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2020考研英语时事阅读:印度推出“拥枪先种树”计划

Residents in a district of the Indian state of Punjab who want to buy a gun face an unlikely new hurdle: to secure a firearm licence, they must plant at least 10 trees. Applicants in Ferozepur district are required to send photos of themselves with their saplings to officials, as well as follow-up pictures a month later to prove they are caring for their trees.

More than 100 applications have been received since the rule was introduced last month, with residents planting kikar and neem trees across the district. The northern state of Punjab, which was engulfed by a violent insurgency throughout the 1980s and 1990s, has a well-established tradition of gun ownership. There are almost 360,000 active gun licences across the state, among the highest in the country, according to government figures.

Chander Gaind, the district’s deputy commissioner, hopes that the new rules imposed on licence applicants could lead to 12,000 saplings being planted each year, helping to boost the district’s green cover and replenish its water sources.

文本选自：The Guardian(卫报)

 

【单词】

shoot

英 [ʃuːt] 美 [ʃuːt]

v. 开(枪或其他武器);射击;发射;射杀;射伤;发射(子弹等)

n. 幼苗;嫩芽;新枝;拍摄;摄影;狩猎;狩猎场

int. 做了蠢事或事情出了差错感到懊恼，避免说shit;(让某人把话说出来)说吧，请讲

hurdle

英 [ˈhɜːdl] 美 [ˈhɜːrdl]

n. (供人或马在赛跑中跨越的)栏架，跨栏;跨栏赛;难关;障碍

v. (奔跑中)跳越(某物);参加跨栏赛

engulf

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlf] 美 [ɪnˈɡʌlf]

v. 包围;吞没;淹没;严重影响

replenish

英 [rɪˈplenɪʃ] 美 [rɪˈplenɪʃ]

v. 补充;重新装满

【参考译文】

印度旁遮普邦某地区的居民想要购买枪支面临着一个意想不到的新障碍：要获得枪械执照，他们必须种植至少10棵树。在弗罗塞普尔地区，申请者必须把自己和树苗的照片寄给官员，并在一个月后附上后续照片，以证明他们在照顾自己的树苗。

自上月新规出台以来，该地区已收到100多份申请，居民们在该地区种植基卡(kikar)和印楝树。北部的旁遮普邦在20世纪80年代和90年代被暴力叛乱所吞没，拥有悠久的持枪传统。政府数据显示，该州有近36万个有效的枪支许可证，居该国之首。

该区副局长钱德尔•盖德希望，对许可证申请人施加的新规，可能导致该地区每年种植1.2万棵树苗，有助于该地区的绿化覆盖率，并补充其水源。

       以上是北京文都考研网给出的“2020考研英语时事阅读:印度推出“拥枪先种树”计划”，希望对考生在英语提升方面有所帮助!祝2020考研成功!

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