听力文本

Elephants are in danger. Hunters kill them for their tusks. The hunters sell the tusks because they are made from ivory. The USA is working to stop this trade. It wants to protect the world's elephants. On Thursday, the U.S. government burnt almost 6,000 kilograms of ivory tusks. They also destroyed ivory carvings and jewellery. The USA wants to send a message to poachers (people who illegally hunt and kill elephants) to stop killing elephants. More and more elephants in Africa are dying. It is difficult for African countries to stop the poachers. On Wednesday the USA offered a $1 million reward for anyone who has information about a group in Laos that buys and sells ivory.

Conservationists (people who want to protect animals and the Earth) are happy with the USA's actions. They say one way to end poaching is to make it unprofitable. If poachers know they cannot make money from ivory, they will not kill elephants. Adam Roberts of the Born Free USA conservation group said: "Any time we can remove ivory from the marketplace, it's a win for elephants, because it suggests to the world that there isn't profitability to be had by selling ivory. And if there's no profitability in selling ivory, there's no profitability in poaching elephants." A worldwide ban on trading ivory started in 1989. It has helped to protect elephants, but the world needs to do a lot more.

中文翻译

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重点讲解

1.help to 有助于

例句：Help you to some more beer?

再给你倒点儿啤酒吧?

2.conservation group 保护组织

例句：The -conservation group WWF warns that the animal may be extinct in the wild in China within three decades if current trends continue.

动物保护组织WWF警告说，如果目前的形势持续下去，中国的野生老虎就会在三十年内灭绝6tcEN_7@W~1e+[tLdw4。

3.be difficult for 困难

例句：Security experts said it would be difficult for investigators to prove which nation was behind the attack.

安全专家表示对调查者来说要证明哪个国家处于攻击状态是困难的fe.Eo|%LBEDG(Q2。

4.ivory carving 象牙雕刻

例句：Two companies in Beijing that offer custom ivory carving services both declined to comment.

北京两家提供定制象牙雕刻服务的公司都拒绝置评I8kl(kA!a#togx。

听力题目

1.What do hunters kill elephants to get?

a) trophies

b) tusks

c) revenge

d) meat

2.What are tusks made from?

a) thick skin

b) husks

c) wood

d) ivory

3.How much ivory did the USA burn?

a) almost 6,000kg

b) almost 6,600kg

c) almost 16,600kg

d) almost 66,000kg

4.To whom does the USA want to send a message?

a) ivory sellers

b) security guards

c) poachers

d) African leaders

5.How much is the reward the USA is offering?

a) a billion dollars

b) $1,000,000

c) $100,000

d) a hundred million, billion dollars

6.What do conservationists want to protect?

a) poachers

b) themselves

c) animals (elephants)

d) the ivory trade

7.What is Born Free USA?

a) a conversation group

b) a conservative group

c) a conserving group

d) a conservation group

8.What does Born Free USA want to remove ivory from?

a) the marketplace

b) tusks

c) elephants

d) zoos

9.What started in 1989?

a) a ban on the ivory trade

b) poaching

c) an ivory marketplace

d) rewards for poachers

10.What does the world need to do?

a) breed more elephants

b) a lot more

c) love elephants

d) poach

听力答案

1.b

2.d

3.a

4.c

5.b

6.c

7.d

8.a

9.a

10.b