英语新闻听写 野生长颈鹿数量悄然骤降

 

According to a report by Mother Nature Network, wild giraffe populations are plummeting¹ due to poaching and habitat loss,

Mother Nature Network报道称，由于非法狩猎和栖息地的丧失，野生长颈鹿数量骤降，

with recent survey data showing the mammals' numbers have fallen over 40 percent over the last 30 years.

近期调查数据显示这种哺乳类动物的数量在过去30年里下降超过40%。

As recently as 1985, about 150,000 wild giraffes were known to exist, now there are fewer than 97,000 according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

据国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）称，1985年已知野生长颈鹿约150,000只，如今不足97,000只。

In 2018, the IUCN reportedly issued new listings for seven of nine giraffe subspecies, five of which had never been assessed² before,

据报道，2018年IUCN发布长颈鹿亚种新名单，九种长颈鹿亚种中有七种入榜，其中五种此前从未进行过评估，

listing three as "Critically Endangered" or "Endangered," two as "Vulnerable³" and one as "Near Threatened."

上榜的三种长颈鹿被列为“极度濒危”或“濒危”，两种被列为“脆弱”，一种被列为“近危物种”。

1 plummeting   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
• The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句

2 assessed   

v.评定( assess的过去式和过去分词 )；估价；对（财产、收入等）进行估价（作为征税根据）；确定（损害赔偿金、税款、罚款等）的金额

参考例句：

• a conceptual framework within which children's needs are assessed 对儿童需求进行评估的概念框架
• They assessed the value of the house at 60, 000 pounds. 他们估价这房子值六万英镑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 vulnerable   

adj.易受伤的，脆弱的，易受攻击的

参考例句：

• He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.她看上去很脆弱，他就主动去保护她。
• The company is in an economically vulnerable position.该公司目前经济状况不稳定。