亚马逊河

This practice is one of the chief reasons for the dramatic decline of this species in western Amazonia.

这种做法，是这种西部亚马逊河的显著下降，主要原因。

Far western Amazonia is, in every sense, the end of the line.

从每种意义上来说，亚马逊河的最西端都是所有航线的尽头。

A number of examples can be given of the way in which natural environments are being rapidly changed - Amazonia, for instance.

可以举出很多很多的例子说明自然生态环境已经被迅速地改变了，亚马逊河流域就是最好的例证。

A species of monkey living in north-western Amazonia was named earlier this year - and scientists immediately called for it to be placed on the endangered species list.

2008年初，科学家在亚马逊河流域西北部发现一种新猴子，并随即将它们列入濒危物种名单。

In the past 15 years new opportunities to study the region's rock and fossil records have finally enabled investigators to piece together a more complete picture of Amazonian history.

过去15年来，由于有新的机会研究该地区岩石及化石记录，终于使研究人员得以拼凑出更完整的亚马逊河历史全貌。

I was sitting on a stump at the edge of a bankside palm-thatch village, in the middle of the night, on the headwaters of the Amazon.

夜半时分，在亚马逊河的源头，我坐在一个树墩上，身后是傍水的棕榈叶作屋顶的小村落。

Did a school of piranha eat flesh down to the bone of a busload of passengers that crashed in an Amazonian river?

当一辆公交车掉进了亚马逊河中，他们真的被食人鱼吃得只剩下了骨头？

The Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric power plant will be built along the Ecuadorian Amazon river and some 75 km from the capital city of Quito.

Coca Codo Sinclair水力发电厂将建于厄瓜多尔境内的亚马逊河沿岸，与首都基多距离约75公里。

A great quantity of plants which could produce fuel directly are discovered, some Brazilian scientists found a type of plant in Amazon jungle, which is called "Copaiba", the Copaiba balsam is used on diesel engine, and the such balsam could be recollected in another six months.

可直接生产燃料油的植物也被大量发现，巴西科学家在亚马逊河热带丛林中，发现了一种名曰"苦配巴"的石油树，其汁液不需加工即可用来发动柴油机，六个月后还可再次采集。

Stand on the muddy riverbank at Copal Urco just before dawn and it is easy to see why the Amazon breeds legends.

黎明前，当你站在科帕尔乌尔科泥泞的岸边，你就会明白为什么亚马逊河孕育了如此多的传奇。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。