The new Living Planet Report is out. Published every two years, it assesses(评估) the health of the natural world and, historically, it’s made for gloomy reading(读来令人沮丧).
新一期的《地球生命力报告》出炉了。这份报告每两年发布一次，评估自然界的健康状况，而回顾历史，它的内容总是令人沮丧。
Take 2024’s report, which showed global wildlife populations had plummeted by 73% in 50 years and that ecosystems were being pushed toward collapse.(以2024年的报告为例，它显示全球野生动物种群在50年间骤降了73%，生态系统正被推向崩溃的边缘。)
以2024年的报告为例，它显示全球野生动物种群在50年间骤降了73%，生态系统正被推向崩溃的边缘。
After reading it, I retired to a dark room and drank gin, but every time I popped my head out(探出头来), there was more bad news: heatwaves, floods, wildfires and mass coral bleaching(大规模珊瑚白化).
读完报告后，我躲进一间暗室喝起了杜松子酒，但每次探出头来，看到的都是更多坏消息：热浪、洪水、野火和大规模珊瑚白化。