The report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services （IPBES） is clear on what's at stake and what needs to change.IPBES chair Robert Watson says the "overwhelming evidence" （3） ____ an " ominous （凶兆的）picture". "The health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is （4） ____ more rapidly than ever，" Robert Watson said. "We are biting the very （5） ____ of our economies，livelihoods，food security，health and quality of life worldwide." The report says it's not too late if we make "（6） ____ changes" ----fundamental，system-wide reorganization ----- at every level from local to global，we need to focus on how to make that happen. First，don't immerse yourself in despair，because despair leads to inertia （惰性） and doing nothing means certain disaster.Every action to save nature will improve our （7） ____ and personal futures and the only action to respond to a threat of this scale is with （8） ____ action rooted in optimism.Second，we need focus，just like when rescue teams arrive on a scene and use the concept of "triage（伤员鉴别分类）" to ensure the most （9） ____ cases get treated first.Saving the natural world needs that kind of thinking.We don't have the （10） ____ to do everything at once.We need to make hard choices.
A.urgent B.transformative C.presents D.grabbed E.declaration
F.collective G.capacity H.worsening I.determined J.foundation K.responsibility |
Save the World The United Nations issued a report last week warning that humans are destroying nature at such a rate that life on Earth is at risk.When the report came out，it naturally （1） ____ headlines.But obviously it did not hijack the news agenda in the manner of a major terrorist attack or （2） ____ of war.
The report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services （IPBES） is clear on what's at stake and what needs to change.IPBES chair Robert Watson says the "overwhelming evidence" （3） ____ an " ominous （凶兆的）picture". "The health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is （4） ____ more rapidly than ever，" Robert Watson said. "We are biting the very （5） ____ of our economies，livelihoods，food security，health and quality of life worldwide." The report says it's not too late if we make "（6） ____ changes" ----fundamental，system-wide reorganization ----- at every level from local to global，we need to focus on how to make that happen.
First，don't immerse yourself in despair，because despair leads to inertia （惰性） and doing nothing means certain disaster.Every action to save nature will improve our （7） ____ and personal futures and the only action to respond to a threat of this scale is with （8） ____ action rooted in optimism.Second，we need focus，just like when rescue teams arrive on a scene and use the concept of "triage（伤员鉴别分类）" to ensure the most （9） ____ cases get treated first.Saving the natural world needs that kind of thinking.We don't have the （10） ____ to do everything at once.We need to make hard choices.