文档介绍：第八篇 Why India Needs Its Dying Vultures印度为什么需要濒临灭亡的秃鹰
The vultures(秃鹰) in question(表示讨论中的,注意in和名词question) may look ugly and threatening, but the sudden sharp __1__ in three species of India’s vultures is producing alarm(名词,表示警告) rather than celebration, and it presents the world with a new kind of environmental __2__ The dramatic decline in vulture numbers is causing widespread disruption to people living in the same areas as the __3__ . It is also causing serious public health problems __4__ the Indian sub-continent.
译文:
人们谈论的秃鹰可能看起来既丑又危险,但是印度三种秃鹰濒临灭亡对我们是一种警告,而不是一件值得庆贺的事。它向世人明示了一个新的环境问题。秃鹰数量的急剧减少不仅是这些鸟类的灾难对当地居民同样也是如此,它同时给整个印度次大陆带来了公共卫生问题。
While their reputation and appearance may be unpleasant to many Indians,vultures have __5__played a very important role in(固定搭配,play a role in doing sth.,表示扮演……角色) keeping towns and villages all over India clean. It is __6__they feed on(词组,表示以……为生) dead cows. In India, cows are sacred animals and are __7__ left in the open when they die in their thousands upon thousands every year.
译文:
虽然秃鹰的名声不好,许多印度人也讨厌其长相,但是长久以来,秃鹰在维护全印度的城镇和乡村的清洁方面扮演了非常重要的角色。因为秃鹰是以死牛为生。在印度,每年都有成千上万的牛死去,而牛是神圣的动物,死后露尸户外,任其腐烂。
The disappearance of the vultures has __8__(固定搭配,表示导致,表达一种因果关系) an explosion in the numbers of wild dogs feeding on the remains of these dead animals. There are fears that rabies may __9__ as a result. And this terrifying disease may ultimately af