2019年CRI Brazil to accept aid to fight Amazon fires

 

On Tuesday, Brazil's government walked back its rejection¹ of 20 million U.S. dollars in foreign aid to help fight the fires blazing in the Amazon rainforest.　

President Jair Bolsonaro originally said he would only accept the help if French President Emmanuel Macron apologized to him personally for what he perceived as an insult.

Meanwhile, wild fires in Africa have also come into the spotlight².

NASA data shows a fire burning across Angola, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The area, the Congo basin forest, is known as Earth's "second green lung" after the Amazon.

What's the situation on the ground? What measures should be taken to prevent the fires in Africa from blazing out of control?

Listen to the discussion by Wang Xiao and Xu Yawen from China Plus.

1 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

2 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。