Tiger Population Increases in India
印度老虎总数增加
本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2011-03-29/tiger-population-increases-in-india.html
【新闻关键字】
1. population [͵pɑpjəˋleʃən]：n.动物总数
2. endangered [ɪnˋdendʒɚd]：adj. 濒临绝种的
3. habitat [ˋhæbə͵tæt]：n.栖息地；产地
4. estimate [ˋɛstə͵met]：v.估计；估量
5. occupancy [ˋɑkjəpənsɪ]：n.居住；占有
6. caution [ˋkɔʃən]：v.警告；告诫
7. poacher [ˋpotʃɚ]：n.非法盗猎者
8. implement [ˋɪmplə͵mɛnt]：v.执行；实施
9. mafia [ˋmɑfjə]：n.黑手党；犯罪团伙
10. census [ˋsɛnsəs]：n.普查；调查
The population of endangered tigers in India has increased by 12 percent, according to the country’s environment minister.
依据国家环境部长所说，在印度快濒临绝种的老虎总数已经增加12%。
The minister says that although the tiger population has increased, their available habitat has decreased.
这位部长表示，虽然老虎总数增加，但是它们的有效栖息地却减少了。
[Jairam Ramesh, Environment Minister]:
“We used to say that in India there are only 1,411 tigers but we have estimated that the number of tigers in 2010 is 1,636. It is an increase of 12 percent. This is positive information. But the worrying trend is that the area of tiger occupancy has been reduced, especially in central India.”
环境部长拉梅什说：
“我们过去曾说印度只有1,411只老虎，但是在2010年我们所估计的老虎数量已达到了1,636只，增加了12%。这是个正面的资讯，但令人担心的趋势是，老虎的居住区域却减少了，特别是在印度中部。”
He also cautioned that poachers and projects near forests are the greatest threats to the animal.
他也提醒，非法盗猎者及附近的森林计划，是对动物的最大威胁。
[Jairam Ramesh, Environment Minister]:
“The danger today is big projects that are being implemented (around the forest area). Coal mining is going on, real estate mafia has come, mining mafia are there. We will have to fight them. We are only after the poachers, which we will succeed in.”
拉梅什说：“今天的危险是，在环绕森林地区执行的那些大计划。煤矿正在开采，房地产黑手党也来了，矿业黑手党也在那里。我们必须打击他们，我们仅是在非法盗猎者之后，但我们会成功的。”
Forest officials usedhidden cameras and DNA tests to count the big cats across 19 Indian states.
森林官员使用隐藏式摄影机及基因测试，去计算印度19省份“大猫”的数量。
The census added 70 tigers in the eastern Indian Sunderbans Tiger Reserve.
这份普查显示，在印度东部的桑德班斯老虎保护区，增加了70只老虎。
In 2007, there were just over 1,400 tigers, a sharp fall from about 3,600 five years ago.
在2007年，只有大约1,400只老虎，与 5年前的3,600只相较遽幅下降。
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