据报道，自澳大利亚进入山火季，着火面积已经超过上百万公顷，大火毁掉了考拉80%的自然栖息地，至少有一千只考拉葬身火海，加上自然栖息地恢复难度大，可爱的考拉正面临着功能性灭绝。
功能性灭绝是指物种数量降低到在自然状态下基本丧失了维持繁殖的能力，甚至丧失了维持生存的能力。
考拉基金会正呼吁政府颁布考拉保护法，考拉医院已筹集114.6万美元善款，将用于为考拉建立安全的栖息地，以及在山火破坏地区安装饮水站。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 据 | jù | according to |
| 报道 | bào dào | report |
| 自 | zì | from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 澳大利亚 | Ào dà lì yà | Australia |
| 进入 | jìn rù | to enter / to join / to go into |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 火 | huǒ | fire / ammunition / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / Kangxi radical 86 |
| 季 | jì | season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers |
| 着火 | zháo huǒ | to catch fire |
| 面积 | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 百万 | bǎi wàn | million |
| 公顷 | gōng qǐng | hectare |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 毁掉 | huǐ diào | to destroy |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 考拉 | kǎo lā | (loanword) koala |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 自然 | zì rán | natural |
| 栖息地 | qī xī dì | habitat |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least / (to say the) least |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 只 | zhī | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 葬身 | zàng shēn | to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die |
| 火海 | huǒ hǎi | a sea of flames |
| 加上 | jiā shàng | plus / in addition / on top of that |
| 恢复 | huī fù | to reinstate / to resume / to restore / to recover / to regain / to rehabilitate |
| 难度 | nán dù | degree of difficulty |
| 可爱 | kě ài | adorable / cute / lovely |
| 正 | zhèng | exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) |
| 面临 | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 功能性 | gōng néng xìng | functionality |
| 灭绝 | miè jué | to become extinct; to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 指 | zhǐ | to point at or to / to indicate or refer to |
| 物种 | wù zhǒng | species |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 状态 | zhuàng tài | condition; state; state of affairs |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic / fundamental / main / elementary |
| 丧失 | sàng shī | to lose / to forfeit |
| 维持 | wéi chí | to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 繁殖 | fán zhí | to breed / to reproduce / to propagate |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist / to survive |
| 基金会 | jī jīn huì | foundation (institution supported by an endowment) |
| 呼吁 | hū yù | to call on (sb to do sth) / to appeal (to) |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government |
| 颁布 | bān bù | to issue / to proclaim / to enact (laws, decrees etc) |
| 保护 | bǎo hù | protection |
| 法 | fǎ | law / method / way / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉) |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 已 | yǐ | already |
| 筹集 | chóu jí | to collect money; to raise funds |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 善款 | shàn kuǎn | contributions / donations |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |
| 用于 | yòng yú | to use in; to use on; to use for |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish / to set up / to found |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 破坏 | pò huài | to wreck / to break / to destroy |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |
| 安装 | ān zhuāng | to install / to erect / to fix / to mount |
| 饮水 | yǐn shuǐ | drinking water |
| 站 | zhàn | station / branch of a company or organization / website |