Giraffes added to ‘vulnerable’ list 长颈鹿被列入“易危”物种名单
<p><span word="Giraffes">Giraffes</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="to">to</span> ‘<span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span>’ <span word="list">list</span> 长颈鹿被列入“易危”物种名单</p><p>作为非洲标志之一的长颈鹿在过去的三十年里数量锐减，从1985 年的15.5 万只减少到2017 年的 9.7 万只。国际自然保护联盟 <span word="IUCN">IUCN</span> 首次将长颈鹿列为“易危”物种，希望此举能够帮助长颈鹿得到更多的关注和保护。 </p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="graceful">graceful</span> <span word="giraffe">giraffe</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="inescapable">inescapable</span> <span word="image">image</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="suffered">suffered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disturbing">disturbing</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>.</p><p><span word="Populations">Populations</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="plummeted">plummeted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="combination">combination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="factors">factors</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span>. <span word="Increasing">Increasing</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="giraffes">giraffes</span>’ <span word="range">range</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="fragmented">fragmented</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="eager">eager</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="land">land</span>. <span word="Wars">Wars</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="Sudan">Sudan</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="curious">curious</span> <span word="creatures">creatures</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="food">food</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="isn">isn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="gloom">gloom</span>, <span word="populations">populations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="boomed">boomed</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protected">protected</span> <span word="ranges">ranges</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="boost">boost</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="revenues">revenues</span>.</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="declaring">declaring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="giraffe">giraffe</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ultimately">ultimately</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="survival">survival</span>. </p><p>词汇表 <span word="graceful">graceful</span> 高雅的，优雅的</p><p><span word="an">an</span> <span word="inescapable">inescapable</span> <span word="image">image</span> 标志性（到哪里都能看到的）图像</p><p><span word="disturbing">disturbing</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> 令人担忧的下滑、大幅减少</p><p><span word="plummeted">plummeted</span> 暴跌、直线下跌</p><p><span word="fragmented">fragmented</span> 被四分五裂，被分割</p><p><span word="eager">eager</span> 渴望的，急切的</p>
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