Human Impacts on Biodiversity · 人类对生物多样性的影响
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| Biodiversity/ˌbaɪəʊdaɪˈvɜːsɪti/ | 生物多样性 | shēng wù duō yàng xìng |
| Habitat destruction/ˈhæbɪtæt dɪˈstrʌkʃn/ | 栖息地破坏 | qī xī dì pò huài |
| sustainably/səˈsteɪnəbli/ | 可持续 | kě chí xù |
| resist/rɪˈzɪst/ | 抵抗 | dǐ kàng |
The web of life
- Biodiversity 生物多样性 is the variety of life on Earth.
- It means many different species, genes, and ecosystems.
- Humans depend on it for food, medicine, and clean water.
- But human activity is reducing it faster than ever.
生命之网
- 生物多样性(biodiversity)是地球上生命的多样性。
- 它意味着许多不同的物种、基因和生态系统。
- 人类依赖它获取食物、药物和干净的水。
- 但人类活动正在以前所未有的速度减少它。
How we reduce it
- Habitat destruction 栖息地破坏 is the biggest cause.
- Clearing forests and draining wetlands wipes out species.
- Pollution, overharvesting, and invasive species add more loss.
- Climate change now pushes many species past their limits.
我们如何减少它
- 栖息地破坏(habitat destruction)是最大的原因。
- 清除森林和排干湿地消灭物种。
- 污染、过度采集和入侵物种增加更多损失。
- 气候变化现在把许多物种推过它们的极限。
Biodiversity · 生物多样性 means… · 生物多样性意味着……
Biodiversity · 生物多样性 is the variety of living things — the many species and genes in an ecosystem. · 生物多样性是生物的多样性——一个生态系统中许多的物种和基因。
How we protect it
- Protected areas like national parks keep whole ecosystems safe.
- Restoring damaged habitats brings species back.
- Using resources sustainably 可持续 leaves enough for the future.
- Laws and treaties protect species across borders.
我们如何保护它
- 国家公园等保护区使整个生态系统安全。
- 恢复被损害的栖息地把物种带回来。
- 可持续(sustainably)地使用资源为未来留下足够的。
- 法律和条约跨边界保护物种。
Reduces or protects biodiversity? · 减少还是保护生物多样性?
Sort each human action by whether it reduces biodiversity or helps protect it. · 按照每个人类行为是减少生物多样性还是帮助保护它,给它们分类。
The greatest human cause of biodiversity loss is… · 生物多样性丧失最大的人类原因是……
Habitat destruction · 栖息地破坏 — clearing land for farms and cities — is the top driver of biodiversity loss. · 栖息地破坏——为农场和城市清除土地——是生物多样性丧失的首要驱动因素。
High biodiversity makes an ecosystem more stable and better able to ____ shocks. · 高生物多样性使一个生态系统更稳定,更能____冲击。
Diverse ecosystems can resist disease, drought, and change better than simple ones — diversity is resilience. · 多样的生态系统比简单的更能抵抗疾病、干旱和变化——多样性就是韧性。
Why biodiversity matters
- Diverse ecosystems better resist 抵抗 disease and change.
- They provide the services all life depends on.
- Many medicines and foods come from wild species.
- Protecting biodiversity ultimately protects ourselves.
为什么生物多样性重要
- 多样的生态系统更能抵抗(resist)疾病和变化。
- 它们提供所有生命依赖的服务。
- 许多药物和食物来自野生物种。
- 保护生物多样性最终保护我们自己。
Protecting biodiversity also protects the food, medicine, and clean water people depend on. · 保护生物多样性也保护人们依赖的食物、药物和干净的水。
Biodiversity underpins the ecosystem services we rely on, so protecting it protects us too. · 生物多样性支撑我们依赖的生态系统服务,所以保护它也保护我们。
Select all · 所有 ways to protect biodiversity. · 选出保护生物多样性的所有方法。
Protected areas, restoration, and sustainable use all protect biodiversity. Clearing forests destroys it. · 保护区、恢复和可持续使用都保护生物多样性。清除森林摧毁它。
This ties the whole course together. Nearly every topic — pollution, climate change, land use, overfishing — ends up as a threat to biodiversity. And the loss compounds: a simpler ecosystem is less able to resist the next shock, so damage feeds on itself. The hopeful side is that the same actions help across the board — protect habitat, cut pollution, use resources sustainably, and biodiversity, climate, and human wellbeing all benefit at once.
这把整个课程联系在一起。几乎每个话题——污染、气候变化、土地利用、过度捕捞——最终都成为对生物多样性的威胁。而损失会复合:一个更简单的生态系统更不能抵抗下一次冲击,所以损害自我加剧。充满希望的一面是同样的行为全面帮助——保护栖息地、削减污染、可持续地使用资源,生物多样性、气候和人类福祉一下子都受益。
One rainforest, two futures:
- Cleared for farmland, it loses thousands of species at once — habitat destruction erasing biodiversity that took millions of years to build.
- Protected as a reserve and used sustainably by local people, it keeps its species, stores carbon, and still provides food and medicine.
- The same forest; the choice between the two decides how much life survives.
一片雨林,两种未来:
- 为农田清除,它一下子失去数千个物种——栖息地破坏抹去花了数百万年才建立的生物多样性。
- 作为保护区被保护,并被当地人可持续地使用,它保留它的物种、储存碳,仍然提供食物和药物。
- 同一片森林;两者之间的选择决定多少生命存活。
Biodiversity — the variety of life — underpins the food, medicine, and clean water people depend on, and diverse ecosystems better resist shocks. Human activity reduces it, led by habitat destruction, plus pollution, overharvesting, invasive species, and climate change. We protect it through reserves, restoration, and sustainable use — actions that protect the climate and ourselves at the same time.
生物多样性——生命的多样性——支撑人们依赖的食物、药物和干净的水,而多样的生态系统更能抵抗冲击。人类活动减少它,以栖息地破坏为首,加上污染、过度采集、入侵物种和气候变化。我们通过保护区、恢复和可持续使用来保护它——这些行为同时保护气候和我们自己。