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外刊阅读0215蝗虫危机

1、外刊阅读：

小猫钓鱼

Climate-CrisisFueledLocustSwarmsPose'UnprecedentedThreattoFoodSecurityandLivelihoods'inEastAfrica

Theregion'sworstoutbreakindecadeshasbroughthundredsofmillionsofcrop-devouringbugstoSomalia,Ethiopia,andKenya.

byJessicaCorbett,staffwriter

A.spreadingB.significantlyC.proposedD.prospectE.devastating

F.fundsG.completelyH.riskI.threatJ.implementingK.prospect

Amassiveinvasionofdesertlocusts（蝗虫）—partlyfueledbytheclimatecrisis—seriouslythreatensfoodsecurityinalready-vulnerablecommunitiesacrossEastAfricaandhasincreasinglyalarmedUnitedNationsexpertsinrecentweeks.

"ThesituationremainsextremelyseriousintheHornofAfrica,whereitthreatenspasturesandcropsinEthiopia,Kenya,andSomalia,"saysa report （pdf）releasedlastweekbytheFoodandAgricultureOrganization（FAO）."Thecurrentswarmsrepresentanunprecedentedthreattofood（31）______andlivelihoodsintheHornofAfrica."

Aswarmcontainsupto150millionlocustspersquarekilometers（0.39squaremiles）andcandevour（吞噬）enoughcropsinadaytofeed35,000people,accordingtoFAO,aU.N.agency.Although"groundandaerialcontroloperationscontinueinEthiopiaandaerialoperationsstartedinKenyainJanuary,"thereportnotesthat"insecurityandalackofnationalcapacityhavehamperedcontroloperationsinSomalia."

"ApotentiallythreateningsituationisdevelopingalongbothsidesoftheRedSea,whereongoingbreedingiscausinglocustnumberstoincreaseonthecoastsofEgypt,Sudan,Eritrea,SaudiArabia,andYemen,"FAOwarns."Thereisa（n）（31）______thatsomeswarmscouldappearinnortheastUganda,southeastSouthSudan,andsouthwestEthiopia."

FAO hascalled fora"massive,border-spanningcampaign"tocombatthe hundredsofmillions oflocustsandstopthemfrom（33）______toothercountries,notingthatimpactedregionsinEthiopiaandSomaliahaven'tseenswarmsofthisscalein25yearsandthatKenyahasn'tfaceda（n）（34）______onthislevelin70years.

Theprimarymethodofbattlinglocustswarmsistheaerialsprayingofpesticides.FAO's"LocustWatch"service explains that"althoughgiantnets,flamethrowers,lasers,andhugevacuumshavebeen（35）______inthepast,thesearenotinuseforlocustcontrol.Peopleandbirdsofteneatlocustsbutusuallynotenoughto（36）______reducepopulationlevelsoverlargeareas."

InresponsetoanFAO request of$70million"toassistwithimmediateneedsinallthreecountries,includingrampingupcontroloperationsaswellas（37）______measurestosafeguardrurallivelihoods,"theU.N.CentralEmergencyResponseFund（CERF）agreedonJan.24torelease$10milliontotheagency.

"This（38）______locustoutbreakisstartingtodestroyvegetationacrossEastAfricawithalarmingspeedandferocity,"U.N.humanitarianchiefMarkLowcock said inastatementannouncingtheallocation."Vulnerablefamiliesthatwerealreadydealingwithfoodshortagesnowfacethe（39）______ofwatchingastheircropsaredestroyedbeforetheireyes."

"Wemustactnow,"Lowcockadded,confirmingthatthe（40）______willgotowardscalingupaerialoperations."Ifleftunchecked,thisoutbreakhasthepotentialtospilloverintomorecountriesinEastAfricawithhorrendousconsequences.Aswiftanddeterminedresponsetocontainitisessential."（467）

二、参考答案：

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三、原文链接：

mondreams.org/news/2020/01/28/climate-crisis-fueled-locust-swarms-pose-unprecedented-threat-food-security-and

4、核心词汇：

spreadingsignificantlyproposedprospectdevastating

fundscompletelyriskthreatimplementingprospect

devourhamperedbreedingsprayingrampinghorrendous

拓展变形

breed

bred

breeder

breeders

breeding

breeds

interbred

interbreed

interbreeding

interbreeds

complete

completed

completely

completeness

completes

completing

completion

completions

incomplete

incompletely

incompleteness

uncompleted

devastate

devastated

devastates

devastating

devastatingly

devastation

devastations

devour

devoured

devouring

devours

fund

funded

funder

funders

funding

funds

unfunded

hamper

hampered

hampering

hampers

unhampered

horrendous

horrendously

implement

implementation

implementations

implemented

implementing

implements

propose

proposal

proposals

proposed

proposer

proposers

proposes

proposing

prospect

prospective

prospectively

prospects

risk

risked

riskier

riskiest

riskiness

risking

riskless

risks

risky

significant

insignificant

insignificantly

significantly

spray

respray

resprayed

respraying

resprays

sprayed

sprayer

sprayers

spraying

sprays

spread

spreadable

spreader

spreaders

spreading

spreads

threat

threaten

threatened

threatening

threateningly

threatens

threats

unthreatening

五、重点讲解：

devour[dɪˈvaʊə（r）]

v.狼吞虎咽地吃;吞没;吞噬

She devoured half an apple pie. 

她狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派

2.进义辨析

eatboltchewdevour（吃）

eatv.吃，食用

普通用词，通常指用餐、吃东西。

Sheiseatingbread.她正在吃面包。

boltv.狼吞虎咽

指匆匆吞咽食物，通常与down连用。

Hebolteddownhisbreakfastandwenttoschool.

他把早饭囫囵吞下，便上学去了。

chewv.嚼，咀嚼

指用牙齿嚼碎食物等。

Itishealthytochewfoodwellbeforeyouswallowit.

细嚼慢咽有益于健康。

devourv.吞咽

指饥饿时狼吞虎咽地吃东西，强调吃得快而彻底。

Theboysdevouredtheirburgersandfries.

男孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃光了汉堡和薯条。

3.词根词缀

vor=toeat吃

carnivorousadj.食肉的

carni〔=carn肉〕+vor吃+ous…的→食肉的

devourv.吞吃

de向下+vour〔=vor〕吃→吃下去→吞吃

herbivorousadj.食草的

herbi〔=herb草〕+vor吃+ous有…性质的，关于…的→食草的

insectivorousadj.食虫的

insecti〔=insect昆虫〕+vor吃+ous有…性质的，关于…的→吃昆虫的→食虫的

omnivorousadj.杂食性的

omni全部+vor吃+ous有…性质的，关于…的→什么都吃的→杂食性的

voraciousadj.狼吞虎咽的

vor吃+acious多…的→吃多的→狼吞虎咽的

voracityn.贪食

vor吃+acity表状态→贪食

六、原文翻译

Climate-CrisisFueledLocustSwarmsPose'UnprecedentedThreattoFoodSecurityandLivelihoods'inEastAfrica

气候危机引发的蝗虫群对东非的粮食安全和生计构成“前所未有的威胁”

Theregion'sworstoutbreakindecadeshasbroughthundredsofmillionsofcrop-devouringbugstoSomalia,Ethiopia,andKenya.

这一地区数十年来最严重的疫情给索马里、埃塞俄比亚和肯尼亚带来了数亿只吞噬农作物的虫子。

Amassiveinvasionofdesertlocusts—partlyfueledbytheclimatecrisis—seriouslythreatensfoodsecurityinalready-vulnerablecommunitiesacrossEastAfricaandhasincreasinglyalarmedUnitedNationsexpertsinrecentweeks.

气候危机在一定程度上助长了沙漠蝗虫的大规模入侵，严重威胁到东非已经脆弱的社区的粮食安全，最近几周联合国专家越来越感到震惊。

"ThesituationremainsextremelyseriousintheHornofAfrica,whereitthreatenspasturesandcropsinEthiopia,Kenya,andSomalia,"saysa report （pdf）releasedlastweekbytheFoodandAgricultureOrganization（FAO）."ThecurrentswarmsrepresentanunprecedentedthreattofoodsecurityandlivelihoodsintheHornofAfrica."

联合国粮农组织（FAO）上周发布的一份报告说：

“非洲之角的局势仍然极其严重，威胁到埃塞俄比亚、肯尼亚和索马里的牧场和农作物。

”目前的蜂群对非洲之角的粮食安全和生计构成了前所未有的威胁。

”

Aswarmcontainsupto150millionlocustspersquarekilometers（0.39squaremiles）andcandevourenoughcropsinadaytofeed35,000people,accordingtoFAO,aU.N.agency.Although"groundandaerialcontroloperationscontinueinEthiopiaandaerialoperationsstartedinKenyainJanuary,"thereportnotesthat"insecurityandalackofnationalcapacityhavehamperedcontroloperationsinSomalia."

联合国粮农组织（FAO）称，一个蝗虫群每平方公里（0.39平方英里）可容纳多达1.5亿只蝗虫，一天可吞食足够的农作物，养活3.5万人。

报告指出，尽管“埃塞俄比亚的地面和空中控制行动仍在继续，肯尼亚的空中控制行动于1月份开始”，但“不安全和缺乏国家能力阻碍了索马里的控制行动”

"ApotentiallythreateningsituationisdevelopingalongbothsidesoftheRedSea,whereongoingbreedingiscausinglocustnumberstoincreaseonthecoastsofEgypt,Sudan,Eritrea,SaudiArabia,andYemen,"FAOwarns."ThereisariskthatsomeswarmscouldappearinnortheastUganda,southeastSouthSudan,andsouthwestEthiopia."

粮农组织警告说：

“红海两岸正在形成一种潜在的威胁性局势，在那里，不断繁殖的蝗虫正导致埃及、苏丹、厄立特里亚、沙特阿拉伯和也门沿海蝗虫数量增加。

”乌干达东北部、南苏丹东南部和埃塞俄比亚西南部可能出现一些蜂群。

”

FAO hascalled fora"massive,border-spanningcampaign"tocombatthe hundredsofmillions oflocustsandstopthemfromspreadingtoothercountries,notingthatimpactedregionsinEthiopiaandSomaliahaven'tseenswarmsofthisscalein25yearsandthatKenyahasn'tfacedathreatonthislevelin70years.

粮农组织呼吁开展“大规模、跨越边界的行动”，打击数亿蝗虫，阻止它们扩散到其他国家，并指出埃塞俄比亚和索马里受影响的地区25年来没有出现过这种规模的蝗虫群，肯尼亚70年来也没有遇到过这种程度的威胁。

Theprimarymethodofbattlinglocustswarmsistheaerialsprayingofpesticides.FAO's"LocustWatch"service explains that"althoughgiantnets,flamethrowers,lasers,andhugevacuumshavebeenproposedinthepast,thesearenotinuseforlocustcontrol.Peopleandbirdsofteneatlocustsbutusuallynotenoughtosignificantlyreducepopulationlevelsoverlargeareas."

对付蝗虫群的主要方法是空中喷洒杀虫剂。

粮农组织的“蝗虫观察”服务机构解释说，“虽然过去曾有人提出过巨网、喷火器、激光和巨大的真空，但这些都不用于蝗虫防治。

人和鸟经常吃蝗虫，但通常不足以显著降低大面积地区的人口水平。

”

InresponsetoanFAO request of$70million"toassistwithimmediateneedsinallthreecountries,includingrampingupcontroloperationsaswellasimplementingmeasurestosafeguardrurallivelihoods,"theU.N.CentralEmergencyResponseFund（CERF）agreedonJan.24torelease$10milliontotheagency.

联合国中央应急基金（CERF）1月24日同意，应粮农组织提出的7000万美元“协助所有三个国家的紧急需要，包括加强控制行动以及执行保障农村生计的措施”的要求，向该机构发放1000万美元。

"ThisdevastatinglocustoutbreakisstartingtodestroyvegetationacrossEastAfricawithalarmingspeedandferocity,"U.N.humanitarianchiefMarkLowcock said inastatementannouncingtheallocation."Vulnerablefamiliesthatwerealreadydealingwithfoodshortagesnowfacetheprospectofwatchingastheircropsaredestroyedbeforetheireyes."

联合国人道主义事务负责人洛科克（MarkLowcock）在宣布这项拨款的声明中说：

“这次毁灭性的蝗灾爆发正以惊人的速度和凶猛程度开始摧毁东非各地的植被。

”已经在应对粮食短缺的脆弱家庭现在面临着眼看着他们的庄稼被摧毁的前景。

”

"Wemustactnow,"Lowcockadded,confirmingthatthefundswillgotowardscalingupaerialoperations."Ifleftunchecked,thisoutbreakhasthepotentialtospillo