rainforest：熱帯雨林
surge：急増
norminalisation：名詞化
carbon dioxide：二酸化炭素
soar：上昇する
ruine：破滅
Despite government promising to stop destroying rainforests just two years ago, more tropical rainforest was lost in 2022 than in 2021. In fact, the opposite has happened. A new study has shown that ten percent more rainforest was cleared in 2022 that in the previous year.
1,Climate change: Deforestation surges despite pledge
This is all about the loss of tropical rainforests which is increasing or surging. Deforestation means the process of removing forests. This word is used norminalisation which means turn verbs into nouns to talk about processes. This is an example that we see a lot in academic and scientific writing. And also we have desertification which means the process of places becoming deserts, urbanization which means the process of placing becoming cites, and decarbonisation which means the process of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
2,Destruction of word’ pristine rainforests soared in 2020 despite Cop26 pledge
It’s about the increase in destruction of rainforests. It soared in 2022 that means increased very fast. Pristine is perfect condition and not ruined. Forests have not previously been damaged by humans and these are what are now destroyed. It’s often used generally. You will see it in the expression in pristine condition. This is used to describe to something that is as good as new. When you’re selling something, you’ll get a lot more money for it, if it’s in pristine condition. We could also use it to talk about the way things are looked after, so museums might have lots of old objects that they keep in pristine condition.
3,World forests continue to shrink despite Cop26 pledge report says
This headline uses shrink to talk about reforests getting smaller. A pledge is a formal promise, so at the Cop summit, governments promised to stop and even reverse deforestation by 2030. This word is often used in formal or very serious contexts. For example, politicians make pledges to voters in campaigns, or couples make pledges to each other when they get married. So it’s not the same as a promise to buy your friend dinner to to get somewhere on time.
