每天说半小时英语口语035

A:It's terrible how things have changed.You remember there used to be trees on all these hills.
事物变化太大了。你记得过去这些山上种满了树。

B:Really? There aren't many left now.
是吗？现在所剩不多了。

A:No,they've all been cut down and now all the soil is washing away.
不，他们全部被砍下了，现在所有的土壤都被冲走了。

B:Were there any animals in the forest?
森林里有什么动物吗？

A:Yes,I can remember it very well that there used to be all sorts of animals and birds. But nowadays you just don't see the birds that you used to see around here.
是的，我记得非常清楚，过去这里有各种各样的动物和鸟类。但是，过去那些在这附近常常可以看到的鸟，现在都看不到了。