Than Gold
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The Amazon Rainforest.
(原始内容存档于2018-10-21) (英语). Can of Content The Amazon Rainforest.
4 Threats to the Rainforest.
4. 对雨林的威胁。
6 Why Gold?
为什么是高德?
9 Gold Mining in the Amazon.
9 亚马逊金矿.
10 Protecting the Rainforest.
10"保护雨林".
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 The Amazon Rainforest Imagine walking through a beautiful forest with giant trees, vines, and large, colorful flowers.
16"亚马逊雨林" 想象一下在一棵美丽的森林中走来走去,里面有巨大的树木,藤蔓和多彩的花朵.
Strange sounds made by birds, monkeys, and other wild animals fill the air.
鸟,猴等野生动物发出奇怪的声音,使空气充斥.
Big, brightly colored snakes, frogs, and insects crawl along the branches.
大而有明色的蛇,青蛙等昆虫会沿着树枝爬行.
The temperature is high, but raindrops sprinkle through leaves overhead.
温度很高,但雨滴会从叶子上喷出。
The tangled trees of the Amazon rainforest are home to millions of species of animals and plants.
亚马逊雨林被缠绕的树木是数百万种动植物的家园.
Threats to the Rainforest The Amazon River flows for about 4,000 miles (6,437 km) from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.
对雨林的威胁 亚马逊河从安第斯山脉流向大西洋约4000英里(6,437公里).
In the river valley, constant warm temperatures and large amounts of rain allow for amazing biodiversity in the rainforest.
在河谷,恒定的温暖温度和大量的降雨使得雨林的生物多样性惊人.
The Amazon rainforest is so vast that it seems as though nothing could harm it.
亚马逊雨林如此之大 似乎没什么能伤害它
However, people destroy huge areas of the rainforest every year through deforestation.
然而,人们每年都会通过砍伐森林来破坏雨林的巨大区域.
Deforestation happens for many reasons.
砍伐森林的发生有许多原因。
Loggers cut down trees to make paper and wood products, such as furniture.
伐木者砍伐树木来做纸和木制品,如家具.
Ranchers clear land for cattle.
兰彻为牛开地.
Farmers use land to grow soybeans, corn, and other crops.
农民用地来种植大豆,玉米等作物.
Suddenly you come upon a bare area with no plants or animals and an enormous, deep hole gouged into the ground.
突然你来到一个没有植物或动物的空地, 一个巨大的深洞被挖入地里。
The grinding of machines and the yells of people replace the wild forest sounds.
机器的磨损和人们的叫声取代了野生森林的声音.
Many workers hurry in and around the hole.
许多工人在洞内和洞外匆匆赶来.
They are mining for gold.
他们正在开采黄金。
This is South America’s Amazon rainforest— a place with more kinds of plants and animals than any other.
这是南美洲的亚马逊雨林——一个拥有比任何其他种类更多的动植物的地方.
However, human activities are destroying this rainforest, and gold mining is among the most harmful.
然而,人类活动正在破坏这片雨林,而采金业是最有害的.
It takes years for the rainforest to recover from the destruction caused by illegal mines, such as this one near the border of Brazil.
雨林需要几年的时间才能从非法地雷造成的破坏中恢复过来,例如巴西边境附近的这一起.
These satellite photos show the effects of logging in one section of the Amazon rainforest from 2000 to 2006.
这些卫星照片显示了从2000年到2006年亚马逊雨林一地段伐木的效果.
Tens of thousands of plant species, billions of insects, and many fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals live in the Amazon region.
数以万计的植物物种,数十亿的昆虫,以及许多鱼类,两栖动物,爬行动物,鸟类,哺乳动物生活在亚马逊地区.
The forest’s destruction has likely wiped out thousands of plant and animal species.
森林的破坏可能使数千个动植物物种灭绝。
Many of these may not have been discovered or studied by scientists.
科学家们可能没有发现或研究过其中的许多。
From some of these extinct plants and animals, scientists might have been able to discover things that could help people, such as medicines.
从这些已经灭绝的植物和动物中,科学家们也许能够发现一些可以帮助人们的东西,比如药物.
The Amazon rainforest also produces about 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen, and water vapor released by the vast number of rainforest plants affects the global climate.
亚马逊雨林也生产出地球20%的氧气, 大量雨林植物释放出的水蒸气会影响全球气候。
The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest may add to global climate change as well.
亚马逊雨林被砍伐,也可能加剧全球气候变化。
Rainforest plants remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for photosynthesis, the process by which they make their own food.
雨林植物从大气中去除二氧化碳以进行光合作用,这是它们自己制作食物的过程.
With fewer plants, more carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere.
随着植物减少,更多的二氧化碳会留在大气中.
Large amounts of carbon dioxide trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere and contribute to global warming.
大量二氧化碳陷阱在地球大气层中发热并导致全球变暖。
Though not the greatest causes of deforestation, gold prospecting and mining cause long-term damage.
虽然并非毁林的最大原因,但黄金探矿和采矿造成长期损害。
They also affect more than just the areas around the mines.
它们不仅影响到地雷周围地区。
The high price of gold fuels demand, which means the destruction will continue for years to come.
高价的黄金燃料需求,这意味着这种破坏将持续到今后几年。
A scientist holds a young Hyacinth Macaw.
科学家持有一个年轻的Hyacinth Macaw.
These endangered birds are native to the Amazon rainforest.
这些濒危鸟类是亚马逊雨林的原生地.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Plants store large amounts of carbon, which they use to make energy.
植物储存了大量的碳,它们用来制造能量.
When they are burned, large amounts of carbon dioxide are released into the air.
当被烧后,大量二氧化碳被排放到空气中.
Scientists think that in the future, the Amazon rainforest will produce more carbon dioxide than it removes.
科学家认为,未来亚马逊雨林产生的二氧化碳会比去除的还要多.
Why Gold?
为什么是高德?
Gold is very valuable and difficult to find in nature.
黄金非常有价值,很难在自然界中找到.
Large amounts of it exist underground in the Amazon Valley.
其中大量存在于亚马逊河谷地底.
People mainly use gold to make jewelry.
人们主要用黄金来做珠宝.
However, many computers, cell phones, and televisions contain gold wires.
然而,许多计算机,手机,电视机都含有金线.
Dentists use gold when repairing teeth.
牙医在修牙时会使用黄金.
Gold on the outside of spacecraft keeps the Sun’s heat from damaging equipment.
宇宙飞船外面的黄金使太阳的热量不会损坏设备。
With so many uses for gold—and more expected—the price of this rare metal has increased in recent years.
这种稀有金属的价格近年来上涨,
Gold Mining in the Amazon The methods used in gold prospecting and mining are harmful to people as well as the rainforest.
亚马逊金矿 黄金探矿和采矿所使用的方法对人和雨林都有害。
Many of the gold mines are small, illegal operations located in parts of the forest protected by governments.
许多金矿都是位于被政府保护的森林部分地段的小型非法作业.
Many South American governments do not have enough money or officers to protect the land, which means these mines wipe out more and more of the forest every year.
许多南美政府没有足够的钱或军官来保护这片土地,这意味着这些地雷每年都会越来越多地消灭森林.
Illegal miners in Peru search for gold in a protected part of the rainforest.
秘鲁非法矿工在雨林受保护地段寻找黄金.
Year Value Gold Price per Ounce, 2000 to 2012 2012 Source: kitco.
2000-2012年每起旺斯的黄金价格 资料来源:Kitco。
com $2,000 $1,750 $1,500 $1,250 $1,000 $750 $500 $250 $0 Many people living in the Amazon region are poor and have little opportunity to make a living.
居住在亚马逊地区的许多人贫穷,几乎没有谋生的机会。
Gold miners can earn more than $70 per day, which is more money than a farmer in the area would earn in a month.
金矿开采者每天可挣70多美元,比当地农民一个月能挣多。
To these people, money to feed their families is worth the damage to their health and the health of the rainforest.
对这些人来说,养活家人的钱值得他们的健康以及雨林的健康受损.
To get the buried gold, prospectors cut down or burn all the trees.
为了得到被掩埋的黄金,探矿者会砍倒或烧毁所有树木.
They then dig a deep pit with machines or blast out a pit with dynamite.
然后用机器挖出深坑 或用炸药炸出坑来
The pit may be as deep as 50 feet (15 m).
坑口可能深至50英尺(15米).
Miners blast away the walls of the pit with powerful water cannons.
矿工用强大的水炮将坑壁炸开.
This process loosens the ore, which contains the gold, from the walls.
这个过程能从墙上松开含有黄金的矿石.
The loosened, muddy mixture is sucked up into dump trucks that empty the mud into containers.
松散的泥浆混合物被吸入倒垃圾卡车,将泥浆倒入容器.
Workers mix the mud with mercury, a toxic metal, sometimes using their bare hands or feet.
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The mercury separates the gold from the ore.
汞能从矿石中分离出黄金.
Some smaller mines use copper pans or sheets to separate the gold and mercury mixture from the mud.
一些较小的矿场使用铜锅或被子来将金和汞混合物从泥中分离出.
Others use sluices, in which a filter captures the heavier gold and mercury mixture as the watery mud runs down.
另一些则使用粘液,其中过滤器会捕获出水中泥下流时较重的金和汞混合物.
The mercury is removed from the gold, often by burning it away.
汞被从金上取出,经常被烧走.
The gold can then be sold.
后能出出出出金.
The water cannons that miners use have enough power to lift a person off the ground.
矿工使用的水炮具有足够的能将一个人从地上抬出.
A miner pours the mercury and gold mixture into a tub to be processed.
矿工将汞和金混合物倒入要加工的浴缸.
Handling mercury is extremely dangerous.
处理汞极为危险。
(Inset) After processing tons of soil, a miner shows how much gold he has found in one day.
(内置) 在加工了一吨土壤后,一名矿工展示了他一天里找到多少黄金.
This process contaminates the forest with mercury.
这一过程会用汞污染森林。
In the soil, it poisons forest plants and farm crops.
在土壤中会毒害森林植物和农田作物.
In rivers, it enters the bodies of fish.
入于河流入于鱼身.
As larger fish eat smaller fish, the amount of mercury in the bodies of the larger fish increases until they become poisonous.
随着更大型的鱼类吃更小型的鱼类,更大型的鱼类体内的汞含量会增加,直到它们变得有毒.
When people or other animals drink contaminated water or eat contaminated plants or fish, they become poisoned by the large amounts of mercury.
当人们或其他动物喝受污染的水或吃受污染的植物或鱼时,就会被大量的汞毒死.
Because gold miners work so closely with mercury, they often become poisoned when they breathe in its fumes or touch the chemical with their bare hands or feet.
由于金矿开采者与汞的配合如此密切,当金矿开采者在汞的烟雾中呼吸时,或赤手空拳地接触该化学品时,往往会中毒.
Mercury poisoning can cause many health problems, including lung disease, kidney disease, shaking, blindness, and trouble walking and talking.
汞中毒会造成许多健康问题,包括肺病,肾病,发抖,失明等,以及走路和说话的麻烦.
People who have been poisoned may be in great pain and so sick that they can barely move.
被下毒的人可能身受巨大痛苦和疾病,几乎无法移动.
It can take years for people to recover from some of the effects of mercury poisoning, while others will never heal.
人们可能需要数年的时间才能从汞中毒的某些影响中恢复过来,而其他人则永远不会痊愈.
Protecting the Rainforest Many people are working to protect and preserve the rainforest.
保护雨林 许多人致力于保护并保存雨林.
This is difficult work.
这是困难的工作。
Gold mining, logging, ranching, and other harmful activities are profitable and widespread throughout the Amazon region.
黄金开采、伐木、牧场和其他有害活动在亚马逊地区都是有利可图的并很普遍。
Some governments in the Amazon region are spending more money to enforce laws and close down illegal mines.
亚马逊地区一些政府正在花更多的钱执行法律并关闭非法地雷。
However, as long as poor people have few jobs and little money, they may want or need to mine gold.
然而,只要穷人的工作很少,钱也很少,他们可能想要或需要开采黄金.
The best solution to the problem of rainforest destruction may be for governments to improve economic opportunities.
雨林破坏问题的最佳解决办法可能是各国政府改善经济机会。
For example, the government of Brazil has programs to improve the education and job skills of poor people.
例如,巴西政府制定了改善穷人教育和工作技能的方案。
This allows them to get other jobs besides those that harm the rainforest.
这使得他们可以得到除了那些伤害雨林的工作之外的其他工作.
Illegal miners must clear away the rainforest to make their camps.
非法采矿者必须清除雨林 才能建立营地
with mercury.
与汞。
increases.
增加额。
poisonous.
有毒药.
Governments are not alone in protecting the rainforest.
在保护雨林方面,政府并非孤立无援。
They have help from conservation organizations.
他们得到了保护组织的帮助。
These groups work with government agencies, businesses, and other organizations to study and conserve natural places.
这些团体与政府机构、企业和其他组织合作,研究和保护自然地貌。
Continued efforts by both governments and conservation organizations are necessary to stop illegal mining and protect the rainforest.
各国政府和养护组织必须继续努力制止非法采矿并保护雨林。
The Amazon region may seem far away, but its destruction affects the entire world.
亚马逊地区可能看起来很遥远,但是它的破坏影响到了整个世界.
Are the jewelry and other things we make from gold really worth damaging the health of the planet and its inhabitants?
我们用黄金做的珠宝和其他东西 是否真的值得破坏地球及其居民的健康?
Glossary biodiversity (n.)
生物多样性词汇表(不详)
the variety of life forms on Earth or in a specific habitat or ecosystem (p.
地球上或特定生境或生态系统中的各种生命形式(p.
6) conservation (n.)
6) 保护 (n.
the protection of wild lands and the living things found there (p.
保护野地和发现的活物(p.
15) contaminates (v.)
15) 污染(五.
makes something unusable or unsafe by adding a harmful or unwanted substance (p.
通过添加有害或有害物质(p.
13) deforestation (n.)
13) 毁林(n.)
the clearing away of trees and other vegetation in an area (p.
清除某一地区的树木和其他植被(p.
6) illegal (adj.)
(6) 非法(adj.)
against or forbidden by a law or rule (p.
法律或规则所禁止或禁止的(p.
10) mercury (n.)
10)汞(n.
a silver metal that is liquid at room temperature and very poisonous (p.
一种银质金属,在室温下为液态并极有毒(p.
12) mining (v.)
12) 采矿(五.
taking minerals from the ground by digging or blasting (p.
通过挖掘或爆破从地上取出矿物(p.
5) ore (n.)
5)矿石 (n.
a rock that has useful minerals or metals inside it (p.
内有有用矿物或金属的岩石(p.
11) prospecting (n.)
11) 探矿(不详)
searching for valuable things, such as mineral deposits or oil (p.
寻找有价值物品,如矿藏或石油(p.
8) rainforest (n.)
8) 雨林 (n.
a dense forest, usually in a tropical area, that receives a lot of rain and contains diverse animal and plant life (p.
一种密集的森林,通常分布于热带地区,可接受大量降雨并包含多种动植物活(p.
5) sluices (n.)
5）水闸（名词）
artificial passages for water that often have a valve or gate to control the flow (p.
通常有阀门或闸门来控制流量的水的人工通道(p.
12) toxic (adj.)
12) 毒性(adj.)
poisonous; dangerous to life (p.
有毒;对生命有危险(p.
12) A farmer checks on a young tree as part of a reforestation project in Brazil.
12) 农民检查一棵小树,作为巴西再造林项目的一部分。