读BBC新闻学英语：印度打造生态桥助小动物安全过马路

印度打造生态桥助小动物安全过马路
India builds bridge to help reptiles cross road
印度为爬行动物安全过马路建桥
Forest officials have built a unique bridge for reptiles and other small animals to cross a busy highway in India's mountainous Uttarakhand state.
在多山的印度北阿坎德邦，森林管理部门为爬行动物和其他小动物安全过马路
建造了一所特殊的桥。

reptile n. 爬行动物；
mountainous adj. 多山的；巨大的；山一般的
The 90-foot (27-metre) "Eco Bridge", made from bamboo, jute and grass, is the first of its kind, local media say.
地方媒体表示，这座由竹子、黄麻和草打造的“生态桥”总长90尺（27米），这种桥梁是之前从没有过的。

made from
由…做成（看不出原材料）；由…制造
例句：
酸奶是由牛奶做成的。

Yogurt is made from milk.
钢是由铁炼成的。

Steel is made from iron.
Many animals have been run over by speeding cars on this road that leads to Nainital, a popular tourist destination in the state.
山区的这台公路通往奈尼塔尔山，该邦的一个著名的旅游景点，很多动物在这条山路上被过往的车辆碾压。

run over
v. 辗过；匆匆看；复查
例句：
Well, I remember being run over by a cyclist as a little girl.
我还记得我小时候被一个骑自行车的人从身上碾过。

It will overflow all its channels, run over all its Banks.
它将漫过所以的渠道，涨过两岸。

lead to
导致；通向
例句：
这条高速通往青岛。

This expressway leads to Tsingtao.
这样的举动将导致灾难。

This move will lead to disaster.
Officials are now growing creepers and grass to attract animals to the bridge.
管理员们开始种植藤蔓和草来吸引动物们过桥。

"Many reptiles and other small animals have been killed by tourist vehicles on this highway," Chander Shekhar Joshi, a forest officer in the state, told the BBC. He said officials have fixed cameras on both sides of the bridge to monitor the movement of the animals.
“很多爬行动物和其他小动物在这条山路上被旅游车辆碾压。

”该州的一位森林管理员辛德·谢卡尔·乔西对BBC说。

他表示管理处在这座桥的两端安装了摄像头，来监控动物们的过往情况。

The bridge itself has now become a tourist attraction, with many passing through stopping to take photos and selfies. But the forest department hopes that it will soon start attracting animals as well.现在这座桥已经成为了一个景点，很多过路的人们会停下来拍照和自拍。

但森林管理部门希望这座桥对动物们也能产生如此大的吸引力。

passing through
路过；经过
例句：
那个国家正经历着一场严重的危机。

The country is passing through a grave crisis.
我们是去广州的, 只是路过这里。

We're just passing through on our way to Guangzhou.
“This is a dense forest, and elephants, leopards, deer and bulls move in this area. Drivers can see them from some distance and slow down or stop, but they rarely do so for snakes, lizards or squirrels," a forest official told the Indian Express newspaper.
“这是一座茂密的丛林，大象、猎豹、鹿和公牛在经过这一区域时，司机们在很远的地方就能发现它们，并采取制动措施，但蛇、蜥蜴和松鼠就没这么幸运了。

”一位森林管理员告诉印度快报。

rarely do so
很少这么做
例句：
Villagers will come here to enjoy the hot spring in the winter,But they rarely do so in the summer.
村民会在冬天来这里享受温泉，但他们很少在夏天这样做。

Officials are hopeful that this bridge will help create awareness around smaller animals and reptiles in the area as well as help to protect them.
管理员们希望这座桥梁在保护这个区域里的小动物和爬行动物的同时，能够建立大家对它们的意识。

as well as
也；和…一样；不但…而且
例句：
正如她所说，这种病不仅影响儿童，也会影响成年人。

As she rightly pointed out the illness can affect adults as well as children.他四肢发达，头脑也不简单。

He's got plenty of brains as well as brawn.。