内容:A landmark UN report is warning that humans are rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our health and economies depend.一份具有里程碑意义的联合国报告警告说,人类正在迅速破坏我们的健康和经济所依赖的自然世界
笔记:
1. degradation(de+gradation)名词:退化,堕落,动词:degrade
2.pillage ['pɪlɪdʒ](尤指战争中)抢夺,掠夺
3.species ['spiːʃiːz; -ʃɪz; 'spiːs-](单复数同行)
4. extinction[ɪk'stɪŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n; ek-]名词:灭绝,动词/形容词:灭绝(的)
a million species are facing extinction over the coming decades…在未来几十年内,有一百万物种将面临灭绝。
5.unprecedented[ʌn'presɪdentɪd] 空前的un+pre+ced+ent+ed
We're losing species at an unprecedented rate.物种正在以前所未有的速度消失。
6.consume消耗,消费