VOA常速英语:Proposed Tourism Ban Renews Tiger Welfare Debate in India

短语讲解：

1. "The tigers of India are being made to pay for the mindless tourism and their numbers are falling constantly," said Dubey.

pay for 为…付钱; 因…受罚〔痛苦〕; 为…付出代价
例句：He'll have to pay for what he has done.
他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

2. He also points to an incident earlier this year in Madhya Pradesh, when a tourist vehicle struck and killed a female tiger, resulting in the eventual death of the two cubs she was trying to protect.

point to显示…的位置〔方向〕; 表明
例句：All the signs at the moment point to an early resumption of the fighting between the two countries.
眼下的一切迹象都表明这两个国家将很快重新开战。
result in导致,结果是
例句：The game resulted in another victory for our team.
比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。

3. Many activists find common ground in the opinion that tiger tourism should be better managed in the country, but resist the notion of a tourism ban.

common ground共同点
例句：We may seek common ground while reserving differences.
我们可以求同存异。

4. "I compared a tourism zone with a non-tourism zone and I was studying this for four years and the benefits of tourism were enormous," she noted.

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?

5. By the tourists going in for a few hours a day, they are actually becoming the eyes and ears of the public.

go in进去, 进入
例句：He went in by the back door and found himself in the kitchen.
他从后门走进去, 发现自己到了厨房。