VOA标准英语2012.01.22
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Africa's tropical forests face challenges from deforestation, hunting, logging and mining, as well as climate change.
非洲热带森林面临的挑战主要来自森林砍伐、狩猎、伐木和采矿，以及气候变化。
"Climate change is a major issue for much of the world, but for Africa, in particular. And there's much interest and concern around Africa's forests, which is the second largest area of tropical forest in the world after the Amazon forest. And yet there's been very little synthesis of the research that's there. There's much less known about both climate and forest and people and there interaction in Africa compared to many other regions of the world,"
“气候变化对世界很多地方来说都是一个很重大的议题，但对于非洲来说，这显得尤为重要。非洲雨林地区引起了很多人的兴趣也受到了很大的关注，因为它是仅次于亚马逊森林的世界第二大热带森林。然而，我们对于此处只做了很小的合成研究。与世界其他地区相比，非洲对于气候和森林以及人们和人们之间的互动了解的更少。”
**** Hidden Message ***** The African continent contains about 30% of the world's global rain forest, second only to the Amazon. Scientists and conservationists met at Oxford University to discuss changes the forests are expected to undergo in the 21st century. :)
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