VOA常速英语206--保护柬埔寨森林资源迫在眉睫

保护柬埔寨森林资源迫在眉睫

There is good news for Cambodian wildlife threatened by deforestation. The Royal Government of Cambodia and the Wildlife Conservation Society recently signed an important agreement in Phnom Penh to implement¹ the historic carbon transfer agreement announced in July in New York.

柬埔寨因森林砍伐而备受威胁的野生动物们迎来喜讯：最近，柬埔寨皇家政府与野生动物保护协会在金边（Phnom Penh）签订了一项重要协议，准备实行7月于纽约宣布的具有历史性意义的碳转化协议。

The U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, William Heidt, spoke² at the ceremony, attended by Say Samal, Cambodia's Minister of Environment, Dr. Sam Ang Chea, Secretary of State at the Ministry³ of Environment, and Ross Sinclair, of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

协议签订仪式上，美国驻柬埔寨大使威廉发表讲话。此次仪式与会的还有，柬埔寨环境部部长萨马勒、柬埔寨环境部秘书长萨姆，以及野生动物保护协会的罗丝。

“This project will address deforestation pressures on the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary⁴ by strengthening the management of the reserve, securing land titles for communities in the area, ensuring sustainable access to crucial forest resources, and implementing⁵ community development projects. Keo Seima, of course, encompasses⁶ nearly 300,000 hectares in Mondulkiri Province and is one of Cambodia's most important remaining forests,” said Ambasador Heidt.

威廉在讲话中说道，“这次项目的签订将会解决高西玛野生动物禁猎区因森林砍伐所带来的压力，增强自然保护区监管、确保这片地区的地契权、保证重要森林资源的可持续性、实施社区发展项目。高西玛野生动物禁猎区位于蒙多基里省，总面积达近30万公顷，是柬埔寨保留的最重要的森林资源”。

Cambodia's forests, he noted⁷, are “globally important for biodiversity conservation. Keo Seima alone is home to more than 60 species of animals and plants listed as threatened by extinction⁸. Hundreds of communities in and around Keo Seima have been nourished by its nutrients⁹ and sheltered by its canopies¹⁰.”

威廉表示，柬埔寨的森林资源“对生物多样性的保存具有世界性意义。仅高西玛野生动物禁猎区就有濒临灭绝的60多种动植物。高西玛野生动物禁猎区内部和周遭还有成千上万的家庭以其为生，受其庇护”。

But those forests, he warned, are under very serious threat.

但威廉警示人们，这片森林地带正遭受严重威胁。

“The United States has been working closely with the Government for many years to combat deforestation in Prey¹¹ Lang, Keo Seima, the Cardamom Mountains and other areas,” he said.

他说，“美国与柬埔寨政府密切合作多年，与波萝勉、高西玛、豆蔻山脉等地区的森林砍伐行为作斗争”。

“In Keo Seima, USAID has provided financial and technical support for the past four years to conserve¹² Keo Seima's biodiversity, improve the livelihoods¹³ of local communities, and help to prepare the transfer of carbon credits into the international carbon market,” said Ambassador Heidt. “These important activities will continue as part of the REDD+ project.”

威廉表示，“为了保护高西玛野生动物禁猎区的生物多样性，提升当地居民的生活质量，协助碳转化协议的落实，过去四年来，美国国际开发署一直提供着经济和技术支持。这些重要的支持性活动会继续融入到REDD+协议的项目中。

Partnerships¹⁴ with organizations like Wildlife Conservation Society are a very important way of leveraging¹⁵ international support and expertise¹⁶ to help meet the Government's goals. They recognize that not only does Cambodia value its natural resources, but that the international community is also committed to helping¹⁷.

与野生动物保护协会等组织的合作是获取国际支持和专家助力以实现柬埔寨政府目标的一个重要途径。他们发现，不仅柬埔寨珍视其自然资源，国际社会也同样有意助力。

 

Ambassador Heidt said the agreement “can play an important supporting role in the Government's efforts, and lay the groundwork for additional REDD+ agreements in the future that will benefit both Cambodia's forests and the communities that live in and around them.”威廉说，该协议的签订“对支持柬埔寨政府的保护工作具有重要的支持性作用，同时也会为将来REDD+协议的签订打下基础。而REDD+协议也将有利于柬埔寨森林资源的保护和周遭百姓的福祉”。

1 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

5 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

6 encompasses   

v.围绕( encompass的第三人称单数 )；包围；包含；包括

参考例句：

• The job encompasses a wide range of responsibilities. 这项工作涉及的职责范围很广。
• Its conservation law encompasses both its magnitude and its direction. 它的守恒定律包括大小和方向两方面。 来自辞典例句

7 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

8 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

9 nutrients   

n.（食品或化学品）营养物，营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
• Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 canopies   

（宝座或床等上面的）华盖( canopy的名词复数 )； （飞行器上的）座舱罩； 任何悬于上空的覆盖物； 森林中天棚似的树荫

参考例句：

• Golf carts with bright canvas canopies wandered the raingreen fairways. 一场雨后显得愈加葱绿的高尔夫球场草地上，散放着一些带有色彩缤纷的帆布华盖的高尔夫小车。
• Rock permitted seven canopies, cornices floors, decorative glass, Ambilight, momentum magnificent, magnificent. 七檐佛殿背倚山岩，楼层飞檐翘角，殿顶琉璃装饰，流光溢彩，气势恢宏，蔚为壮观。

11 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

12 conserve   

vt.保存，保护，节约，节省，守恒，不灭

参考例句：

• He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
• Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力，你会用得着的！

13 livelihoods   

生计，谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。

14 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

15 leveraging   

促使…改变( leverage的现在分词 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• De-leveraging is a painful process: it has barely begun. 去杠杆化是个痛苦的过程：它才刚刚开始。
• Archimedes said, saying: Give me a fulcrum, I can leveraging the Earth. 阿基米德说过一句话：给我一个支点，我可以撬动地球。

16 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。

17 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。