Englands hedges would go around Earth ten times英格兰树篱总长度可绕地球十圈
新研究显示，英格兰的所有树篱连起来共有39万公里长。生态学家们期望这个新数据能使树篱得到更好的保护，由于它们不仅能够为野生动物提供食物和住所，还能吸收并储存很多的碳。
The researchers say if youjoined upall thehedgerowsin England, they would stretch almost ten times around the Earth. Their map, which is based onlaser scanninghedges from the air rather thanscaling upinformation fromfield surveys, gives a more complete picture of the quality and quantity of hedgerows across the country.
研究职员们说，假如你把英格兰所有些树篱连起来，得到的长度可以绕地球近十圈。研究职员用的地图是基于从空中对树篱进行激光扫描绘制而成的，不是靠扩大实地调查得到的信息制成的，因此更全方位地反映了英格兰各地树篱的水平及数目。
The South Westboaststhe most hedges, led by Cornwall. Excluding big urban areas such as London and Merseyside, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire are thecountieswith the least.
英格兰西南部拥有些树篱数目最多，其中康沃尔郡排在第一。除去伦敦、默西塞德等大城市区域，萨里郡、汉普郡和伯克郡拥有些树篱数目最少。
The scientists hope their new data will helprestorea vital habitat for wildlife that also stores large amounts of carbon. Thousands of miles of hedgerows have been lost since the 1950s to intensive farming and development. And the government has set ambitious1 new targets toreversethis decline2.
科学家们期望新数据或有助于使树篱恢复生机，它不止是野生动物的要紧栖息地，还能吸收并储存很多的碳。自20世纪50年代以来，因为集约型农业和土地开发，数千英里的树篱已经消失不见。为了扭转树篱数目降低的趋势，英国政府已定下一系列重大的生态保护新目的。
词语表
joined up 连起来，连接
hedgerows （尤指田间或路边的）树篱
laser scanning 激光扫描
scaling up （按比率）扩大
field surveys 野外调查，实地考察
boasts 拥有（值得自豪的事物）
counties 郡
restore 修复，使恢复
reverse 扭转
