译林版牛津高中英语(必修5):Unit2 The environment-Reading(2)

Much sea life is being¹ destroyed by fishing boats as well.

捕鱼也破坏了很多的海洋生物。

These boats catch large numbers of fish without giving them time to lay eggs.

这些渔船大量捕捞鱼类而不给它们繁殖的时间。

This will result in a smaller number of fish left for us to eat in the future.

这将导致未来可食用的鱼类越来越少。

While we damage² our environment, we keep producing more and more people who need more land to live on and more food to eat!

当我们破坏自然环境时，人口还在不停增加，对土地和食物的需要也在增加。

The world's population has grown by six times what it was in 1800. The figure³ is now about 7 billion people!

世界上的人口比1800年时增加了6倍。这个数字现在大约是70亿。

It is our duty to try to cut back on production⁴ and reduce⁵ the number of things we make and buy.

努力减少人口，降低生产和消费是我们的责任。

The amount of rubbish we produce is turning into a big problem; we need to think more about recycling our waste.

我们生产的垃圾已经成为大问题；我们应该更多思考循环利用废弃物。

It would be good to increase the amount of wastes we recycle, and teach people ways of living that do not harm⁶ the environment.

提高回收物品的总量是很有好处的，教人们学会对环境有益的生活方式。

We may even create more jobs and help our country become more developed at the same time. Thank you.

我们甚至可以提供更多的工作机会，同时还可以帮助我们的国家变得更发达。谢谢。

1 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

2 damage   

n.(pl.)赔偿金，损坏，毁坏；vt.损害，毁坏

参考例句：

• Don't bend the book back,and you'll damage it.别向后卷书，会弄坏的。
• He paid for the damage done.他赔偿了造成的损失。

3 figure   

n.数字，算术，图解；轮廓；vi.计算，出现，扮演角色；vt.计算在内，估计，推测，认为

参考例句：

• I will check up the figure.我来核对一下这个数字。
• I'm watching my figure.我一直注意保持身材。

4 production   

n.生产，产品，产量，作品，成果

参考例句：

• Production goes up faster this month.这个月产量上升更快。
• A famous actress is to play in our next production.一位著名女演员将在我们下一个剧本中扮演角色。

5 reduce   

vt.减小；缩减；简化

参考例句：

• The new law will reduce pollution of the rivers.这条新法律将会减轻河流污染。
• He won't reduce the rent of our house.他不肯减少我们住房的租金。

6 harm   

n./v.危害；伤害；损害

参考例句：

• His behaviour did more harm than good to himself.他的行为对他自己害多利少。
• Never do anything to harm the interests of the people.决不能损害人民的利益。