Earth and Sky:Titicaca Reedbeds 的的喀喀湖的芦苇地

Titicaca Reedbeds 的的喀喀湖的芦苇地

An ancient lake high in the mountains of South America holds lessons about indigenous¹ peoples and sustainability. Discover Lake Titicaca -- today on Earth and Sky.

DB: This is Earth and Sky. Lake Titicaca is high in the Andes Mountains of South America. At three million years of age, it's among the world's most ancient lakes.

JB: The lake has an abundance² of reedbeds that cover an area 2 1/2 times the size of San Francisco. They also provide breeding grounds for fish that the local Indians catch, and the reeds³ are harvested to make boats and to feed cattle. We spoke⁴ with Ben Orlove, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California--Davis.

Ben Orlove: There have been fishermen around the lake for at least 5000 years, and the harvest of reeds goes back nearly that far.

DB: Orlove said that the locals carefully tend the reedbeds, burning them when they overgrow and replanting when the reeds die off. And in recent decades the local Indians have resisted efforts by the Peruvian and Bolivian governments to exploit the reedbeds.

Ben Orlove: This is one of the few cases where the indigenous people have kept control of their territory. It's also one of the most sustainable cases, and I think that's not a coincidence.

JB: For more on Lake Titicaca, come to earthsky.org. Thanks today to the Bureau of Land Management and to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation -- supporting the conservation of native fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats. We're Block and Byrd for Earth and Sky.

1 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

2 abundance   

n.大量，丰富，充足

参考例句：

• At the feast there was food and drink in abundance.宴会上有丰富的饮食。
• There is an abundance of commodity supplies on the markets.商品供应充足。

3 reeds   

芦苇( reed的名词复数 )； 芦丛； 簧舌； 簧片

参考例句：

• Our roof was made of dried reeds. 我们的屋顶是用干芦苇盖的。
• Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 芦苇耐风暴，橡树却会倒。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。