时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:美国英语听力80篇


英语课

[00:04.52]24) Bush Meat Crisis 1:

[00:11.21]The meat of wild forest animals, called bush meat,

[00:16.09]has long been an important part of the diet of people in central and western Africa.

[00:22.91]But hunters are killing 2 too many of these animals.

[00:27.59]The hunters are supported by the logging 3 industry that cuts down trees for profit.

[00:34.66]Environmentalists say animals such as gorillas 4 and chimpanzees are especially at risk.

[00:42.21]They say these animals are in danger of disappearing if the so called bush meat trade is not slowed.

[00:50.34]Bush meat is the main source of animal protein for a majority of people in Congo Kinshasa,

[00:59.01]Congo Brazzaville,Cameroon,: and Gabon.

[01:03.45]Experts say individuals who hunt meat for their families do not affect the number of animals in the African forests.

[01:12.41]But they say this has changed in recent years because of over-hunting for the illegal bush meat trade.

[01:21.27]Bush meat is sold in markets and eating-places in African cities.

[01:27.80]Bush meat is also sold in local markets near logging settlements

[01:33.13]where it is popular among the thousands of workers.

[01:36.81]Jane Goodall is an expert on gorillas in the wild.

[01:42.09]She says the logging companies have made the situation worse because they have built roads deep into forests.

[01:51.39]She says that has made it easier for hunters to reach endangered animals.

[01:57.11]Environmentalists say hunting is only one of the problems facing the animals.

[02:04.66]The animals are also threatened by millions of central Africans who have been displaced 5 by civil wars in the past ten years.

[02:14.16]Armed citizens are killing wildlife because they are unable to get other kinds of food.

[02:21.74]Environmentalists say logging companies need to be pressured to ban the export of any threatened animals.

[02:31.75]And they say local people need to be educated about the dangers of eating bush meat.

[02:39.32]Some bush meat has been shown to contain the deadly Ebola virus and the AIDS virus.

[02:47.29]Environmentalists say the bush meat trade can be reduced by providing other kinds of animal meat for people to eat.

[02:56.93]But they say this can only be done with the help of international aid organizations.

[03:04.76]Jane Goodall says many animals in central Africa could disappear in the next twenty years

[03:12.71]without efforts to deal with the bush meat problem.



1 crisis
n.危机,危急关头,决定性时刻,关键阶段
  • He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明,在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
  • The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。
2 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 logging
n.伐木搬运业;记录,存入;航行日志v.砍伐树木(log的现在分词)
  • All these measures were calculated to prevent water-logging by rainstorm or mountain torrents. 这些措施都是为了预防暴雨或山洪造成的涝灾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They cleared large tracts of forest for farming, logging and ranching. 他们清除了大片的森林以经营农耕、采伐与畜牧。 来自辞典例句
4 gorillas
n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 );暴徒,打手
  • the similitude between humans and gorillas 人类和大猩猩的相像
  • Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch. 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 displaced
移动( displace的过去式和过去分词 ); 替换; 移走; 撤职
  • Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines. 工厂的工人已逐渐被机器取代。
  • He was displaced by another young man. 他已被另一个年轻人顶替。
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