英文速読　初級-5

　Today it seems that /the Earth is in danger, and one of the big problems is the loss of trees and forests. Trees give off oxygen /which is essential to animal life. In the past few decades, the need for wood has increased dramatically. This means that /more and more trees are being cut down and, if people do not take any measures /to stop it, this process will speed up /in the future. In addition to the need for wood, people are clearing forests of tress /for agricultural land. In some areas the land is farmed /until no crops grow well. Then the farmers move on and cut down the trees /in another area /to make room for more crops. This is especially true of the rain forests of Brazil and other countries. They are /in the process of disappearing; it is said that /an area about as large as a soccer field disappears every minute. At this rate, out forests ※are to disappear completely and never to grow again.

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　Today it seems that /the Earth is in danger, and one of the big problems is the loss of trees and forests.
　今日、それは思われる、地球は危険な状態にあると、そして大きな問題の一つは木と森の消失である。

　Trees give off oxygen /which is essential to animal life. In the past few decades, the need for wood has increased dramatically.　
　木は酸素を放出する、それは不可欠だ、動物の命にとって。過去数十年の間、木に対する需要は増えている、劇的に。

　This means that /more and more trees are being cut down and, if people do not take any measures /to stop it, this process will speed up /in the future.
　これは意味する、ますます多くの木が切り倒されることを、そして、もし人々が何らかの手段を講じなければ、それを止めるために、この進行は加速するだろう、今後。

　In addition to the need for wood, people are clearing forests of tress /for agricultural land. In some areas the land is farmed /until no crops grow well.
　木に対する需要に加えて、人々は森から木々を取り除いている、農業用地のために。ある地域では土地が耕されている、作物が充分に育たなくなるまで。

　Then the farmers move on and cut down the trees /in another area /to make room for more crops. This is especially true of the rain forests of Brazil and other countries.
　それから農夫たちは移動し、木々を切り倒す、他の地域で、もっと多くの作物の為の場所を作るために。これは、特に当てはまる、熱帯雨林に、ブラジルや他の国々の。

　They are in the process of disappearing; it is said that /an area about as large as a soccer field disappears every minute. At this rate, out forests ※are to disappear completely and never to grow again.
　それらは消滅の過程にある、ということが言われている、およそ、サッカー場と同じ大きさの地域が、毎分消滅していると。この割合でいくと、私たちの森は完全に消滅することになり、再び育つ事は無くなるだろう。
　
　※be to~=「〜する予定だ、〜する運命だ」