THE symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature is a giant panda. The panda’s black-and-white pelage certainly makes for a striking logo. But, though pandas are an endangered species, the cause of their endangerment is depressingly quotidian: a loss of habitat as Earth’s human population increases. A better icon might be an elephant, particularly an African elephant, for elephants are not mere collateral damage in humanity’s relentless expansion. Often, rather, they are deliberate targets, shot by poachers, who want their ivory; by farmers, because of the damage they do to crops; and by cattle herders, who see them as competitors for forage.
世界自然基金會(huì)的標(biāo)志是一只大熊貓。大熊貓黑白相間的毛發(fā)無疑是醒目的標(biāo)志。但是即寒，盡管熊貓是瀕危物種，它們?yōu)l危的原因竟然是令人郁悶的日常生活：隨著人口數(shù)量的增加屉凯，棲息地的減少。更好的標(biāo)志可能是一頭大象：尤其是非洲象眼溶，因?yàn)榇笙罂赡懿粌H僅是人類的不斷擴(kuò)張所帶來的附屬傷害悠砚。而且通常，它們是被蓄意射擊的目標(biāo)堂飞，偷獵者想要它們的象牙灌旧；農(nóng)民們，因?yàn)樗鼈儗?duì)莊稼所造成的損害绰筛；放牧人枢泰，他們把它們當(dāng)做飼料的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。
In August 2016 the result of the Great Elephant Census, the most extensive count of a wild species ever attempted, suggested that about 350,000 African savannah elephants remain alive. This is down by 140,000 since 2007. The census, conducted by a team led by Mike Chase, an ecologist based in Botswana, and paid for by Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, undertook almost 500,000km of aerial surveys to come to its conclusion—though the team were unable to include forest elephants, a smaller, more reclusive type that live in west and central Africa, and which many biologists think a separate species.
在2016年8月别智，大象普查結(jié)果顯示大約350000頭非洲草原大象仍然活著宗苍。自2007年以來下降了140000稼稿。這次普查薄榛，由一個(gè)Mike chase領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的隊(duì)伍、博茨瓦納的生態(tài)學(xué)家让歼、微軟的創(chuàng)始人之一保羅艾倫實(shí)施敞恋，一共進(jìn)行了大約500000千米的空中調(diào)查才得出的結(jié)論。但是團(tuán)隊(duì)無法把森林象列為研究的一部分谋右。森林象是一種比較小硬猫，更封閉的物種，它們住在西部和中非改执，許多生物學(xué)家把森林象認(rèn)定是一種單獨(dú)的物種啸蜜。
That most of the decline has been brought about by poaching is scarcely in doubt. Seizures of smuggled ivory, and the size of the carved-ivory market compared with the small amount of legal ivory available, confirm it. But habitat loss is important, too—and not just the conversion of bush into farmland. Roads, railways and fences, built as Africa develops, stop elephants moving around. And an elephant needs a lot of room. According to George Wittemyer of Save the Elephants (STE), a Kenyan research-and-conservation charity, an average elephant living in and around Samburu National Reserve, in northern Kenya, ranges over 1,500 square kilometres during the course of a year, and may travel as much as 60km a day.
大部分下降事由偷獵引起的，這一點(diǎn)是毫無疑問的辈挂。走私象牙的繳獲和大規(guī)模的象牙雕刻市場(chǎng)衬横，與小規(guī)模的合法的象牙交易相比，證明了這一點(diǎn)终蒂。但是棲息地的喪失也是很重要的蜂林。不僅是灌木到農(nóng)田的轉(zhuǎn)變遥诉，隨著非洲的發(fā)展而建立的公路、鐵路噪叙、和柵欄阻礙了大象們的遷徙矮锈。大象需要很大的空間。根據(jù)肯尼亞一個(gè)研究保護(hù)慈善機(jī)構(gòu)《拯救大象》的喬治·維特耶爾說：“在肯尼亞背部的桑布魯自然保護(hù)區(qū)睁蕾，一頭普通大象每年活動(dòng)范圍1500平方公里苞笨，每天遷徙到60km。

重點(diǎn)單詞：
一子眶、reclusive /r??klu?s?v/

ADJ A reclusive person or animal lives alone and deliberately avoids the company of others. 獨(dú)處的; 隱居的

二猫缭、aerial /???r??l/ CET6 TEM4 ( aerials )

ADJ You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes. 從空中的 (襲擊等) [ADJ n]
例：
Weeks of aerial bombardment had destroyed factories and motorways.
數(shù)周的空襲已經(jīng)摧毀了各工廠和公路。

N-COUNT An aerial is a device or a piece of wire that sends and receives television or radio signals and is usually attached to a radio, television, car, or building. 天線

三壹店、forage /?f?r?d?/ TEM8 ( foraging, foraged, forages )

V-I If someone forages for something, they search for it in a busy way. 匆忙搜尋
例：
They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
他們被迫匆忙搜尋衣物和燃料猜丹。

V-I When animals forage, they search for food. (動(dòng)物) 覓食
例：
We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside.
我們驚動(dòng)了一只在路邊覓食的野公豬。

四硅卢、deliberate CET4 ( deliberating, deliberated, deliberates )
形容詞讀作d??l?b?r?t射窒。動(dòng)詞讀作d??l?b??re?t。

ADJ If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance. 故意的
例：
Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained.
目擊者說這次射擊是蓄意的将塑，而且還持續(xù)了一段時(shí)間殷蛇。

deliberately ADV 故意地
例：
It looks as if the blaze was started deliberately.
看來那場(chǎng)火是有人故意放的。

ADJ If a movement or action is deliberate, it is done slowly and carefully. 從容謹(jǐn)慎的
例：
...stepping with deliberate slowness up the steep paths.
…小心翼翼地緩步走上陡峭的小徑痊硕。

deliberately ADV 從容謹(jǐn)慎地 [ADV after v]
例：
The Japanese have acted calmly and deliberately.
那些日本人表現(xiàn)得鎮(zhèn)定且從容场钉。

V-T/V-I If you deliberate, you think about something carefully, especially before making a very important decision. 仔細(xì)考慮
例：
She deliberated over the decision for a good few years before she finally made up her mind.
在她最終下定決心之前，她仔細(xì)考慮了這個(gè)決定多年敢辩。

五蔽莱、striking /?stra?k??/ CET4 TEM4

ADJ Something that is striking is very noticeable or unusual. 顯著的; 不同尋常的
例：
The most striking feature of those statistics is the high proportion of suicides.
那些統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)最顯著的特征是高自殺率。
例：
He bears a striking resemblance to Lenin.
他與列寧有著不同尋常的相似之處戚长。

strikingly ADV 顯著地; 不同尋常地
例：
In one respect, however, the men really were strikingly similar.
然而盗冷，在一方面，這些男人的確驚人地相似同廉。
例：
...a strikingly handsome man.
…一個(gè)異乎尋常地英俊的男人仪糖。

ADJ Someone who is striking is very attractive, in a noticeable way. 俊秀的
例：
She was a striking woman with long blonde hair.
她曾是一個(gè)留著金色長(zhǎng)發(fā)的俊秀女子。

六迫肖、pelage /?p?l?d?/

N the coat of a mammal, consisting of hair, wool, fur, etc 皮毛

七锅劝、seizure /?si???/ CET6+ TEM4 ( seizures )

N-COUNT If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain. (心臟病、腦部疾病等的) 突然發(fā)作
例：
...a mild cardiac seizure.
…一次輕度心臟病發(fā)作蟆湖。

N-COUNT If there is a seizure of power or a seizure of an area of land, a group of people suddenly take control of the place, using force. 占領(lǐng)
例：
...the seizure of territory through force.
…對(duì)領(lǐng)土的武裝占領(lǐng)故爵。

N-COUNT When an organization such as the police or customs makes a seizure of illegal goods, they find them and take them away. 繳獲; 沒收
例：
Police have made one of the biggest seizures of heroin there's ever been.
警方這次繳獲的海洛因是迄今為止數(shù)目最大的幾宗之一。

八帐姻、include /?n?klu?d/ CET4 TEM4 ( including, included, includes )

V-T If one thing includes another thing, it has the other thing as one of its parts. 包括
例：
The trip has been extended to include a few other events.
行程已經(jīng)延長(zhǎng)以包括其他幾項(xiàng)活動(dòng)稠集。

V-T If someone or something is included in a large group, system, or area, they become a part of it or are considered a part of it. 把…列為一部分
例：
I had worked hard to be included in a project like this.
為了成為這樣的項(xiàng)目的一分子奶段，我過去一直埋頭苦干。

九剥纷、undertake /??nd??te?k/ CET4 TEM4 ( undertaking, undertook, undertaken, undertakes )

V-T When you undertake a task or job, you start doing it and accept responsibility for it. 從事; 承擔(dān)
例：
She undertook the task of monitoring the elections.
她承擔(dān)了監(jiān)督選舉的任務(wù)痹籍。

V-T If you undertake to do something, you promise that you will do it. 承諾
例：
He undertook to edit the text himself.
他承諾親自編輯正文。