【英语时差8,16】老虎

To coincide with the start of the Chinese Year of the Tiger, the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) has launched a campaign to increase the number of tigers living in the wild. The organisation¹ estimates that there are currently only 3,200 wild tigers left in the world and that these are under threat from habitat loss, the illegal trade in tiger products and climate change. It says that the global habitat for the animals has decreased by 40% since the last Year of the Tiger in 1998. Nepal, which is home to 121 adult tigers, is one of the countries targeted by the campaign. Conservationists describe Nepal as a global crossroads with the trade in tiger parts. In recent years the number of tigers in the west of the country has plummeted², prompting the Nepalese government to establish a new national park, and set up a bureau to control poaching. The WWF says it welcomes these initiatives and hopes that Nepal will be able to double its tiger population by 2022, the next Chinese Year of the Tiger.

1 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

2 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》