70% Fewer Animals Today

Today, I want to talk about animal conservation, or saving animals. Why? Well, today is World Wildlife Conservation Day. 今天是野生動物保育日，我們來聊聊保育動物！ Conservation means saving something. Water conservation means saving water. Energy conservation means saving energy. "Conservation" 就是節約，或是保育。我們可以節約用水，或是節約能源。 Did you know that there are fewer animals today than ever before? An organization called the World Wildlife Fund says there are 70% fewer animals today than in 1970! 你知道，現在的動物數量，比以前少嗎？世界自然基金會說，現在比1970年少了百分之70！ That's terrible. Why is this happening? One reason is because people are cutting down lots of trees, especially in the Amazon. 怎麼會這樣？原因之一是人類砍掉太多樹了，尤其是在亞馬遜雨林。 Animals that need the trees to live are in real trouble. 需要這個雨林才能生存的動物有麻煩了。 Another problem is pollution, and climate change. 其他的問題還有汙染跟氣候變遷。 Some animals have gone down even more than 70 percent. For example, the World Wildlife Fund talks about a type of gorilla from Brazil that's down by 80%! 有一些動物的數量減少了更多！巴西的一種猩猩少了百分之80！ The animals need our help! Soon, it could be too late… ________________________________ Vocabulary 保護樹木是保護動物的好辦法，可以讓很多種動物活下去。 1. water 水 Jane, you're wasting too much water. 你用太多水了。 I'm brushing my teeth. I need water. 我在刷牙，我需要水。 2. trouble 麻煩 With so much rain, our water supply is not in trouble. 下那麼多雨，我們的自來水供應又沒有問題。 That's not the point. 那不是重點。 The Earth is in trouble. 是地球有麻煩了。 3. cut down 砍掉 Did you cut down my orange tree? 你是不是把我的橘子樹砍掉了？ What?! No! 什麼? 我沒有！ Why would I do that? 我為什麼要那樣？ Because it's not there now. 因為它現在不在那裏了。 4. another 另一個 Let me check. 我來瞧瞧。 You've put the pot in another place. 你把花盆放在另外一個地方了。 See, it's right here! 你看，就在這兒。 Let's read these words. water 水 trouble 麻煩 cut down 砍掉 another 另一個 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What does "conservation" mean? A: Using something B: Saving something C: Wasting something 2. How much have animal populations gone down? A: 7 percent B: 17 percent C: 70 percent 3. Which environmental problem is NOT mentioned? A: Pollution B: Cutting down trees C: Plastic in the ocean Answers 1.B 2. C 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn