| 1. | The rate of species extinction already appears to be accelerating
而物种灭绝的速率，也已经开始上升。 |
| 2. | As is often the case , humans are the primary cause of extinction
通常情况下，人类是物种灭绝的主要原因。 |
| 3. | After each extinction , it took upwards of 10 million years for biological richness to recover
每一次物种灭绝以后，大约需要一千万年来恢复生物多样性。 |
| 4. | Human actions dominate eastern north america and europe , but these regions have few extinctions
北美东部及欧洲有大量的人类活动，但这些地区很少有物种灭绝。 |
| 5. | The average extinction rate is now some 1 , 000 to 10 , 000 times faster than the rate that prevailed over the past 60 million years
现在的物种灭绝速度，比六千万年以前平均要快1000到10000倍。 |
| 6. | The answer is neither , because numbers must be understood in context ; lomborg creates a context for belittling extinction problems
然而，隆伯格所提供的背景脉络，低估物种灭绝问题的严重性。 |
| 7. | Scientists say china ' s status as a leading center of biodiversity makes the threatened state of wildlife a global concern
中国作为物种数量的重要领导地位，很多物种的频临灭绝就关系到整个世界的物种灭绝。 |
| 8. | The consensus among biologists is that we now are moving toward another mass extinction that could rival the past big five
大多数生物学家相信，我们正在走向又一次的物种灭绝，其规模可能与前面五次不相上下。 |
| 9. | When ocean species collapse , it makes the ocean itself weaker and less able to recover from shocks like global climate change , worm said
还说，一旦海洋生物物种灭绝，海洋就变得脆弱而更难以调节全球气候变化带来的冲击。 |
| 10. | Some 208 million years ago , another mass extinction took a toll primarily on sea creatures , but also some land animals
两亿零八百万年以前，又一次大规模物种灭绝灾难发生了，首当其冲受害的是海洋生物，某些陆生动物也未能幸免。 |
