岛屿生活：真的是天堂吗？ - 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

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出自 bbclearningenglish.com 的6分钟英语。

Hello,

你好，

this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

这里是 BBC 英语教学的6分钟英语。

I'm Sam.

我是 Sam。

And I'm Rob.

我是 Rob。

What do Britain,

英国、

Greenland,

格陵兰岛、

Australia,

澳大利亚、

Hawaii, and Cuba all have in common, Rob? 短語搭配

夏威夷和古巴都有什么共同点，Rob？

Hmm.

嗯。

Uh are you planning your summer holiday, Sam?

呃，你在计划你的暑假吗，Sam？

Or is it that they're all islands?

还是说它们都是岛屿？

That's right, Rob.

说得对，Rob。

They are all islands.

它们都是岛屿。

But that's about all they have in common. 語氣意圖

但这差不多是它们仅有的共同点。

There's as much variety in the world's islands as in the people who live there. 語法

世界上的岛屿和居住在那里的人们一样多种多样。

In tourist holiday magazines,

在旅游度假杂志上，

Pacific islands like Fiji, Tonga, and Tahiti

像斐济、汤加和塔希提这样的太平洋岛屿

look like paradise with tropical rainforests, 短語搭配

看起来就像拥有热带雨林的天堂，

white sandy beaches,

洁白的沙滩，

and turquoise blue sea.

还有绿松石般湛蓝的海洋。

But in reality,

但实际上，

life is far from paradise for these island communities. 習語

对于这些岛屿社区来说，生活远非天堂。

In 2022,

2022年，

the island of Tonga suffered a tsunami,

汤加岛遭遇了海啸，

a huge wave caused by an earthquake 語法

这是由地震引起的巨浪，

that flowed inland,

涌向内陆，

killing people and causing large-scale damage. 短語搭配

造成人员伤亡和大规模破坏。

The destruction was terrible and added to the continuing crisis of rising sea levels threatening the island's survival. 講解

这种破坏极其可怕，并加剧了海平面上升威胁该岛生存的持续危机。

In this program,

在本期节目中，

we'll be hearing some Pacific Islander voices, 文化背景

我们将听到一些太平洋岛民的声音，

and as usual,

并且像往常一样，

learning some new vocabulary, too.

也会学习一些新词汇。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Rob.

我有一个问题要问你，Rob。

We already named some islands, large and small,

我们已经提到了一些大小不一的岛屿，

but how much of the world's population do you think lives on an island? 語法

但你认为世界上有多少人口居住在岛屿上？

Is it A, 11%,

是A，11%，

B, 15%,

B，15%，

or C, 20%?

还是C，20%？

Oh, that's a tricky question. 用詞

哦，这是个棘手的问题。

Uh it can't be that many,

呃，不可能会有那么多，

so I'll guess A, 11%.

所以我猜是A，11%。

Okay, Rob.

好的，Rob。

I'll reveal the correct answer at the end of the program. 短語搭配

我会在节目最后揭晓正确答案。

The South Pacific is home to thousands of low-lying islands dotted across miles of Pacific Ocean. 講解

南太平洋散布着成千上万个地势低洼的岛屿，星罗棋布在绵延数英里的太平洋上。

With rising sea levels,

随着海平面上升，

it's predicted that many of these islands will simply disappear in coming years. 語法

据预测，其中许多岛屿在未来几年内将完全消失。

And if that wasn't bad enough, 表達脈絡

如果这还不够糟糕的话，

the effects of climate change are making life difficult for these island communities right now.

气候变化的影响现在正使这些岛屿社区的生活变得困难。

The tsunami that hit Tonga left the main island, Tonga Tarpu, 語法

袭击汤加的海啸让主岛汤加塔布岛

in ruins.

变成了一片废墟。

One of those leading the cleanup was Aofa Miasi Kasami, 短語搭配

领导清理工作的人之一是 Aofa Miasi Kasami，

manager of the Pacific Climate Change Centre.

太平洋气候变化中心的经理。

She told BBC World Service program Business Daily

她在接受 BBC 国际频道节目《商业日报》采访时

the extent of the problem. 用詞

讲述了问题的严重程度。

The projected impacts of climate change on agriculture and fisheries 用詞

气候变化对农业和渔业的预计影响

will undermine food production systems in the Pacific. 用詞

将破坏太平洋地区的粮食生产系统。

Our Pacific people are also dependent on crops, livestock, agriculture, fisheries, handicrafts for food security and income. 講解

我们太平洋地区的人民也依赖农作物、牲畜、农业、渔业、手工艺品来保障粮食安全和收入。

And these sectors are also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. 用詞

而这些部门也非常容易受到气候变化的影响。

The economy of many islands like Tonga depends on tourism, farming, or fishing, 短語搭配

像汤加这样的许多岛屿的经济依赖于旅游业、农业或渔业，

and on handicrafts,

以及手工艺品，

skillfully making traditional objects like jewelry, textiles, or pottery by hand. 短語搭配

即巧妙地手工制作传统物品，如珠宝、纺织品或陶器。

These are usually sold to tourists,

这些通常卖给游客，

but when tsunamis keep the tourists away, 語法

但当海啸把游客挡在门外时，

local jobs become vulnerable, unprotected, and open to damage. 用詞

当地的工作机会就会变得脆弱、不受保护且容易受到损害。

This affects not only handicrafts, 語法

这不仅影响手工艺品，

but Tonga's ability to produce enough food to feed its population, 文化背景

还影响汤加生产足够食物来养活其人口的能力，

something known as food security.

这被称为粮食安全。

As the effects of climate change hit the local economy, 語法

随着气候变化的影响冲击当地经济，

young people are leaving Tonga to find work elsewhere. 語法

年轻人正离开汤加去别处寻找工作。

Tonga Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship

“汤加青年就业和创业”

is a project working with local organizations 語法

是一个与当地组织合作的项目，

to help young people start businesses and find jobs. 短語搭配

旨在帮助年轻人创业和找工作。

Here's project director Lusia Latu-Jones

以下是项目主管 Lusia Latu-Jones

speaking with BBC World Service's Business Daily.

在接受 BBC 国际频道的《商业日报》采访时的讲话。

So, you know, it um it can be emotional, 語氣意圖

所以，你知道，这……这可能会让人情绪激动，

very emotional and heartbreaking to see um what's what's happening in our island. 用詞

看到我们岛上发生的事情，非常令人激动且心碎。

But um it's even harder when you see young people 表達脈絡

但是，当看到年轻人

are coming through just looking looking for a chance 短語搭配

一路走来只是为了寻找、寻找一个机会，

to looking for a chance to um to help their families,

为了寻找一个机会去……去帮助他们的家人，这就更让人难受了，

you know, for them to get on their their feet again. 習語

你知道，为了让他们重新振作起来。

So,

所以，

the question we ask ourselves as an organization 表達脈絡

作为一个组织，我们问自己的问题是

is how can we address these uh challenges 用詞

我们如何应对这些挑战，

to better support our people

更好地支持我们的人民，

so that they can get back on their feet, 講解

以便他们能够重新站起来，

you know, feed their families.

你知道，养活他们的家人。

We can hear the emotion in Lusia’s voice when she describes the situation facing young Tongans 語法

当 Lusia 描述汤加年轻人所面临的处境时，我们能听出她声音里的情绪，

as heartbreaking,

她说这令人心碎，

causing strong feelings of sadness.

引起了强烈的悲伤情绪。

She says her role is to help people get back on their feet,

她说她的角色是帮助人们重新站起来（get back on their feet），

an idiom which means be able to function again 表達脈絡

这是一个习语，意思是在经历了生活中的困难后

after having difficulties in life.

能够再次正常运转。

The many problems Tongans face are made worse by perhaps the biggest problem of all, 講解

汤加人面临的许多问题可能被一个最大的问题弄得更糟，

the fact that poverty, hunger, and the loss of their traditional culture

那就是他们的贫困、饥饿以及传统文化的流失，

is being caused by the carbon emissions of larger countries halfway around the world. 講解

是由地球另一端较大国家的碳排放造成的。

If we all learned to adapt our lifestyle, 語法

如果我们都学会调整我们的生活方式，

just as Pacific Islanders have done, 語法

就像太平洋岛民所做的那样，

it may not yet be too late to change the fate of their island paradise. 講解

改变他们海岛天堂的命运也许还不算太晚。

And the fate of the millions living on other islands, too,

还有生活在其他岛屿上的数百万人的命运，

which reminds me of my question, 表達脈絡

这让我想起了我的问题，

Rob.

Rob。

11% of us are islanders,

我们中有11%的人是岛民，

which works out as over 730 million people. 短語動詞

计算下来超过7.3亿人。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary from this program, 短語搭配

好的，让我们回顾一下本节目的词汇，

starting with tsunami,

从 tsunami（海啸）开始，

a very large wave that flows inland

一种涌向内陆的巨大海浪，

causing death and destruction.

造成死亡和破坏。

Many islanders produce handicrafts,

许多岛民制作 handicrafts（手工艺品），

handmade traditional objects like jewelry, textiles, and pottery.

手工制作的传统物品，如珠宝、纺织品和陶器。

Someone who is vulnerable is weak or unprotected.

vulnerable（脆弱的）人是指虚弱或不受保护的。

The phrase food security refers to a country's ability to produce enough food 短語搭配

food security（粮食安全）一词是指一个国家生产足够食物的能力，

to feed its population.

以养活其人口。

When something is heartbreaking,

当某事是 heartbreaking（令人心碎的）时，

it makes you feel very sad.

它会让你感到非常悲伤。

And finally,

最后，

to get back on your feet means to be okay again

to get back on your feet（重新站起来）意味着在经历了生活中的困难后

after having difficulties in life.

再次好起来。

Once again,

又一次，

our 6 minutes are up.

我们的6分钟时间到了。

Goodbye for now.

暂且说再见。

Bye.

再见。

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