stricken district/ area受災地區

　　raise the awareness of environmental protection提高環保意識

　　environment-friendly products環保產品

　　take effective measures to do采取有效措施做某事

　　plant trees; cut down trees 植樹/砍伐樹木

　　go against nature 違背自然規律

　　protect the endangered animals from being killed保護瀕臨滅絕的動物不被殺害

　　(be) in danger of extinction/becoming extinct/dying out處于危險之中

　　punish the hunters severely 嚴懲捕獵者

　　keep/break ecological balance; keep/damage the balance of nature 保持/破壞生態平衡

　　create a pleasant ecological environment 創造良好的生態環境

　　live in harmony with animals 和動物和諧相處

　　devote oneself to protecting wildlife 致力于保護野生動物

　　arouse people’s awareness of wildlife protection 喚醒人們保護野生動植物的意識

　　take effective measures to protect rare animals 采取有效措施保護珍稀動物

　　(earthquake, etc.) hit/strike (some place) 采取有效措施保護珍稀動物

　　be washed away bridges 被沖走

　　burn to the ground 全部焚毀

　　leave the whole city in ruins  讓整個城市成為廢墟

　　the trapped people 被困人員

　　be trapped in the ruins 困在廢墟中

　　(be) faced with all kinds of difficulties 面對各種困難

　　overcome difficulties 克服困難

　　stricken district/area 受災地區

　　the earthquake victims 地震災民

　　rescue victims/sufferer 拯救受害人

　　call on people to make donations 呼吁人們捐贈

　　hold out/give a helping hand to sb 對……伸出援助之手

　　recover from the disaster 從災難中恢復過來

　　三、話題佳句/句式

　　Everyone should take the responsibility to protect the environment./ It’s everyone’s duty to protect the environment. 保護環境，人人有責。

　　In spite of all this, the government called on the whole nation to support the places hit by the worst disaster.盡管如此，政府還是號召全國支援被這次大災難襲擊的地區。

　　The city government took effective measures to protect rare animals.政府采取有效措施保護珍稀動物。

　　Nowadays, natural disasters have been more widespread and more frequent, becoming very rapidly an increasing threat to development. 如今，自然災害更加普遍和頻繁，迅速成為了發展越來越大的危脅。

　　Typhoon Morakot brought the worst flooding in 50 years to southern Taiwan, killing more than 460 people with scores of people injured or missing. “莫拉克”臺風襲擊臺灣南部，造成50年來最嚴重的水災，460人死亡，幾十人受傷或失蹤。

　　The aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortage.目的是喚醒公眾對水缺乏的嚴重性的意識。

　　In this activity, students have raised their awareness of environmental protection.在這次活動中，學生已經提高了他們的環保意識。

　　四、連句成篇

　　現狀：砍伐樹木，破壞生態平衡，許多動植物處于危險中

　　建議：1. 喚醒人們保護野生動植物意識

　　2. 政府應該致力于保護野生動植物，保護瀕臨滅絕的

　　動物不受殺害

　　3. 采取有效措施保護珍稀動物，嚴罰捕獵者

　　4. 和動物和諧相處，創造良好的生態環境

　　With more and more trees cut down, the balance of nature has been damaged, which has caused many wild animals and plants in danger of extinction. Therefore, it’s high time that we aroused people’s awareness of wildlife protection. Besides, our government should devote to protecting wildlife, preventing the endangered animals from being killed. Furthermore, effective measures should be taken to protect rare wildlife, including punishing the hunters severely. Last but not least, we should live in harmony with animals, creating a pleasant ecological environment.