CNN News: 非洲之角遭遇沙漠蝗蟲之災(zāi)
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10 Second Trivia. What animal would you find in the family acrididae? Aphid, marmot, sea horse or locust. In the family acrididae you'll find grasshoppers and locusts.
10秒快速問答。你能在蝗科中發(fā)現(xiàn)哪種動物?蚜蟲、土撥鼠、海馬或蝗蟲。在蝗科中，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)蚱蜢和蝗蟲。
Imagine seeing an approaching cloud that's massive, 37 miles long and 25 miles wide and instead of water or dust it's a cloud of locusts. That's the size of just one of the swarms that's descended this year on eastern Africa. Specifically these are desert locusts. The most destructive type of locusts that eats food and that's terrible news in a region that's food insecure, meaning there are already problems with people getting enough to eat.
想象一下，當你看到一團巨大的“云”，37英里長，25英里寬，而不是水或灰塵，而是一團蝗蟲云。這只是今年落在東非的蜂群中的一個。特別是沙漠蝗蟲。最具破壞性的蝗蟲會吃東西，這對一個食物不安全的地區(qū)來說是個可怕的消息，這意味著人們已經(jīng)面臨著吃飽的問題。
The United Nations says this is the worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years. What might have made it so bad was a cyclone, a major storm that hit parts of Somalia and Ethiopia last December. That brought a lot of rain to the region and that creates the best conditions for these pests to breed. The United Nations wants the world to contribute more than $75 million so pesticides can be sprayed to kill the insects.
聯(lián)合國稱這是25年來最嚴重的沙漠蝗蟲入侵。去年12月襲擊索馬里和埃塞俄比亞部分地區(qū)的強熱帶風(fēng)暴可能使情況變得如此糟糕。這給該地區(qū)帶來了大量降雨，為這些害蟲的繁殖創(chuàng)造了最佳條件。聯(lián)合國希望全世界捐款超過7500萬美元，這樣就可以噴灑殺蟲劑來殺死昆蟲。
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN ANCHOR: Ravenous and ruthless, locusts have been known and feared by the world's most ancient civilizations but their biblical emphamy is all too real today. Right now millions of these insects are sweeping across the farm lands of east Africa. Some reports say there are billions destroying crops and threatening livelihoods. For farmers across the region this is the sound of danger.
CNN 記者：貪婪無情的蝗蟲是世界上古代所熟知和懼怕的，但依據(jù)圣經(jīng)，它們卻真實存在。現(xiàn)在，數(shù)百萬只這種昆蟲正在席卷東非的農(nóng)田。一些報道稱，有數(shù)十億蝗蟲破壞農(nóng)作物，威脅生計。對于整個地區(qū)的農(nóng)民來說，這是危險的消息。
10 Second Trivia. What animal would you find in the family acrididae? Aphid, marmot, sea horse or locust. In the family acrididae you'll find grasshoppers and locusts.
Imagine seeing an approaching cloud that's massive, 37 miles long and 25 miles wide and instead of water or dust it's a cloud of locusts. That's the size of just one of the swarms that's descended this year on eastern Africa. Specifically these are desert locusts. The most destructive type of locusts that eats food and that's terrible news in a region that's food insecure, meaning there are already problems with people getting enough to eat. The United Nations says this is the worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years. What might have made it so bad was a cyclone, a major storm that hit parts of Somalia and Ethiopia last December. That brought a lot of rain to the region and that creates the best conditions for these pests to breed. The United Nations wants the world to contribute more than $75 million so pesticides can be sprayed to kill the insects.
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN ANCHOR: Ravenous and ruthless, locusts have been known and feared by the world's most ancient civilizations but their biblical emphamy is all too real today. Right now millions of these insects are sweeping across the farm lands of east Africa. Some reports say there are billions destroying crops and threatening livelihoods. For farmers across the region this is the sound of danger.
