Our survival is inextricably linked to the survival of the rainforest.

我们的生存与雨林的生存息息相关。

They do serious harm to tropical rainforest.

他们对热带雨林造成严重危害。

Low-level slash and burn farming doesn't harm rainforest.

低水平的刀耕火种不会损害雨林。

The many rainforest bat species are especially well adapted for this lifestyle.

许多热带雨林的蝙蝠特别适合这种生活方式。

Most important of all, the Amazon irrigates the largest tropical rainforest on earth.

最重要的是，亚马逊河灌溉着地球上最大的热带雨林。

Keep your eyes peeled for beech forest—tramp through rainforest and climb platforms above the canopy.

让你的眼睛盯着山毛榉树林——徒步穿越雨林，爬到树冠上的平台。

In the depths of the French Guyanese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous people.

在法属圭亚那热带雨林的深处，仍然有罕见的土著人群体。

On a more global level, the destruction of the rainforest for full-sun coffee fields also threatens human life.

在更全球化的层面上，为种植全日照的咖啡田而破坏雨林也威胁到了人类的生存。

Over 75% of Mexico's forests, which range from temperate spruce and fir to tropical rainforest, are controlled by ejidos or indigenous groups.

墨西哥的森林既有温带的云杉和冷杉，也有热带雨林，其中75%以上由合作农场或原住民团体控制。

They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies.

他们制造了一种可以用植物和土壤供电的灯，而在这个村庄所在的亚马逊雨林中，植物和土壤都很容易找到。

In the Amazon, my colleagues and I found the mortality rate for the biggest trees had tripled in small patches of rainforest surrounded by pasture land.

在亚马逊河流域，我和我的同事们发现，在被牧场包围的一小片雨林中，最大的树木的死亡率增加了两倍。

Most rainforest soils are thin and poor because they lack minerals and because the heat and heavy rainfall destroy most organic matter in the soils within four years of it reaching the forest floor.

大多数雨林土壤都很贫瘠，因为它们缺乏矿物质，而且高温和强降雨会在到达森林地面后的4年内破坏土壤中的大部分有机物。

Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest?

你曾经进入过热带雨林吗？

The second largest rainforest is in Western Africa.

第二大雨林在西非。

The largest tropical rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest in South America, which covers 1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometers.

最大的热带雨林是南美洲的亚马逊雨林，它占地12亿英亩，相当于近500万平方公里。

There are four different levels of trees in a rainforest.

雨林中有四种不同层级的树。

80% of the food we eat first grew in the rainforest.

我们吃的80%的食物最初都产自热带雨林。

About 480 varieties of trees may be found in just one hectare of rainforest.

一公顷的雨林里可能就有约480种树木。

One fifth of the world's fresh water is also found in the Amazon Rainforest.

世界上五分之一的淡水也存在于亚马逊雨林中。

These different parts of a rainforest exist together to create an ecosystem for many animals, plants and human beings.

雨林的这些不同部分共同存在，为许多动植物以及人类创造了一个生态系统。

In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the "lungs of our planet" because it produces 20% of the world's oxygen.

事实上，亚马逊雨林是“地球之肺”，因为它为地球供给了20%的氧气。

As well as looking at exhibits, visitors can play with computer simulations and imagine themselves living at a different time in history or walking through a rainforest.

除了观赏展品，游客还可以玩电脑模拟游戏，想象自己生活在不同的历史时期，或者漫步在热带雨林中。

They have saved 0.3 km2 of rainforest, cleaned up million kg of CO2, sent 22,000 books to Africa, and bought 20,000 kg of rice for people without enough food.

他们拯救了0.3平方公里雨林，净化了一百万公斤二氧化碳，给非洲赠送了两万两千本图书，并为缺粮少食的人购买了两万公斤大米。

The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa on October 20. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest communities, 42% of whom have no electricity.

10月20日，我校向新萨摩萨的村民赠送了10盏植物灯。到目前为止，它们已经取得了巨大的成功！发明这盏灯的德克萨斯大学教授埃尔默·拉米雷斯认为，植物灯可以帮助改善许多人的生活，特别是小型雨林社区的人们，那里42%的人不能使用电。

We are cutting down the rainforest.

我们正在砍伐掉雨林。

The mother carried each baby up a rainforest tree to a safe perch inside a bromeliad plant.

这位母亲把每一个婴儿衔到一棵热带雨林的树上，放在凤梨科植物里一个安全的栖息处。

I heard that the guy who is going to deliver the lecture spent a year living in the rainforest.

我听说将要做演讲的那个人曾经在雨林里生活了一年。

The suitable habitat, that is, the actual rainforest is much larger than the few hectares where the Nightcap Oak grows.

合适的栖息地，也就是说，那些实际的雨林面积要比夜冠橡树生长区域的那几公顷大得多。

Mee questions whether it is fair to reintroduce a jaguar because of the dwindling rainforest and the impact on the people who live and farm there.

梅伊队质疑重新引进美洲虎是否公平，因为热带雨林正在减少，而且会影响到那些生活和耕作在那里的人们。

Arts and crafts including weaving palm fans will account for one of the many rainforest activities.

包括编织棕榈扇在内的工艺品将成为众多雨林活动中的一项。