英国威尔士一些最稀有的鸟类重新回归，保护人士指出，这归功于在斯诺登尼亚开展的对抗气候变化和洪水的工作。

Wales hosts 4% of the world’s blanket bog habitat, which is seen as important in the fight against climate change because it’s very effective at storing carbon dioxide.

威尔士拥有全球4%的覆被泥炭沼泽栖息地，由于它在存储二氧化碳方面非常有效，因此被视为是抗击气候变化的重要一环。

But many of these peatland landscapes are in poor condition after being drained and dug up.

但是这些泥炭地中有很多因为被排干和挖起而现状不佳。

A pilot project near Ysbyty Ifan in Conwy saw local tenant farmers block old drainage ditches and gulleys to bring back boggy conditions. Four years on and some of Wales’s rarest birds, curlews, and golden plovers, have returned to the site.

一个测试项目正在威尔士康威的伊斯比蒂伊凡村附近展开，当地的佃农把旧的引水渠道和冲沟堵住，从而恢复沼泽地原来的环境。测试项目实行至今已有四年，威尔士一些最稀有的鸟类品种，比如杓鹬和欧金鸻，纷纷返回这些沼泽地。

And now, conservation groups want more funding for this type of work made available as part of a big overhaul of farm subsidies that’s currently underway.

现在，环境保护团体希望上述这类项目可获得更多的运作资金，纳入正在进行的农业补贴方案全面改革。

词汇表

blanket bog 覆被泥炭沼泽
peatland 泥炭地
drained 被排干
tenant 租客 （本文 “tenant farmers” 特指 “佃农”，租地自行经营的农民）
ditches 沟渠
gulleys 冲沟，深沟
boggy 湿软的，沼泽的
curlews 杓鹬
golden plovers 欧金鸻
overhaul 彻底检查，全面整改
subsidies 津贴，补助

阅读理解：请在读完上文后，回答下列问题。

1. How much of the world’s blanket bog habitat is in Wales?

2. What is blanket bog habitat good at?

3. What originally caused damage to the blanket bog habitat?

4. What kinds of birds have returned to the habitat?

答案  

1. How much of the world’s blanket bog habitat is in Wales?
Wales hosts 4% of the world’s blanket bog habitat.

2. What is blanket bog habitat good at?
It is important in the fight against climate change because it’s very effective at storing carbon dioxide.

3. What originally caused damage to the blanket bog habitat?
Many of these peatland landscapes are in poor condition after being drained and dug up.

4. What kinds of birds have returned to the habitat?
Some of Wales’s rarest birds, curlews and golden plovers, have returned to the site.