📖 Lesson 9 · Wildlife Protection 野生动物保护

第 9 篇 · 共 40 篇｜高考词汇以绿色高亮，下方附释义

Dinosaurs died out because of an unexpected incident.

恐龙因为一场意外的事件而灭绝了。

dinosaur 恐龙 die out 灭绝、消失 unexpected 意外的 incident 事件

But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just because humans do harm to it.

但如今的野生动物正在消失或处境危险，仅仅是因为人类对它们造成了伤害。

wildlife 野生动物 disappear 消失 do harm to 伤害、损害

For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.

例如，老虎因皮毛被猎杀用来制作地毯，以至于它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草原被无情地毁坏，于是形成了沙尘暴，影响遥远的城市。

reserve 保护区 without mercy 毫不留情地、无情地 dust storm 沙尘暴 come into being 形成、产生

Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes biting.

去年，科学家们看到一些猴子用某种昆虫在身上摩擦，以保护自己免受凶猛蚊子的叮咬。

rub 摩擦 insect 昆虫 fierce 凶猛的 mosquito 蚊子

According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerful drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects.

根据调查的结果，他们发现这种昆虫含有一种强效的药物，于是当地农民被雇来捕捉这些昆虫。

inspection 检查、调查 contain 含有 drug 药物 employ 雇佣

The ending was that the insects disappeared from the whole zone.

结果，这些昆虫从整个地区消失了。

ending 结局、结果 zone 地区、区域

When told that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded, "Our real loss is our decreasing income."

当被告知这对人类是一种损失时，农民们突然大笑起来，回答说：“我们真正的损失是我们不断减少的收入。”

loss 损失 burst into laughter 突然大笑起来 respond 回答、回应 decreasing 不断减少的

We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection.

我们应该珍惜自然的平衡，更加重视野生动物保护的重要性。

appreciate 珍视、感激 balance 平衡 importance 重要性

Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.

只有当我们成功让野生动物过上安宁的生活时，我们才能如释重负地微笑。

succeed in 成功做到 in relief 如释重负地、松了口气地