BBC新闻词汇(视频版) 第54期:Greeks cut forests to stay warm
日期:2013-03-26 09:24

(单词翻译:单击)

Transcript:

Greece's Mount Olympus is experiencing a rise in unauthorised logging.

It's estimated over 100,000 trees have been felled illegally.

With fuel prices soaring and temperatures dropping, many people are turning to wood to heat their homes.

Wood markets are thriving but not all sources of wood are legitimate.

Racketeers are among those who have been caught taking trees from the home of Greece's ancient gods.

Vocabulary:

logging v. n. n. 伐木

felled 伐倒

soaring v. 猛增

thriving adj. 繁荣的,蒸蒸日上的

racketeers n. 骗子,敲诈者

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