密歇根新闻广播 将中西部的淡水专业知识引入非洲五大湖

 

The North American Great Lakes region has some of the world's leading experts on freshwater issues. A new nonprofit wants to share this expertise¹ with researchers working with the Great Lakes across the Atlantic in Africa.

Ted² Lawrence is executive director of the African Center for Aquatic³ Research and Education. He joined Stateside to talk about the similiarities between the North American and African Great Lakes, and what they can learn from each other.

The African Great Lakes, specifically, are plagued by issues of overfishing and pollution from deforestation, both of which harm the diversity of the lake's ecosystem⁴.

Lawrence said the North American Great Lakes have a strong collaborative process to address the problems in their region, and they hope to bring these processes to the African Great Lakes.

"Our goals are to train the next generation of freshwater experts over in Africa," Lawrence said.

The group will begin by working with a few of their African colleagues to coordinate⁵ and harmonize research priorities on the African Great Lakes.

This post was written by Stateside production assistant Sophie Sherry.

1 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 aquatic   

adj.水生的，水栖的

参考例句：

• Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
• We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。

4 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

5 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。