Places To Remember Before They Disappear

記住這些地方——在它們消失之前

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.

作為一個島國，馬爾代夫由分布在印度洋的1200個小島組成。它以風光如畫著稱：白沙灘，搖擺的棕櫚樹，多彩的珊瑚，充足的陽光。馬爾代夫群島的平均海拔有80%都低于1米，如果海平面隨著全球氣候變化繼續(xù)上升，這個美麗的天堂島國遲早會淹沒于茫茫大海下。

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.

印度的乞拉朋齊，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間，剩下的四個月氣候非常干燥。那里沒有水庫可以存水。同樣也無法應對最近全球的氣候變化，環(huán)境污染，過度砍伐，水土流失，當地人在干旱時期甚至得不到足夠水來維持正常生活。

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.

蘇拉威西海臨近于印度海和中國南海，位于世界熱帶海洋物種多樣性的中心，這里的部分珊瑚生態(tài)系統(tǒng)是世界上最豐富的，有多于450種石珊瑚——相比之下，加勒比海地區(qū)只有50種，西印度洋也只有將近200種。

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.

泰國首都曼谷，位于湄南河地區(qū)，是泰國政治、經濟、文化和教育的中心。曼谷的地勢很低，在季風季節(jié)，市場受到被洪災威脅。