记住这些地方：在它们消失之前

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       大自然原本留给了我们很多人间天堂、资源宝库，但是随着全球气候变化，这些美丽的地方说不定哪一天就会从我们视线里消失，我们唯一能做的就是用心记住它们，并从身边的小事做起，保护环境。

　　Places To Remember Before They Disappear

　　记住这些地方——在它们消失之前

　　Maldives is an archipelago country, which consists of 1,200 islands, in the Indian Ocean. It is best-known for its picturesque scenery:　White beach, swaying palm trees, colorful corals and abundant sunshine. 80 percent of average elevation of Maldives is lower than one meter. If the sea level keeps on rising for global climate change, this beautiful paradise might disappear underneath the sea water sooner or later.

　　作为一个岛国，马尔代夫由分布在印度洋的1200个小岛组成。它以风光如画著称：白沙滩，摇摆的棕榈树，多彩的珊瑚，充足的阳光。马尔代夫群岛的平均海拔有80%都低于1米，如果海平面随着全球气候变化继续上升，这个美丽的天堂岛国迟早会淹没于茫茫大海下。

　　Cherrapunji, India, 1,290 meters above sea level, receives the most largest annual rainfall in the world. But 98 percent of the local rainfall comes from March to October every year, and the climate will become rather dry during the other four months. There is no reservoir for the rainwater storage there. Also for recent global climate change, environmental pollution, deforestation and soil erosion, the locals even can’t get enough water for survival in the dry season.

　　印度的乞拉朋齐，海拔高度1290米，每年的降水量全球最高。但每年98%的降水量集中在三月到十月期间，剩下的四个月气候非常干燥。那里没有水库可以存水。同样也无法应对最近全球的气候变化，环境污染，过度砍伐，水土流失，当地人在干旱时期甚至得不到足够水来维持正常生活。

　　The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea, neighboring Indonesian Seas and South China Sea, lies at the center of the world’s tropical marine biodiversity. Some of the coral ecosystems here are the most diverse ones on Earth, with more than 450 species of stony corals -- compared to 50 in the Caribbean and approximately 200 in the western Indian Ocean.

　　苏拉威西海临近于印度海和中国南海，位于世界热带海洋物种多样性的中心，这里的部分珊瑚生态系统是世界上最丰富的，有多于450种石珊瑚——相比之下，加勒比海地区只有50种，西印度洋也只有将近200种。

　　Bangkok, the capital of the Thailand, is located at the region of the Chao Phraya Delta. It is the political, economic, cultural and educational center of Thailand. Bangkok is low-lying and always threatened by floods during monsoon season.

　　泰国首都曼谷，位于湄南河地区，是泰国政治、经济、文化和教育的中心。曼谷的地势很低，在季风季节，市场受到被洪灾威胁。