BBC 英语学习 News Review 破坏自然

Animals and plants that are bad for nature.

A new report says non native species are in danger.

This is news review from BBC Learning English.

I'm Neil, and I'm Beth. Make sure you watch to the end to learn vocabulary to talk

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Now, the story non native animals and plants are destroying biodiversity and ecosystems across the world.

A major scientific report says mosquitoes are spreading dengue and yellow fever, and rats and snakes are killing seabird populations.

Invasive species are those that come from a different environment accidentally and cause damage.

They often arrive by a ships, planes and tourists.

You've been looking at the headlines, beth, what's the vocabulary?

We have repelled high stakes and running rice.

This is news review from BBC, learning English.

Let's look at our 1st headline.

This is from D-W that's Dot Javela.

Can invasive alien species be repelled?

OK, let's start with alien. Alien means that these species come from a foreign country, they are invasive, and they spread quickly and they cause damage.

But we are looking at repelled.

Now, this word, beth repelled reminds me of the thing I use when I go to some countries on holiday.

Yes. Now that is useful to think about.

It's insect repellent. You spray it on you or put cream on and it keeps insects, like mosquitoes, away from you.

Now we're looking at repelled, and the verb is repell yes, and to repel, the verb means to force something away from you.

And the headline writer is asking whether these alien species can be forced away.

Can they be repelled? That's right now.

Things can also repel you. They make you want to stay away from them, and that includes people.

If you find someone unpleasant, then they can repel you.

I think beth's saying that I repel her.

Okay, let's look at that again.

Let's look at our next headline.

This is from Japan Today, world losing high stakes fights against invasive species.

So this headline is saying that the world is losing its battle against invasive species.

And it describes the fight as high stakes, high stakes.

It's an expression that comes from betting or gambling.

And if something is high stakes, you could win a lot, you could lose a lot.

So the risk is high, exactly?

Now, high stakes is an adjective, and it means there's a lot to lose, or a serious risk if something isn't successful.

So this headline is describing a fight against invasive species as high stakes, yes, and we know that these invasive species are not good for the planet, and there is a lot of risk if we can't stop them.

Now, we use it in other situations as well, e.g.

in tests like aylts. This is a high stakes test, because there's a lot to lose.

If you don't get the band that you need, you will have to pay again.

Yes. Now, talking of risk with I was playing poker last night.

It was a high stakes game.

Okay, how did you do? Did you win?

Lose? Well, I was wondering if you could lend me some money for lunch.

I just, uh, 5 lb. Maybe. Let's look at that again.

Let's have our next headline, please.

This is from MSN Invasive Alien species Running rife around Earth at unprecedented rate.

So we see that word alien again that we've already looked at.

The headline says that alien species are running rife.

Running rife is what we're going to learn about now, beth, we all know run that.

What's the connection here? Well, runrife means that something is uncontrolled.

It doesn't literally mean running. And this idea of speed is important.

So invasive species are spreading very quickly in an uncontrolled way, almost like they're running.

yes. And we can use this to talk about people as well.

So, e.g., criminals might run rife in a certain area.

It means there's a lot of crime.

It's spreading fast, Nobody can control it.

Or children might run life at a

party. The kids are out of control.

OK? Let's look at that again.

We've had repel forced away, high stakes.

There's a lot at risk. And running rife, it's uncontrolled.

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