動物保護組織表示，一種近 30 年未被目擊到的鳥類可能已經滅絕。這種名為 “細嘴杓鷸” 的濱鳥很可能成為歐洲大陸、北非和西亞地區首個被記錄為滅絕的鳥類。
The slender-billed curlew is a shorebird. It breeds in Western Siberia before migrating to the Mediterranean in winter. But there’s not been a confirmed sighting since February 1995, when it was spotted in Morocco.
細嘴杓鷸是一種濱鳥。這種鳥在西伯利亞西部繁殖，然後遷徙到地中海過冬。但自從 1995 年 2 月在摩洛哥被觀察到以來，再也沒有對細嘴杓鷸的確認目擊報告。
Extensive efforts across decades to find evidence of the bird in its breeding and non-breeding ranges have all proved unsuccessful. Its disappearance is a stark warning of the need to tackle the loss and degradation of inland grassland and wetland.
幾十年來，大量試圖在它們的繁殖和非繁殖活動區域內尋找細嘴杓鷸蹤跡的努力都以失敗告終。細嘴杓鷸的消失對我們是一個嚴厲的警告，我們必須設法對內陸濕地和草原的退化和消失采取應對措施。
詞匯表
shorebird 濱鳥，生活在海濱的鳥類
migrating 遷徙
confirmed sighting （對某個生物的）確認目擊
extensive 大量的，廣泛的
evidence 證據，蹤跡
breeding 繁殖
ranges 范圍，區域
proved unsuccessful （某事）以失敗告終
stark warning 嚴厲的警告
degradation 退化，劣化
grassland 草原
wetland 濕地
聽力練習
一、聽第一遍音頻，回答下列問題：
1. Do experts have a good reason to believe that the slender-billed curlew is extinct? Why or Why not?
二、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題：
1. The slender-billed curlew spends the coldest part of the year by the Mediterranean.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
2. But there’s _______ confirmed sighting since February 1995.
3. The last sighting was on the shore of the Mediterranean, in Morocco.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
4. People have been searching for this bird for _______.
a. days
b. months
c. years
5. Efforts to find the bird _______.
a. have failed
b. have been extended
c. have succeeded
6. Its disappearance is a stark warning of the need to tackle _______ and degradation of inland grassland and wetland.
答案
一、聽第一遍音頻，回答下列問題：
1. Do experts have a good reason to believe that the slender-billed curlew is extinct? Why or why not?
Yes, experts do have good a reason to believe that the slender-billed curlew is extinct: There have been no confirmed sightings since 1995 and extensive efforts to find evidence of the bird have been unsuccessful.
二、用一分鐘閱讀下列問題，然後聽第二遍音頻並回答問題：
1. True. The slender-billed curlew migrates to the Mediterranean in winter.
2. But there’s not been a confirmed sighting since February 1995.
3. Not given. The last sighting was in Morrocco, but we are not told where.
4. People have been searching for this bird for years.
5. Efforts to find the bird have failed.
6. Its disappearance is a stark warning of the need to tackle the loss and degradation of inland grassland and wetland.
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