, position; sometimes even audio and video.
4. What could the movement of animals on a much less busy road show us?
It could show us where to put wildlife crossings and corridors, or where small changes in our transport network could have the most positive impact for nature.
