英语_阅读_rain forests

 

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For scientists , the loss of older trees and tropical rainforests is a double blow to life on the earth. As well as storing massive amounts of carbon , they're hotspots of biodiversity as the homes of orangutans(红毛猩猩),jaguars(美洲豹) and tigers.

According to the new data, these primary forests continue to be destroyed at alarming rates.Brazil accounted for over a third of all losses last year, with deforestation for agriculture as the main motive.

The end of 2019 also saw dramatic fires in Australia leading to a sixfold increase in the total number of trees lost compared to 2018.

Adults and children are frequently confronted with statements about the alarming rate of loss of tropical rainforests, For example , one graphic illustration to which children might readily relate is the estimate that rainforests are being destroyed at a rate equivalent to one thousand football fields every forty minutes - about the duration of a normal classroom period. In the face of the frequent and often vivid media coverage ,it is likely that children will have formed ideas about rainforests -- what and where they are , why they are important, what endangers them -- independent of any formal tuition. It is also possible that some of these ideas will be mistaken.

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For scientists , the loss of older trees and tropical rainforests is a double blow to life on the earth.

对科学家而言，古老树木和热带雨林的消失是对地球生命的双重打击。

As well as storing massive amounts of carbon , they're hotspots of biodiversity as the homes of orangutans(红毛猩猩),jaguars(美洲豹) and tigers.

它们不仅是储存大量碳的宝库，还是生物多样性的热点区域——作为红毛猩猩、美洲豹和老虎的家园。

According to the new data, these primary forests continue to be destroyed at alarming rates.Brazil accounted for over a third of all losses last year, with deforestation for agriculture as the main motive.
最新数据显示，这些原始森林仍在以惊人速度遭到破坏。去年，巴西的森林损失占全球总量的三分之一以上，农业砍伐是主要原因。

 

The end of 2019 also saw dramatic fires in Australia leading to a sixfold increase in the total number of trees lost compared to 2018.

2019年底，澳大利亚爆发了严重的森林火灾，导致树木损失总量较2018年激增六倍。

 

Adults and children are frequently confronted with statements about the alarming rate of loss of tropical rainforests,
成人和儿童经常接触到关于热带雨林以惊人速度消失的论述。

For example , one graphic illustration to which children might readily relate is the estimate that rainforests are being destroyed at a rate equivalent to one thousand football fields every forty minutes - about the duration of a normal classroom period.
例如，一个儿童容易理解的生动例证是：据估算，热带雨林正以每四十分钟（约一节课时长）损失一千个足球场面积的速度遭到破坏。

In the face of the frequent and often vivid media coverage ,it is likely that children will have formed ideas about rainforests -- what and where they are , why they are important, what endangers them -- independent of any formal tuition.
面对媒体频繁且生动的报道，即使没有正规教育，儿童也可能已形成关于雨林的概念——雨林是什么、位于何处、为何重要、面临哪些威胁。

It is also possible that some of these ideas will be mistaken.
当然，其中部分认知可能存在谬误。