21.10.13【地道美语213】中国关注，中国行动《生物多样性公约》大会COP15 昆明开幕The UN Biodiversity Conference

10月13日有趣的免费英语课《英语PK台》京晶主持

节目直播：14：00-15：00 当晚重播：21：00-22：00 次日6:00-7:00

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周三主题：Real Life English【地道美语213】中国关注，中国行动《生物多样性公约》大会COP15 昆明开幕

了解今日课堂：

10月11日至15日，举世瞩目的联合国《生物多样性公约》缔约方大会第十五次会议(COP15)在“春城”云南昆明拉开帷幕。中国将再次为共建地球生命共同体贡献“中国智慧”“中国方案”，与全球代表共商生物多样性保护大计，一同绘就地球“人与自然和谐共生”的新图景。【地道美语】正在关注 The UN Biodiversity Conference

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China's abundant wildlife 

dialogue 1

Jingjing:　Mark, do you ever wonder _______those elephants ______southern China?

Mark:　You mean the ones that ______ Kunming?　I read recently that they ______ of more than 500km.

Jingjing:　I can't remember ___I've ____.

Mark:　____ can I.　It's pretty ___.

Jingjing:　_______ impressive, do you know that the UN Biodiversity Conference will ___ in Kunming this year?

Mark:　Is that the one that meets once ____?　If so, that's _____.　They make __ plans and have a lot of ____.

Jingjing:　That's the one.　____meetings, as part of phase one, ____ the 11th and will continue through the 15th.　The ____started yesterday and continues today, actually.

Mark:　Do you know if I can _______ the meeting?

Jingjing:　____ the CBT.int website.　You'll __ a link there.

Mark:　That'd be ____.

Jingjing:　As for the ___ meetings: those will __ from April 25th through May 8th.

Mark:　And all of that's in Kunming, ____?　That's a beautiful city.

Jingjing:　Have you ever been?

Mark:　____.　But I've _____ from people who have.

Jingjing:　Anyway, I'm glad to see China___ the biggest meeting of this type to__ in these past 10 years, possibly the biggest ever.

Mark:　Sure.　We've seen _____ here ____conservation and sustainability.

Jingjing:　Yeah, actually—it looks you're just about ready to go out for your ____.　But, when you come back, I'd like to ___ a few facts and figures with you about China's___.

Mark:　I'll be________ that.

Jingjing:　Great.　See you______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing:　Mark, are you ready to talk more about ____ and China's progress?

Mark:　I am.　And I tried ___.　It works, but I have to ____ when a meeting is ____.　Also, the site has ___.

Jingjing:　Good to hear.　So, take a guess: ___ of China's land area is ___ wildlife protection?

Mark:　I don't know, __.

Jingjing:　Try___.　Those ___ national parks, nature ___ and nature parks.　In total, China has 10,000 _____.

Mark:　Those are bigger numbers than I would ____.

Jingjing:　China is _______.

Mark:　How's that?

Jingjing:　Ten percent of the world's______, and 40% of _____ have ____ in China.

Mark:　That's a _____, and also a ______.

Jingjing:　So, China has brought 90% of _________under protection, as well as 71% of ________.

Mark:　Well, if that doesn't sound like ____, I don't know ____.

Jingjing:　The numbers feel even more ___when we're talking about __ animals.　Take pandas in the wild. There were ___ in the 1980s.　Now there are more than ___.

Mark:　That's pretty ____, considering the way pandas ___.

Jingjing:　If you want something___, try the crested ibis.　That's a ____, known as the oriental gem.　

In 1981, their numbers had ______ 7.　Today, more than ____of those birds live in China.

Mark:　That's ____, within a _____.

Jingjing:　______, China has added 25% of the _____ visible by satellite during the years 2000 through 2017.

Mark:　Well, Jingjing, you've told me some _____ of _______.

Jingjing:　Let's hope_________ will have_____ three decades or so from _____.

new words and phrases

what became of <someone or something>:　

backbone:　

I take it:　

megabiodiversity:　

vertebrate:　

terrestrial:　

dwindle:　

the wild kingdom: