雅思環(huán)境類詞匯

conservation 保護(hù)，保存 acid 酸，酸的

carbon 碳 petroleum 石油

ozone 臭氧 ooze 滲出，滲出物

radiation 輻射 greenhouse 溫室

solar 太陽的 phenomenon 現(xiàn)象

deterioration 惡化 extinction 滅絕

drought 干旱 recurrent 反復(fù)發(fā)生的

inundate 淹沒 embankment 筑堤

sediment 沉積(物) delta 三角洲

alluvial 沖積的 dust-storm 沙塵暴

barren 貧瘠的，不育的，無效的

attributable 歸因于 deforestation 濫砍濫伐(森林)

log 原木，日志 伐木 vegetation 植物，植被

habitat 棲息地 ecosystem 生態(tài)系統(tǒng)

demographic 人口統(tǒng)計的

counterbalance 使平衡，彌補(bǔ)

mechanism 機(jī)理，機(jī)制

precipitation 陡降，降水 circulation 流通，循環(huán)

meteorology 氣象(學(xué)) volcano 火山

eruption 噴發(fā) granite 花崗巖

Celsius 攝氏的 Fahrenheit 華氏

latitude 緯度 glacier 冰川

dump 傾倒，傾銷

contaminate 弄臟

recycle 回收再利用

irreversible 不可逆的

reclaim 開墾，改造

contentious 有爭議的

prioritize 優(yōu)先考慮

雅思口語環(huán)境話題

Describe an environmental problem that has been in the news. You should say

when this was

where the event happened

what actually took place

and say how you felt about this problem.

Martin: Well … this is an interesting question … there are so many issues I could think of … natural disasters like earthquakes and floods seem to be in the news almost every year … but there was one story recently about some animals that were under threat … it wasn’t focused on one place in particular … it was looking at various animals that could actually become extinct in different African countries … if we don’t take steps to protect them … these were really iconic animals like gorillas … leopards … rhinos … and apparently they’re now listed as endangered species … what made it really depressing was they were in danger thanks to us … in some cases it was due to a loss of habitat either because people need more agricultural production … or even worse I think … because of hunting and poaching … I hate to think of future generations being robbed of the chance to see creatures like these in their natural environment … it’s lucky we have lots of organisations that focus on wildlife conservation … hopefully with their help we can put pressure on those in power to do something to stop creatures like these dying out …