SEPA: China should make Dunhuang a nature reserve

时间：2007-08-11 02:28:25

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Chinanews, Beijing, August 10 – An official from the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) said in an interview given to a reporter of the Legal Daily that China should make Dunhuang a nature reserve to protect its fragile ecoenvrionment.

 

Dunhuang is located at the east edge of the Kumtagh Desert, where the climate is extremely dry. With more and more visitors coming here, Dunhuang’s ecoenvironment is greatly damaged to the extent that it might be beyond repair in a few years if nothing is done to protect it.

 

Several rivers and lakes are now drained and the level of groundwater has also dropped fiercely. Sandstorms have been more and more ferocious1. The degradation2 of the ecoenvironment is posing a fatal threat to the famous Dunhuang Grottos3 and the cultural relics4 in them.

 

Thus to protect Dunhuang will not only help to maintain a precious oasis5 in the desert and its biodiversity, but also to preserve the historical treasures there.

 
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1 ferocious ZkNxc     
adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的
参考例句：
  • The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
  • The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。
2 degradation QxKxL     
n.降级；低落；退化；陵削；降解；衰变
参考例句：
  • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
  • Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。
3 grottos 8df191e3ad0c3263920df2e5f17a1f42     
n.（吸引人的）岩洞，洞穴，（人挖的）洞室( grotto的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • UNDERGROUND Under water grottos, caverns Filled with apes That eat figs. 在水帘洞里，挤满了猿争吃无花果。 来自互联网
  • Today, some7, 000 caves with 492 grottos remain extant in Dunhuang. 如今，在砾岩峭壁上，有洞穴七千余处，492窟。 来自互联网
4 relics UkMzSr     
[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸
参考例句：
  • The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
  • Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。
5 oasis p5Kz0     
n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方
参考例句：
  • They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
  • The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。

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