Fishermen fear oil drilling in African lake 渔民担心石油开采对非洲湖泊的影响 本集内容 Fishermen fear oil drilling in African lake渔民担心石油开采对非洲湖泊的影响 学习要点和“economic survival 经济存活”有关的词汇 边看边答What threatens the fishermen's way of life apart from oil drilling? Fishermen braving the choppy waters of this vast inland sea in search of their daily bounty. 渔民们冒着波浪滔滔的湖水,在浩瀚的内陆海中寻找他们每日的收成。 For countless generations, Lake Malawi has been their lifeblood - providing sustenance and a means to make a living. 在无数代人的生活中,马拉维湖一直是他们的命脉,为他们提供食物和谋生手段。 But fishing communities like this are under threat along the lake shore as overfishing and climate change takes its toll. And now they are facing a new challenge - oil. 但由于过渡捕捞和气候变化造成的影响,像这样生活在湖岸周围的渔业社区正面临着威胁。现在他们又面临一个新挑战——石油。 The largely dormant dispute resurfaced in 2011, when Malawi awarded a British company, Surestream Petroleum, a licence to drill for oil and gas in the contested territory. 2011年,一个几乎处于休眠状态的争端再现,这源于马拉维颁发给英国公司Surestream石油的一个许可证,该许可证允许这家公司在有争议的领土上开采石油和天然气。 |