九年级课文原文u9-lesson27-2

九年级课文原文u9-lesson27-2
Unit 9
第九单元
block 2 Read the first sentences of each paragraph. What is the main idea of the text?
2 读每一段的第一句话。

课文大意是什么？
Tree Heroes
树木英雄
In many parts of the world,
在世界的许多地方，
land that was once forest has changed greatly.
曾经是森林的土地已经改变了很多。

Some of the land has become part of cities or towns.
部分土地已成为城市或城镇的一部分。

Some forest areas have become farmland while some other places no longer have any trees because they've been cut down for other reasons.
一些曾经是森林的区域变成了农田，而有些地方不再有任何树木，它们因为其他原因被砍下来了。

This causes problems.
这就会产生问题。

It affects the climate,
它影响气候，
causes animals to move or die,
使得动物迁移或者死亡，
and can cause deserts to expand.
并会导致沙漠扩张。

China needs to plant trees because so many of its forests have been cut down in the last 50 years.
中国需要种树，因为在过去的50年里，许多森林被砍伐了。

Although there are still problems to solve,
但是还有一些问题需要解决，
China's tree-planting programmes are huge.
中国的植树工程是巨大的。

China plats more trees than the rest of the world.
中国种的树比世界上其他地方都要多。

Who are some of the people behind these huge numbers?
这些庞大的数字背后的人是谁？
Let's find out.
让我们找出来吧。

In Jiangxi Province,
在江西省，
83-year-old Zou Lianying has been planting trees on her land for almost 20 years.
83岁的邹连英在她的土地上植树已经将近20年了。

She knows that planting trees is good for the environment, 她知道植树是对环境好的，
so at the age of 64,
所以在64岁的时候，
she sold her cows and pigs and borrowed money to open a forest farm.
她把她的牛和猪卖了并且借了钱去开了一个林场。

Her family's forest farm has trees covering about 4k㎡ with more than 8 million trees.
她的家庭林场有800万多棵树占地约4平方千米。

Her trees are worth around 12 million RMB but she won't cut down even one tree and still lives very simply.
她的树价值约1200万元人民币，但她甚至不会砍下一棵树然后她过的十分朴素。

She believes the forest she is planting will be a gift to future generations.
她相信这些她种植的森林将是未来时代的一个礼物。

Near Beijing,
在北京附近，
Wei Guiying and a team of helpers have planted millions of trees.
魏桂英和助手团队已经种植了数百万棵树。

They have also been working at this for more than 20 years.
他们也已经在这工作超过20年了。

Now, 20k㎡ of hills have turned green.
现在，20平方千米的山变绿了。

It hasn't been easy for her.
这对她来说不容易。

She has borrowed money to pay for seedlings and still
owes a lot of money.
她借了钱去买树苗，还欠了很多钱。

This doesn't seem to matter to her, though, as she says proudly that she's not a millionaire but she has millions of trees.
这对她来说似乎并不重要，因为她自豪地说，她不是一个百万富翁，但她有百万棵树。

A lot of work is still needed to prevent deserts from getting larger and to stop the climate from getting warmer,
防止沙漠扩展和停止气候变暖仍然需要很多工作，
but if more of us can be like these tree heroes,
但是，如果我们有更多的人可以像这些树英雄一样，
it will certainly make life better of everyone.
这肯定会使每个人的生活更美好。