(单词翻译:单击)
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Over half of the world's vulture species are listed as endangered or critically endangered.
世界上超过一半的秃鹰被列为濒危或极度濒危物种。
It's probably not a surprise, but humans are the main culprit behind the deaths of these large birds.
这可能并不奇怪，但人类是这些大型鸟类死亡的主要原因。
A bovine painkilling drug that stuck around in cows after they died would kill vultures that ate it.
牛死后止痛药残留在体内，这会杀死食用它们的秃鹫。
In Asia, that painkiller nearly wiped out three species of vulture in just 15 years.
在亚洲，短短的15年里这种止痛药几乎灭绝了三种秃鹫。
In Africa, poachers kill the birds to hide kill sites. But herders trying to protect livestock also accidentally poison vultures while trying to kill predators.
在非洲，偷猎者杀死鸟类隐藏猎杀点。但牧民试图保护家畜也意外毒死秃鹫。
Believe it or not, vultures disappearing could actually have an affect on human health.
信不信，秃鹫的消失可能对人类健康造成影响。
Vultures are carrion feeders,in other words, they eat dead things. Which sounds gross, but it's actually incredibly important.
秃鹫是腐食动物，换句话说它们吃死的东西。这听起来很恶心，但实际上这是非常重要的。
Uneaten livestock carcasses can be a breeding ground for disease. Vultures eat the dead animal and prevent the spread of disease.
牲畜的尸体会滋生疾病。秃鹫吃动物的尸体，防止疾病的传播。
Conservation groups are trying to save this animal, but it will be challenging,vultures have a mortality rate of 90 percent in their first year of life.
保护组织正在试图挽救这种动物，但这是具有挑战性的，秃鹫首年的死亡率达到百分之90。
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词汇解析
1、disappear
(通常指因位置改变而)消失,不见
The black car drove away from them and disappeared.
那辆黑色轿车驶离了他们的视线。
Clive disappeared into a room by himself.
克莱夫独自一人进了屋。
消失;失踪
a Japanese woman who disappeared thirteen years ago.
一个 13 年前失踪的日本女人
Janet's husband and sister noticed that small kitchen objects were disappearing with increasing regularity.
珍妮特的丈夫和她的姐姐发现厨房里的小物件经常不翼而飞，而且次数愈发频繁。
2、challenge
挑战;难题
I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.
我喜欢大的挑战，而所有挑战中再没有比这更大的了。
The new government's first challenge is the economy.
新政府面临的第一个难题是经济问题。
(成功地)应对挑战，迎接挑战
The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities.
一个崭新的德国必须迎接挑战，承担更多的责任。
They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 schoolchildren for an afternoon.
他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。
怀疑，质疑(真实性、价值、权威等)
Democratic leaders have challenged the president to sign the bill.
民主党领袖对总统签署这项法案提出了质疑。
The move was immediately challenged by two of the republics.
此项动议立即遭到其中两个共和国的反对。
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