森林对地球上的生命至关重要，但世界各地的森林正在迅速消失，我们该如何应对这场全球危机？

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难词探意

1. deforestation /?di??f?r??ste??n/ n. 滥伐森林

2. cubic /?kju?b?k/ adj. 立方的

3. rotational /r???te???nl/ adj. 交替的；轮流的

4. friction /?fr?k?n/ n. 摩擦

5. negligence /?neɡl?d??ns/ n. 疏忽

Forests are critical to life on earth. 1.6 billion people rely on them directly for food, shelter, fuel and income. But they are rapidly disappearing all over the world,alarming many can we prevent this global crisis? Here are some effective ways to conserve forests.

Planned and regulated tree-cutting

The commercial felling of trees is one of the main reasons for to an estimate, about 1,600 millioncubicmeters of wood has been used for various purposes in the world. If trees are cut down at this level,their revival cannot be possible. Therefore, cutting should be regulated.

“Sustainable yield” method

This technique is adopted by many countries. In regulated cutting, only one-tenth of the forest area is selected for use, and therotationalsystem is always followed for their time gap between these cuttings is helpful in the regrowth of trees.

Reforestation

The “sustainable yield”method also requires that every tree that gets cut down must be replanted. Similarly, any tree that gets burned down due to forest fires or mining activities must also get replanted. This may be done by natural or artificial methods.

Control forest fires

Forest fires also contribute to fires occur in the following ways.

Natural disasters: Some forest fires are caused by nature through lightning, or trees rubbing against each other during a strong wind and creatingfriction. We can do the least about it.

Manmade: Most forest fires are due to humannegligence. There are ways to prevent this from happening such as:

●Do not make open fires

●Do not throw your cigarette on the ground

●Maintain electricity wires properly

●Take the help of proper equipment and trained staff to put out forest fires.

Following these steps can save up to 21.5 million acres of timber annually. Forest fires are currently the main cause of deforestation in the USA.

Prevent forest fires

You can help prevent forest fires by educating others about the causes of forest fires and also about the ways to prevent a forest fire. Join an organization that works to protect our forests.

At the end of the day, the only way that we can combat deforestation is by joining together and raising awareness. If every person on earth decided to start caring about our forests today,the problem would be solved. Unfortunately,many people are ignorant of what is happening,while many others simply do not care. Do not be one of these people. Rather, fight to save our planet!

In short, we need our forests, and our forests need us!

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Do you have any other ways to conserve forests apart from the ways mentioned in the text?

Language

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Sentence for writing

The commercial felling of trees is one of the main reasons for deforestation. 商业砍伐树木是滥伐森林的主要原因之一。

【信息提取】“one of +复数名词”意为“……之一”。

【句式仿写】这些苹果中有一个坏了。

Cultural

Background

世界森林日（World Forest Day），又被译为“世界林业节”。 这个纪念日是1971年，在欧洲农业联盟特内里弗岛大会上，由西班牙提出倡议并得到一致通过的。 同年11月，联合国粮农组织（FAO）正式予以确认——以引起各国对人类的 “绿色保护神”——森林资源的重视。 通过协调人类与森林的关系，人类可以实现森林资源的可持续利用。

善待森林，无异于善待人类自己。 相信没有人愿意看到“森→林→木→十”的结局。

Ⅰ. 热词积累

1. forest 森林

2. trees 树

3. afforestation 植树造林

4. deforestation 滥伐森林

5. destruction 破坏

6. vegetation 植被

7. timber 木料

8. desertification 沙漠化

9. green belts 绿化带

10. forest ecosystems 森林生态系统

11. forest conservation 森林保护

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