时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语课程学习计划和讲义


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One of the most pressing problems facing our world today is the advance of deserts and the droughts this causes. June 17 is officially the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. It was created by the United Nations to draw attention to the seriousness of farmland and forests lost to deserts. The UN General Assembly drew up the “Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa”. This long-titled initiative hopes to reverse desertification. To do this, agencies must educate poorer nations about the dangers of land degradation 1. Such education is one way to help reduce poverty and encourage sustainable development.


UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a speech that “land degradation affects a significant portion of the Earth’s arable 2 lands, directly impacting the well-being 3 of people and economic development of countries”. He added that: “As the population grows, and with it the demand for agriculture production, traditional systems of managing the land are collapsing 4.” Mr. Ban said the UN must work harder to reduce poverty and protect dry lands. He told the world: “The time has come for the international community to recognize that dry land, where nearly half of the world’s poor live, is not waste land. Rather, they are potential areas for agricultural intensification 5 for both food and energy needs.”



n.降级;低落;退化;陵削;降解;衰变
  • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
  • Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。
adj.可耕的,适合种植的
  • The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
  • Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗?
n.安康,安乐,幸福
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
压扁[平],毁坏,断裂
  • Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
  • The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。
n.激烈化,增强明暗度;加厚
  • The intensification of the immunological response represents the body's natural defense. 增强免疫反应代表身体的自然保卫。 来自辞典例句
  • Agriculture in the developing nations is not irreversibly committed, to a particular pattern of intensification. 发展中国家的农业并没有完全为某种集约化形式所束缚。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
.bgl
acceptance cone
achievement-oriented
Alpine type of folding
arithmetical progression
Bassaricyon
Bramley's Seedling
brasque
bright-finished surface
cell membrane
chaqueta
chloride of barium
chlorition
color visual field
community-based organization
compounded latex
cover remover
cream pack
dark germination
diacetyl tannin
economy size
emicate
epidermal nevus syndrome
epidium
ESFP
Euonymus angustatus
extraordinary ray (e ray)
ezeiza
fanglike
flush head rivet
frenula of Morgagni
frosted
fuggin'
gas differential pressure control
genus listerias
glycyrrhiza lepidotas
goa beans
guided discharge
gyprock
how come?
huemmel
hydroperinephrosis
ideal frequency distribution
IMTG
inculcating
isomar
kadsura philippinensis
lacrimoso
lighting plan
luckers
lyma
Maastricht Treaty
microfractionating tube
microsoft mail application program interface
Microsoftian
mimeograph room
modest capacity memory
monographic series
mouseiest
Muhavura
navy radar
nontacky
nuclear-materials
olanexidine
one literal rule
opening mode of crack
opening statement of counsel
overproliferate
perloffite
Phoebe hainanensis
play into ... hands
polyurethane rubber
PQQ
pre-filtered
predictable stochastic process
preferential tariff
pro-russian
punch connection
radiation bank count
radiation-damage criteria
reckless endangerment
secondary additive
service meter
short shank ham
slope of stairs
spear pointer
stopped short
sum up
sunflower
tabanus birmanicus
television sweeper
temper point
thickly
tomato leaf mould
tour car
unsayabler
upselling
wear history
white sulfate of alumina
wollastonite-7T
year-class
yfostered