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1、SpotDictationAToday1stopicistheheathermoorsofScotland.It1sasightthatis]itself:theheatherbloomingonthemoors2•Butitisonethatisbecomingfarlesscommon.Ratheralarmingly,themoors3,andnowadaysonly4iscoveredwithheather,whereasinthenottoodistantpast,thisareawasmuchgreater,inthe194
2、0stherewas5heatherthanthereistoday.Whyshouldanyofthismatter?Asidefromthefactthat_6_,doesheatherhaveanyothervalue?Theanswermustbeanemphaticyes•Firstofallz7wouldbeveryhardpressedtosurvivewithoutit.Infact,twenty-onespeciesare8•Secondly,theheathermoorsprovidethebackdropforce
3、rtainsportssuchasdeerstalking,whichconstitute9fortheruraleconomy•Thirdly,thissmallbushyplantfeaturesprominentlyamong10zandasisthecaseinmanycountriestoday,tourismisanimportantsourceofrevenue11•So,iftheheathermoorsare12toScotland,whyhavetheybeenallowedtoshrinksodrastically
4、?Toacertainextent,thedamageisduetomismanagementand13onthepartoflandowners:14isoneofthemajorfactorsthathavecontributedto15oftheheathermoors.Ontopofthat,largetractshavebeenclearedsothat16•Itisbecomingincreasinglyobviousthatsomethingshouldbedoneto17assoonaspossible.Now,ther
5、eisnodisputingthefactthat18overalongperiodhasbeenoneofthemaincausesoftheproblem,sothereisnoreasonwhy19tomanagetheheathermoorsproperlyshouldn11likewisebringpositiveresults•Suchprogrammeshaverecentlygotunderwayincertainareas,althoughitcouldbeseveralyearsbefore20・BTheeurowa
6、sestablished10yearsago.Onits10thanniversary,we1reinthemidstof21Youmayask.Hastheeuro,whichwascontroversialwhenitwasestablished,helpedEuropeandtheworld22?That1sareallygoodquestion,becausetheeuroasyousaywasnotonlycontroversial,itwas23•Theideaofabunchofcountriesgettingtogeth
7、er,poolingtheirsovereigntyto24ratherthanhavingacurrencyimposedwhentheygetconqueredorsomething,wasverynewandstill25elsewhere.Theshortanswerisyes.Fortheeuro1sownmembersandforthesystemoftheworldasawhole,theeurohasbeenagoodthingand26•Countriesintheeurozone,particularlycountr
8、ieslikeGreece,ItalyandPortugal,whichwouldhaveseen27shootthroughtheroofandcapitalfleeoutofthem,havehadve
