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1、第八篇 Why India Needs Its Dying Vultures印度为什么需要濒临灭亡的秃鹰The vultures(秃鹰) in question(表示讨论中的,注意in和名词question) may look ugly and threatening, but the sudden sharp _1_ in three species of Indias vultures is producing alarm(名词,表示警告) rather than celebration, and it presents the world with a new kind of envir
2、onmental _2_ The dramatic decline in vulture numbers is causing widespread disruption to people living in the same areas as the _3_ . It is also causing serious public health problems _4_ the Indian sub-continent.译文:人们谈论的秃鹰可能看起来既丑又危险,但是印度三种秃鹰濒临灭亡对我们是一种警告,而不是一件值得庆贺的事。它向世人明示了一个新的环境问题。秃鹰数量的急剧减少不仅是这些鸟类的
3、灾难对当地居民同样也是如此,它同时给整个印度次大陆带来了公共卫生问题。While their reputation and appearance may be unpleasant to many Indians,vultures have _5_played a very important role in(固定搭配,play a role in doing sth.,表示扮演角色) keeping towns and villages all over India clean. It is _6_they feed on(词组,表示以为生) dead cows. In India, cow
4、s are sacred animals and are _7_ left in the open when they die in their thousands upon thousands every year.译文:虽然秃鹰的名声不好,许多印度人也讨厌其长相,但是长久以来,秃鹰在维护全印度的城镇和乡村的清洁方面扮演了非常重要的角色。因为秃鹰是以死牛为生。在印度,每年都有成千上万的牛死去,而牛是神圣的动物,死后露尸户外,任其腐烂。The disappearance of the vultures has _8_(固定搭配,表示导致,表达一种因果关系) an explosion in th
5、e numbers of wild dogs feeding on the remains of these dead animals. There are fears that rabies may _9_ as a result. And this terrifying disease may ultimately affect humans in the region, since wild dogs are its main carriers. Rabies could also spread to(表示传播到) other animal species, causing an eve
6、n greater problem in the _10_(词组,表示在未来).译文:秃鹰的消失使得以牛尸为生的野狗数量暴增,因此,人们担心罹患狂犬病的病人会增加。由于野狗是狂犬病的主要携带者,这种可怕的疾病最终会影响当地的居民。狂犬病也可能传播到其他生物,未来会导致更大的问题。The need for action is _11_, so an emergency project has been launched to _12_ a solution to this serious vulture problem. Scientists are trying to identify(动词,
7、表示确认) the disease causing the birds,deaths and, if possible, develop a cure.译文:采取行动刻不容缓。所以,一个危机处理项目已经启动,目的是找到解决秃鹰问题的方法。科学家们正试图确认导致秃鹰死亡的疾病,如果可能的话,找到治愈该病的方法。Large-scale vulture _13_ were first noticed at the end of(固定搭配,注意at) the 1980s in India. A population survey at that time showed that the three s
8、pecies of vultures had declined _14_ (介词,by有“到(某事物)的程度”的意思)over 90 per cent. All three species are now listed as(动词,这里为被动语态,表示被列为) “critically endangered”. As most vultures lay only single eggs and _15_(“花费或用多少时间”英语的常用的表达法是“take. days/months, etc. ”) about five years to reach maturity, reversing the
9、ir population decline will be a long and difficult exercise.译文:在印度,人们注意到秃鹰的大批死亡最早是在20世纪80年代末。根据当时的物种调查显示,三种秃鹰的数量减少了90%以上。目前,这三种秃鹰都被列为“极度濒危动物 由于大部分秃鹰每次只产一只蛋,幼鹰需要大约5年的时间才能成熟,因此,若想遏制住秃鹰数量的下降会是一项长期的、艰巨的任务。练习:1. A. decline B. rise C. teeth D. eyes2. A. benefit B. debate C. problem D. solution3. A. plants
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