Firefighting goats“山羊消防队”

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Firefighting goats“山羊消防队”

  词汇:wildfire prevention野火防范
  Meat, milk, cheese - just some of the things provided by goats. But now we can also add fire safety to this list. As wildfires damage increasingly large areas of the planet each year, goatherds may offer a way of reducing the risk.
  Wildfires are made possible by hot, dry weather conditions as well as a supply of dead vegetation that serves as fuel. We may have limited control over the first factor,  but  we  can  control  the  second.  Reducing  the  fuel   load lowers  the probability of wildfires occurring, as well as the amount of damage caused. This is where we can turn to goats to provide a solution. Goats are being used for landscape management in  a  number  of  places  around the world,  including Greece, Spain, Portugal, Chile and various parts of the United States.
  Goats have a very tough digestive system. Many kinds of vegetation that are toxic2 to other animals can be easily eaten by goats.  It's not just fully-grown plants that goats are able to deal with: any seeds that pass through a goat become non-viable and will not grow. Human clearance3 teams have to worry about getting to hard-to-reach vegetation patches- goats don't. They are skilled mountain climbers and when standing4 on their hind  legs, can reach up to two metres to devour5 shrubs6 and  grass that  humans would  struggle  to  reach. Because  of  this,  using  goats  can  reduce  both  the  possibility  of  workplace accidents and the amount of money spent on fire  protection  measures. Goat herds1 have been found to clear some patches of land for a third of the price of human vegetation control teams.
  Cost and safety aren't the only benefits. Goats are quieter than lawnmowers and people usually prefer to see goats grazing rather than litres of herbicide being sprayed on the land. Children are often fascinated to see the goats at work and this provides an opportunity to educate people about preventing wildfires.
  词汇表
  fire safety 消防安全
  wildfire    野火
  goatherd    山羊群
  risk    风险,隐患
  weather conditions  天气状况
  vegetation  植被,植物
  fuel    燃料,易燃物
  fuel load   (一定空间内的)易燃物总量
  landscape management    景观生态管理
  digestive system    消化系统
  toxic   有毒的
  non-viable  无法生存的
  clearance   清理,清除(杂草等植物)
  vegetation patch    植被斑块
  hind leg    后腿
  devour  吞食
  shrub   灌木
  grass   草
  fire protection measure 防火措施
  lawnmower   割草机
  graze   吃草
  herbicide   除草剂
  spray   喷洒
 

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1 herds 0a162615f6eafc3312659a54a8cdac0f     
兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众
参考例句:
  • Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
  • There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
2 toxic inSwc     
adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的
参考例句:
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
3 clearance swFzGa     
n.净空;许可(证);清算;清除,清理
参考例句:
  • There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
  • The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。
4 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
5 devour hlezt     
v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷
参考例句:
  • Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
  • Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵,终会被皱纹所吞噬。
6 shrubs b480276f8eea44e011d42320b17c3619     
灌木( shrub的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
  • These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。

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