每日新闻(68)【亚马逊国家聚首巴西,探讨拯救雨林】
Leaders of Amazon nations gather in Brazil for summit on rainforest's future
The leaders
of Amazon nations including Brazil, Colombia and Peru
have gathered in the Brazilian city
of Belém for a rare
conclave
about the future of the world's largest rainforest amid growing concern over the global climate emergency.
The environmental summit
–
convened
by Brazil's
leftist
president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva –
represents a handbrake
turn in Brazilian government policy after four years of Amazon destruction and international isolation under the country's previous leader, Jair Bolsonaro.
重点词汇释义:
conclave 秘密会议;秘密会议与会者
convened 召集,召开;聚集,集合;convene的过去分词和过去式
leftist 左派;左翼分子;左派人士;左派的;激进的;左撇子的
handbrake 手闸,手刹车
译文:
亚马逊国家领导人齐聚巴西参加雨林未来峰会
包括巴西、哥伦比亚和秘鲁在内的亚马逊国家领导人聚集在巴西贝伦市,就世界上最大雨林的未来举行了一次罕见的秘密会议,人们对全球气候紧急情况的担忧与日俱增。此次环境峰会由巴西左翼总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦召集,代表着巴西政府政策的转折点。此前,在巴西前领导人雅伊尔·博索纳罗领导下,巴西经历了四年的的亚马逊破坏和国际社会孤立。 来自卫报(The Guardian)