新奇事件簿 埃塞俄比亚12小时内种植数亿棵树（在线收听）

Ethiopia has broken the world record for the largest number of trees planted in one day, while simultaneously making the world a little greener. Ethiopians planted more than 350 million trees in just 12 hours earlier this week. This smashed the previous record, held by India, by 50 million trees. Ethiopia's minister of innovation and technology announced his country's record-breaking feat on Twitter. He proudly revealed that people had planted 353,633,660 trees in a bid to help the environment. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who participated in the tree planting festivities, congratulated everyone involved in the record for their efforts and for doing their bit for the planet.

埃塞俄比亚打破世界纪录，成为单日种植树木最多的国家，同时也让世界变得更加环保。本周早些时候，埃塞俄比亚就在仅12个小时之内种植了超过3.5亿棵树木，打破了印度早前创下的5千万棵树木的记录。埃塞俄比亚创新和技术部长在推特上宣布了该国破纪录的壮举。他自豪地透露为了保护环境，大家已经种植了353,633,660棵树。阿比·艾哈迈德总理参加了植树庆典，他向参与记录的每一个人的努力和为地球作出的贡献表示祝贺。

Ethiopia's record-breaking achievement is part of a wider strategy of planting 4 billion trees between May and October. The country is well on its way to achieving this goal. So far, volunteers, businesses and government workers have planted more than 2.6 billion trees nationwide. Ethiopia is attempting to reverse the cutting down of many of its forests. The Farm Africa organization reports that less than 4 per cent of Ethiopia's land is forested. This is a sharp decline from the 30 per cent of land on which trees grew at the end of the 19th century. A recent study reported that planting billions of trees was the cheapest and most effective way to absorb carbon dioxide and thus help to tackle global warming.

埃塞俄比亚破纪录的成就是在5月和10月之间种植40亿棵树这一更广泛战略的一部分。该国即将实现这一目标。到目前为止，志愿者、公司和政府员工已经在全国范围内种植了超过26亿棵树。埃塞俄比亚正试图扭转其许多森林被砍伐的趋势。与19世纪末30%的树木生长地相比，这一比例大幅下降。一项近期研究报道称种植数以亿棵树木是吸收二氧化碳，从而帮助解决全球变暖问题最廉价也是最有效的方法。