6.High School English Listening

UN officially launched year of Gorilla
The "Year of the Gorilla" began on Dec. 1-a U.N. effort to raise money for primates threatened with extinction from disease, hunting and deforestation.
Officials for the U.N. —backed Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals said, they hoped to raise half a million euros ($630,000) for projects aimed at fighting the animals' biggest threats.
"We need to use the resources that we raise to promote more gorilla-watching tourism, to get more equipment and infrastructure to help rangers combat poaching,"
Robert Hepworth, an official with the Convention, said. "We need to do more to conserve their habitat."
The "Year of the Gorilla" was launched at a ceremony in Rome where Prince Albert II of Monaco and representatives from more than 100 governments, gathered to discuss increasing measures for nearly 30 species endangered by pollution, climate change and overhunting.
译文：
联合国正式启动大猩猩年
12月1日，"大猩猩年 "开始，这是联合国为因疾病、狩猎和森林砍伐而面临灭绝威胁的灵长类动物筹集资金的努力。
联合国支持的《保护野生动物迁徙物种公约》的官员说，他们希望为旨在对抗动物的最大威胁的项目筹集50万欧元（63万美元）。
"我们需要利用我们筹集到的资源来促进更多的大猩猩观赏旅游，获得更多的设备和基础设施来帮助护林员打击偷猎，"
该公约的官员罗伯特-赫普沃思说。"我们需要做更多的工作来保护他们的栖息地。"
"大猩猩年 "是在罗马的一个仪式上启动的，摩纳哥亲王阿尔贝二世和来自100多个国家的代表聚集在一起，讨论为近30种因污染、气候变化和过度捕猎而濒临灭绝的物种采取更多措施。
重点词汇：
raise money 募款
primates 灵长类 ; 灵长目动物 ; 大主教 ; 总主教 ; primate的复数
raise to 提到， 提升到