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People killed for defending their land 環境保護者因捍衛家園而死亡

Juno space probe success 美國國家航空航天局“朱諾”探測器成功切入木星軌道

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2015 was the most dangerous year on record for people around the world trying to protect their land and the environment. That's the conclusion of a new report from the campaign group Global Witness. It says Brazil was particularly badly affected with at least 50 people killed protecting forests and land from illegal loggers and miners.

對于世界各地試圖保護自己的土地和環境的人來說，2015是有史以來最危險的一年。這是“全球見證”（Global Witness）這家活動組織的新報告得出的結論。根據這項報告，巴西受影響尤為嚴重，至少有50人為保護森林及土地不被非法伐木者和礦工破壞而死亡。

After a five-year space journey, NASA's Juno probe has arrived at its destination. No previous spacecraft has passed so close to Jupiter before because of its intense radiation. Now that it's orbiting Jupiter, Juno will start studying how the gas giant was formed. The probe will circle the planet for 20 months before destroying itself by diving into the radioactive atmosphere.

在為期5年的太空飛行后，美國國家航空航天局的“朱諾”探測器已抵達目的地。因木星周圍輻射很強，此前沒有任何一架航天器能與它如此接近。鑒于“朱諾”現已繞木星軌道運行，它將開始研究這顆氣態巨星是如何形成的。探測器將在接下來的20個月里繞木星飛行，然后沖入放射性大氣層進行自毀。

詞匯

on record
史上記載的

loggers
伐木者

orbiting
環繞軌道運行

練習

請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。注意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。

on record / loggers / orbiting

1. Politicians are meeting to discuss concerns that illegal ________ is leading to high levels of deforestation.

2. The International Space Station has been ________ the Earth with a human crew for more than 15 years.

3. Financial experts are worried after the pound hit the lowest rate against the dollar ________.

答案

1. Politicians are meeting to discuss concerns that illegal logging is leading to high levels of deforestation.

2. The International Space Station has been orbiting the Earth with a human crew for more than 15 years.

3. Financial experts are worried after the pound hit the lowest rate against the dollar on record.