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WRITTEN BY: UYEN NHI

Earth’s burning
lungs: On Amazon’s
rainforest fire

The world is praying for the Amazon
Rainforest fires #PrayForAmazonas


The world has been in panic over the last couple days knowing that the Amazon forest, the lungs of our
Earth, has been continuously ablaze. It is widely believed that this state had been hidden from social
media by the Brazil government, appearing to trigger off these awful events, until they could no longer
hold it. The local Brazilian residents seemed to be encouraged to use slash-and-burn agriculture which is
culprit of blown wildfires in Amazon forest.

Moreover, the wildfires have demolished
the ecosystem and biodiversity of Amazon
forest resulting in immolating thousands of
animals. Not only were their habitats cruelly
deprived but their life as well.

Besides, smoke from forest fires traveled nearly 3000 km to black
out Sao Paulo in middle of the day causing many discommodities
for the inhabitants. The alert fact is that smoke contain a tremendous
high amount of carbon monoxide, believed to persist in the
atmosphere for about a month, that can have dreadful impact on
residents. According to the Mayo Clinic, after overexposure to CO
fumes, your body may replace oxygen in your red blood cells with
CO, preventing oxygen from reaching your bloodstream and leading

to brain damage and even death.


-On the other hand, tens of thousands of Brazilian troops in
'unprecedented' operations strived to fight Amazon fires. Also, a
firefighting plane from California made its way to South
America on Friday to help local authorities fight
the massive wildfires burning up in parts of the
Amazon.

-The Amazon fires have sparked alarm all over the world
about environment. Can we, in the future, see an beautiful
Earth without pollution, trash where ecosystem, in
particular animals are not threatened anymore?

VOCABULARY:
- trigger off: gây ra
- slash-and-burn agriculture: đốt nương làm rẫy
- culprit of: thủ phạm của - ecosystem: hệ sinh thái
- biodiversity: đa dạng sinh học
- immolate: giết chết cháy
- discommodity: điều bất tiện
- strive to do st: gắng hết sức để làm gì