英语听力精选进阶版 7072

Background: 秘鲁东南部丛林地区当局说，他们将保护当地封闭的土著部落打击那些侵犯他人土地的非法伐木者。上周巴西政府的卫星照片显示，一群来路不明佩带弓箭的亚马逊人出现在接近秘鲁边境的地区。

The extraordinary images of a startled Amazon tribe 亚马逊部落, their bodies painted red and black, firing arrows at an aircraft circulated the world last week.

The Brazilian government organised a flight packed with photographers to prove that such groups of people still live in isolation¹ （与世）隔绝 in the Amazon rainforest.

Although anthropologists 人类学家 weren't able to name the tribe it's believed that they had travelled a short distance from neighbouring Peru.

Illegal loggers 非法伐木者 have been accused of driving the tribes into Brazilian territory.

Now authorities in Peru's Amazon state of Madre de Dios say they'll stop illegal loggers who travel deep into the forest in search of tropical hardwoods 热带硬木 and are often the first to encounter the tribes.

Apart from the possibility of violent confrontations² 暴力冲突, encounters with outsiders are often fatal 致命的 because the isolated³ people lack the antibodies 抗体 to protect themselves from a common cold 感冒 or the flu 流感.

The Peruvian government has also sent a team to the jungle to determine whether or not the photographed tribe had been displaced 被迫迁移 from Peru by loggers.

It's been reluctant to set aside 划定；保留 new areas of land for uncontacted tribes. Some officials have even denied the existence of such tribes but there are signs of a changing attitude.

In the state oil leasing agency's latest auction⁴ of concessions⁵ 特许土地的最新拍卖 earlier this year it pointedly⁶ avoided areas set aside as indigenous⁷ reserves 土著人保留地.

The impact of the latest sighting is forcing Peru to accept that some of mankind's last isolated people live on its territory and it has a duty to protect them.

GLOSSARY⁸ 词汇表

Amazon tribe 亚马逊部落

isolation （与世）隔绝

anthropologists 人类学家

illegal loggers 非法伐木者

tropical hardwoods 热带硬木

violent confrontations 暴力冲突

fatal 致命的

antibodies 抗体

common cold 感冒

flu 流感

displaced 被迫迁移

set aside 划定；保留

latest auction of concessions 特许土地的最新拍卖

indigenous reserves 土著人保留地

Questions and Answers

1. Where was the tribe spotted⁹?

The tribe was seen near the border between Brazil and Peru.

2. Where do anthropologists believe the tribe originated?

Scientists think the tribe entered Brazil from Peru.

3. What is the greatest danger to the Indians from contact with outsiders?

Simple illnesses like the flu or a cold can kill such indigenous people.

4. Who are usually the first people to find such tribes?

Illegal loggers are usually the first to encounter uncontacted tribes.

1 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

2 confrontations   

n.对抗，对抗的事物( confrontation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations. 有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• These confrontations and uncertainties were bing played out for the first time on a global scale. 所有这一切对抗和不稳定，第一次在全球范围内得到充分的表演。 来自辞典例句

3 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

4 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

5 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

6 pointedly   

adv.尖地，明显地

参考例句：

• She yawned and looked pointedly at her watch. 她打了个哈欠，又刻意地看了看手表。
• The demand for an apology was pointedly refused. 让对方道歉的要求遭到了断然拒绝。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 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。

8 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。

9 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。