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VOA常速英语:Indigenous People Vulnerable to Climate Change
1. Droughts, heavy rains and floods have put indigenous people around the world at risk.
at risk有危险
例句:The disease is spreading, and all children under five are at risk.
这疾病在蔓延, 五岁以下的小孩都有危险。
2. So for instance, after a period of heavy rainfall or flooding there’s often increased in bacteria and pathogens in the water due to runoff and things like that.
due to由于,因为
例句:Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。
3. So often times, the quality of health data that we have on indigenous populations is not of as high a quality and it’s not as long-term data sets compared to non-indigenous communities in the same country.
compare to把…比作, 喻为; 与…相比
例句:Life is compared to a voyage.
人生好比航海。
4. One of the ideas being considered to help the Batwa is to set up a community radio station broadcasting in the local language.
set up建立,建造, 创立, 竖立
例句:Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。
5. The Batwa have been described as “conservation refugees.”
describe as描述为
例句:His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。
6. Phase two will consist of using that data to form action plans to protect indigenous people and their water supplies.
consist of由…组成,由...构成
例句:The entire world consists of matter.
整个世界都是由物质组成的。
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