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VOA慢速英语:Deforestation Decreased Over the Past 10 Years
cut down把…砍倒〔割掉〕
例句:He cut the tree down.
他砍倒了这棵树。
相关短语:
cut up切碎, 切割开
例句:Let's cut up the chicken and make some soup.
我们把鸡剁成块煮汤吧。
2.This compares with about sixteen million hectares per year during the nineteen nineties.
compare with(把…)与…相比
例句:How does your new house compare with your old one?
你的新房子和你的旧房子比起来怎样?
Compare the copy with the original.
把这副本与正本比较一下。
3.In addition, the study noted tree-planting programs in countries such as China, India, Vietnam and the United States.
in addition此外,加之,又。通常用的是in addition to,后面跟名词性短语。
其他表达“此外,另外”的短语:
besides(表示排斥)除…之外(还有)
例句:He had other people to take care of besides me.
除了我以外, 他还需要照料其他人。
what's more此外。但是这个短语表达的是比前面更进一步的意思。
例句:What's more, I've no idea of ''.'what'.'' triathlon is.
再说,我对铁人三项又不了解。
4.He said this is a welcome message in two thousand ten - the International Year of Biodiversity.
International Year of Biodiversity
维护地球生物的多样性对人类的生存和发展有着至关重要的意义。然而,近几百年来,人类活动的不断增强使小到蜜蜂、蝴蝶,大到珊瑚礁和热带雨林的动植物都在以前所未有的速度消失。为了让人们认识并了解保护生物多样性的重要性,联大于2006年决定将2010年设立为"国际生物多样性年" (International Year of Biodiversity)。
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