留美老师带你每日说英文 第528期:重新野化我们的世界

 台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

All over the world, new movements are trying to catalyze¹ the restoration of nature in a process called rewilding. This means undoing² some of the damage we've caused, reestablishing species which have been driven out, and then stepping back.

在世界各个角落，人们通过野化运动，试图刺激并恢复大自然的自愈能力，这就意味着要修正我们对大自然所造成的破坏、让被我们赶走的物种回归，然后不再干预他们。

学习重点：

1.catalyze 催化

catalyze (v.) 催化

catalyst³ (n.) 催化剂

2.restoration 恢复、复原

restoration (n.) 恢复、复原

restore (v.) 恢复

store (v.) 储藏

3.nature 大自然

nature (n.) 大自然

naturally (adv.) 自然而然地

mature (adj.) 成熟的

4.process 过程

process (n.) 过程

progress (n.) 前进、前行

5.damage 损害、损失

damage (n.) 损害、损失

damaging (adj.) 有害的

6.reestablish 重建

reestablish (v.) 重建

establish (v.) 建立、创办

7.species 物种

species (n.) 物种

1 catalyze   

v.催化

参考例句：

• They are highly specific for the reactions that they catalyze.它们对被它们催化的反应有很强的专一性。
• They are highly specific for the reactions that they catalyze.它们对被它们催化的反应有很强的专一性。

2 undoing   

n.毁灭的原因，祸根；破坏，毁灭

参考例句：

• That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
• This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。

3 catalyst   

n.催化剂，造成变化的人或事

参考例句：

• A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction.催化剂是一种能加速化学反应的物质。
• The workers'demand for better conditions was a catalyst for social change.工人们要求改善工作条件促进了社会变革。