記住這些地方—在它們消失之前

1. Maldives is an archipelago country, which consists of 1,200 islands, in the Indian Ocean. It is best-known for its picturesque scenery:　White beach, swaying palm trees, colorful corals and abundant sunshine.

80 percent of average elevation of Maldives is lower than one meter. If the sea level keeps on rising for global climate change, this beautiful paradise might disappear underneath the sea water sooner or later.

作為一個(gè)島國(guó)，馬爾代夫由分布在印度洋的1200個(gè)小島組成。它以風(fēng)光如畫(huà)著稱：白沙灘，搖擺的棕櫚樹(shù)，多彩的珊瑚，充足的陽(yáng)光。

2. The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea, with neighboring Indonesian Seas and South China Sea, lies at the center of the world's tropical marine biodiversity. The coral ecosystems here are some of the most diverse on Earth, with more than 450 species of scleractinian, or stony, corals -- compared to 50 in the Caribbean and approximately 200 in the western Indian Ocean.

蘇拉威西海與臨近的印度海和中國(guó)南海，位于世界熱帶海洋物種多樣性的中心，這里的部分珊瑚蟲(chóng)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)是世界上最豐富的，有多于450種石珊瑚——與只有50種的加勒比海和將近200個(gè)種類的印度洋。

3. Bangkok, the capital the Thailand, is located at the region of the Chao Phraya Delta. It is the political, economic, cultural and educational center of Thailand. Bangkok is low-laying and always threatened by floods during monsoon season.

泰國(guó)首都曼谷，位于湄南河地區(qū)，是泰國(guó)政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化和教育的中心。曼谷的地勢(shì)很低，在季風(fēng)季節(jié)，市場(chǎng)受到被洪災(zāi)威脅。