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Grieving koala buries its head in its hands as it stands over dead body of friend
悲伤的考拉将它的头埋在自己的手中,站在朋友的尸体上
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一只悲痛的考拉用双手捧着自己的头,站在朋友的尸体旁。另一只考拉躺在它面前,部分身体浸在水中。我们来看看澳大利亚的森林大火对该国特有的野生动物(考拉)造成了的影响。
一:高级实词荟萃
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1. grief-stricken
2. heartbreaking
3. image
4. bushfires.
5. marsupial
6. Partially
7. Submerge
8. underwater.
9. devastating
10. impact
11. unique
12. estimate
13. reptile
14. dehydration
15. starvation
16. Prompt
17. Widespread
18. criticism
19. response
20. Concede
二:高级词汇拓展
1. Partially部分 adj ________________
2. devastating毁灭 的 vt ____________
3. impact影响 vt ____________
4. estimate估计 n. ____________
5. starvation饥饿 v. ____________ adj ____________
6. criticism批评 vt ____________
7. response响应 vi ____________
三:高级短语荟萃
1. bury its heads in its hands
2. at the edge of a creek.
3. pick up the injured animal
4. account for
5. habitat loss.
6. climate policy
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A grief-stricken koala buried its heads in its hands as it stood of the dead body of its friend in a heartbreaking image from the Australian bushfires.
The photo was taken on South Australia's Kangaroo Island and shows the small marsupial sitting at the edge of a creek.
The other koala lays in front of it partially submerged underwater.
In a further image, a member of the Humane Society picks up the injured animal in a towel and takes it away to care for it.
Fires on Kangaroo Island have killed an estimated 30,000 koalas and destroyed 200,000 hectares of land.
The Australian bushfires have had a devastating impact on the country's unique wildlife.
Scientists have estimated that up to a billion mammals, birds and reptiles have been killed in the inferno.
That estimate accounts for animals killed directly in the fire as well as those that have died from dehydration, starvation and habitat loss.
The huge impact prompted Versace to announce it will no longer use kangaroo leather in its products .
Experts have said that it could