英语新闻听写 野生长颈鹿数量悄然骤降（在线收听）

According to a report by Mother Nature Network, wild giraffe populations are plummeting 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 assessed 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 "Vulnerable" 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”。