位處赤道附近一個狹窄區域的熱帶雨林,正在不斷地遭受人類的破壞,預計在二零零零年之前,該區域將會有五分之四的熱帶雨林從地球上消失。

The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 位處 wèichù to be located in; to be situated at
2 赤道 chìdào
  1. equator (of the earth or a celestial body)
  2. celestial equator
3 附近 jìn
  1. nearby; neighboring
  2. (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
=4 一個 ge
  1. a; an; one
  2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
=4 一個
  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
  2. same
5 狹窄 xiázhǎi narrow
6 區域
  1. area
  2. region
  3. district
=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 熱帶雨林 dàilín tropical rain forest
9 正在 zhèngzài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
10 不斷 duàn
  1. unceasing
  2. uninterrupted
  3. continuous
  4. constant
=11 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=11
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

12 遭受 zāoshòu to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
13 人類 rénlèi
  1. humanity
  2. human race
  3. mankind
=14 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
15 破壞 huài
  1. destruction
  2. damage
  3. to wreck
  4. to break
  5. to destroy
16 預計
  1. to forecast
  2. to predict
  3. to estimate
17 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
18 èr
  1. two
  2. 2
  3. (Beijing dialect) stupid
19 零零 línglíng
  1. (literary) to drip; to fall in small drops
  2. (literary, ideophonic, of sound) soft and smooth; mellow
  3. soft and smooth; mellow
  4. to drip; to fall in small drops
20 líng
  1. zero
  2. nought
  3. zero sign
  4. fractional
  5. fragmentary
  6. odd (of numbers)
  7. (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
  8. fraction
  9. (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
  10. extra
  11. to wither and fall
  12. to wither
=21 Nián surname Nian
=21 nián year

classifier:

=21 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of nián
22 之前 zhīqián
  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand
23 gāi
  1. should
  2. ought to
  3. probably
  4. must be
  5. to deserve
  6. to owe
  7. to be sb's turn to do sth
  8. that
  9. the above-mentioned
24 區域
  1. area
  2. region
  3. district
25 將會 jiānghuì
  1. auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)
  2. will (cause)
  3. should (enable)
  4. going to
=26 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒu intentional)
=26 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
27
  1. five
  2. 5
28 分之 fēnzhī (indicating a fraction)
29
  1. four
  2. 4
=30 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=30 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=30 really and truly
=30 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
31 熱帶雨林 dàilín tropical rain forest
=32 Cóng surname Cong
=32 cóng
  1. from; through; via
  2. (bound form) to follow
  3. (bound form) to obey
  4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
  5. (used before a negative) ever
  6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant
  7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
  8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
=33 地球 qiú the earth
=33 地球 qiú
  1. (astronomy) the Earth
  2. the Earth
=34 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=34 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
35 消失 xiāoshī to disappear; to fade away