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Brazil's Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, according to new data from the country's space research agency. NAL Institute for Space Research (Inpe) said its satellite data showed an 83% increase on the same period in 2018. It comes weeks after President Jair Bolsonaro fired the head of the agency amid rows over its deforestation data.
see vt. 经历,遭受(to experience or suffer)
· I’ve seen a lot in my life.
我这辈子经历的事儿多了去了。
record adj. 破纪录的,创新高的
· record profit: 创下新高的利润
· record number: 创历史记录的数量
institute/ˈɪnstɪtjuːt, ˈɪnstɪtuːt/ n. 研究机构,研究院
· the institute of … : ……研究院
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): 麻省理工学院
increase v. 增加
· 反义词: decrease v. 减少
· This company’s market share shows a 20% increase on the same period in 2018.
这家公司的市场占有率跟2018年相比增加了20%。
it comes … after…: 此前……(追溯当下这件事情发生的原因,构成了前因和现在结果之间的关系)
· It comes 3 days after the company released its new product.
就在此前3天,该公司发布了其新产品。
amid/əˈmɪd/ prep. 在……之中(in the middle of)
row n. 一排;一行
deforestation/ˌdiːˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn, ˌdiːˌfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃn/ n. 毁林;滥伐森林
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