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Giraffes facing ‘silent extinction’ 長頸鹿面臨“無聲滅絕”
Meet one of Spain’s four female bullfighters 來認識西班牙僅有的四位女鬥牛士中的一位
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Highly recognisable – but while Chester Zoo’s giraffes are loved by the visitors, in their natural African habitat, the animals are suffering what has been called a devastating decline. Illegal hunting, expanding agriculture and civil unrest have all been cited as factors pushing the long-necked mammals towards extinction.
它們是一眼就能被識別出的動物 – 英國切斯特動物園的長頸鹿深受來訪遊客的喜愛。不過在他們的自然棲息地非洲，長頸鹿的數目正在經受一場被人們稱為“災難性的減少”的變化。非法打獵，農業發展和國內動亂都被舉為把這類長脖子哺乳動物逼向滅絕的原因。
Twenty-five-year-old Conchi Rios is one of only four female matadors in the world of Spanish bullfighting. She said it took a few years to get a job as a bullfighter in Spain, but that it was worth fighting to do the job she loves. Bullfighting is controversial in Spain, but Conchi says those who are against it don’t necessarily understand it.
25歲的裡奧斯（Conchi Rios）是西班牙鬥牛界僅有的四位女鬥牛士之一。她說自己用瞭好幾年的時間才在西班牙找到鬥牛士的工作，不過為瞭爭取得到這份自己喜愛的工作，當初的努力和付出是值得的。鬥牛在西班牙備受爭議，但裡奧斯說反對鬥牛的人們可能對鬥牛不完全理解。
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devastating
災難性的
cited
被舉例，被列出
controversial
引起爭議的
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devastating / cited / controversial
1. A ______ plan to demolish a Reading nightclub and replace it with luxury flats has been turned down.
2. Thousands of people have been made homeless after ______ floods caused by the heaviest rainfall the city has seen in a century.
3. The pop star ______ personal reasons for deciding to cancel his world tour. Naturally, his fans are very upset.
答案
1. A controversial plan to demolish a Reading nightclub and replace it with luxury flats has been turned down.
2. Thousands of people have been made homeless after devastating floods caused by the heaviest rainfall the city has seen in a century.
3. The pop star cited personal reasons for deciding to cancel his world tour. Naturally, his fans are very upset.
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