时间:2018-12-13 作者:英语课 分类:北师大版高中英语模块8(选修)


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[00:01.94]Fresh water

[00:03.71]Rivers, lakes and wet-lands are sources

[00:06.23]of fresh water,not only for humans,

[00:08.50]but for wildlife too.

[00:10.35]Due to pollution and climate change,

[00:12.60]about 50% of the world's fresh water habitats

[00:15.09]have been destroyed in the last 100 years.

[00:19.15]And more than 3 billion people

[00:21.04]in poor countries

[00:22.31]do not have enough clean water.

[00:25.35]The WWF works hard to protect fresh-water

[00:28.53]environment from pollution and to help people

[00:31.87]in developing countries have access to safe,

[00:34.93]clean water.

[00:36.58]Nobody knows exactly how many species 1 of plants

[00:39.27]and animals there are on Earth.

[00:41.45]Scientists say that there would be as many as

[00:44.08]15 million different species.

[00:46.06]Sadly, many species have become extinct 2

[00:48.92]and many are in danger of extinction 3.

[00:51.63]But thanks to the hard work of organizations

[00:53.59]like the WWF,

[00:55.55]more and more have a chance to survive.

[00:57.23]



1 species
n.物种,种群
  • Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗?
  • This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。
2 extinct
adj.灭绝的,不再活跃的,熄灭了的,已废弃的
  • All hopes were extinct.所有希望都破灭了。
  • Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。
3 extinction
n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种
  • The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
  • The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
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