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60% of world’s primates at risk of extinction 世界60%靈長類動物將面臨滅絕危險
Creating art in an instant 用方便面制成的藝術展品
文字稿
Our closest biological relatives – but while the human population continues to grow, most of our fellow primates are now sliding towards extinction. This international team of scientists trawled through the data on more than 500 primate species revealing a looming extinction crisis. They estimate that 60% of primate species are now threatened with extinction and 75% have populations that are in decline. Forest habitat that these animals rely on is being destroyed -primarily for agriculture and logging. Reversing these declines means looking closely at where we source products like timber, palm oil and meat.
靈長類動物是和人類最相近的物種，但隨著全球人口總數持續增長，在我們其餘的靈長類動物同伴中，大多數物種的數量正逐漸下滑並且一步步走向滅絕。該國際科學傢小組全面搜羅瞭有關500多個靈長類物種的數據，他們的研究揭示瞭一個迫在眉睫的物種滅絕危機。據這些科學傢估計，有60%靈長類物種正遭受滅絕的威脅，75%的靈長類物種數量呈下降趨勢。這些動物賴以生存的森林棲息地正受到人類破壞，其原因主要是農業活動和伐木行為。人們如果想改變目前這一下降的趨勢，就應當更仔細地審視木材、棕櫚油和肉類等產品的來源。
Most of us look at instant noodles as a quick meal, but one artist is turning them into… well, art. Cynthia Suwito knits noodles as a performance art piece for a gallery in Singapore. She says her work is a reflection on the modern world’s obsession with instant gratification. It takes her three hours to knit a 20cm-long piece. Mmmm… that’s what we could call having good taste in art!
大多數人認為方便面是一種速食，但有一位藝術傢卻把這類食物轉變成瞭藝術。辛西婭·蘇維托（Cynthia Suwito）以面條為材料織出瞭一件表現藝術作品，在新加坡的一傢畫廊中展出。她說，該藝術品映射現代世界中人們執於即時滿足感的現象。她織成這件 20 厘米長的作品共花 費三個小時。嗯……隻有做出這種展品的人才能稱得上在藝術方面”品位”不凡。
詞匯
trawled through
全面搜羅瞭
obsession
癡迷，執念
練習
請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。註意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。
trawled through / obsession
1. My cousin is ______ with social media. He doesn’t do anything without posting a picture or comment on Weibo!
2. As the winter hours ticked by, without a sign of the girls, detectives ______ a list of violent criminals and paedophiles.
答案
1. My cousin is obsessed with social media. He doesn’t do anything without posting a picture or comment on Weibo!
2. As the winter hours ticked by, without a sign of the girls, detectives trawled through a list of violent criminals and paedophiles.
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