【看新聞學英語】印度老虎總數增加

【新唐人2011年4月24日訊】【看新聞學英語】

Tiger Population Increases in India

印度老虎總數增加

By Sung-yu Chang, David Lee

【新聞關鍵字】

1. population [͵pɑpjəˋleʃən]:n.動物總數

2. endangered [ɪnˋdendʒɚd]:adj. 瀕臨絕種的

3. habitat [ˋhæbə͵tæt]:n.棲息地;產地

4. estimate [ˋɛstə͵met]:v.估計;估量

5. occupancy [ˋɑkjəpənsɪ]:n.居住;佔有

6. caution [ˋkɔʃən]:v.警告;告誡

7. poacher [ˋpotʃɚ]:n.非法盜獵者

8. implement [ˋɪmplə͵mɛnt]:v.執行;實施

9. mafia [ˋmɑfjə]:n.黑手黨;犯罪團夥

10. census [ˋsɛnsəs]:n.普查;調查

The population of endangered tigers in India has increased by 12 percent, according to the country’s environment minister.

依據國家環境部長所說,在印度快瀕臨絕種的老虎總數已經增加12%。

The minister says that although the tiger population has increased, their available habitat has decreased.

這位部長表示,雖然老虎總數增加,但是牠們的有效棲息地卻減少了。

[Jairam Ramesh, Environment Minister]:

"We used to say that in India there are only 1,411 tigers but we have estimated that the number of tigers in 2010 is 1,636. It is an increase of 12 percent. This is positive information. But the worrying trend is that the area of tiger occupancy has been reduced, especially in central India.”

環境部長拉梅什說:

“我們過去曾說印度只有1,411隻老虎,但是在2010年我們所估計的老虎數量已達到了1,636隻,增加了12%。這是個正面的資訊,但令人擔心的趨勢是,老虎的居住區域卻減少了,特別是在印度中部。”

He also cautioned that poachers and projects near forests are the greatest threats to the animal.

他也提醒,非法盜獵者及附近的森林計畫,是對動物的最大威脅。

[Jairam Ramesh, Environment Minister]:

"The danger today is big projects that are being implemented (around the forest area). Coal mining is going on, real estate mafia has come, mining mafia are there. We will have to fight them. We are only after the poachers, which we will succeed in.”

拉梅什說:“今天的危險是,在環繞森林地區執行的那些大計畫。煤礦正在開採,房地產黑手黨也來了,礦業黑手黨也在那裡。我們必須打擊他們,我們僅是在非法盜獵者之後,但我們會成功的。”

Forest officials used hidden cameras and DNA tests to count the big cats across 19 Indian states.

森林官員使用隱藏式攝影機及基因測試,去計算印度19省份“大貓”的數量。

The census added 70 tigers in the eastern Indian Sunderbans Tiger Reserve.

這份普查顯示,在印度東部的桑德班斯老虎保護區,增加了70隻老虎。

In 2007, there were just over 1,400 tigers, a sharp fall from about 3,600 five years ago.

在2007年,只有大約1,400隻老虎,與 5年前的3,600隻相較遽幅下降。

本則影音新聞出處:新唐人電視台英語新聞

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2011-03-29/tiger-population-increases-in-india.html

【佳句精選】

Although the tiger population has increased, their available habitat has decreased.

雖然老虎總數增加,但棲息地卻減少了

【每日一句】

Tiger is on brink of extinction.

老虎瀕臨絕種

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