地球未来很“凄惨”？100万个物种正遭受灭绝威胁_BEC初级作文

地球未来很“凄惨”？100万个物种正遭受灭绝威胁

一份由联合国生物多样性和生态系统服务政府间科学政策平台发布的报告显示，如今在全世界800万个物种中有100万个正因人类而遭受灭绝威胁，全球物种灭绝的“平均速度已经数十甚至数百倍于千万年前”。

One million of the planet's eight million species are threatened with extinction by humans, scientists warned Monday in what is described as the most comprehensive assessment of global nature loss ever.

科学家们本周一（5月6日）发布了迄今为止最全面的一份全球自然损失评估报告，报告警告称，地球上800万个物种中有100万个正因人类而遭受灭绝威胁。

地球未来很“凄惨”？100万个物种正遭受灭绝威胁1

Their landmark report paints a bleak picture of a planet ravaged by an ever-growing human population, whose insatiable consumption is destroying the natural world.

这份具有里程碑意义的报告描绘的灰暗图景显示因全球人口增长而遭受破坏的地球，人类无止境的消费正在毁掉大自然。

insatiable [ɪn'seɪʃəb(ə)l]：adj.贪得无厌的；不知足的

The global rate of species extinction "is already tens to hundreds of times higher than it has been, on average, over the last 10 million years," according to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a UN committee, whose report was written by 145 experts from 50 countries.