NYC Decides To Clone “Historical”Trees
Last Thursday，a 100-year-old European beech on Central Park's Cherry Hill became the center of attention -chosen by New York city officials as the first of 25“historical”trees to be cloned as part of a plan announced last year to add a million newtrees to streets，parks and public spaces over the nextdecade.
上周四，位于櫻桃山中央公園的一棵百年歐洲山毛櫸樹(shù)成了眾人關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)——它被紐約市政官員選入25棵首批“克隆古樹(shù)”?！肮艠?shù)克隆”項(xiàng)目是紐約市政府去年公布的百萬(wàn)植樹(shù)計(jì)劃的一部分，紐約計(jì)劃在未來(lái)10年內(nèi)在市內(nèi)街道、公園及公共場(chǎng)所增加100萬(wàn)棵樹(shù)木。
“We want to break the stereotype of New York as skyscrapers and sidewalks”，Parks Commissioner Adrian Benape said.“New York abounds in historical trees.”公園委員會(huì)主任阿德里安·貝納普說(shuō)：“我們的目的是改變紐約到處都是摩天大樓和人行道的舊貌。紐約市內(nèi)有很多古樹(shù)。”
The target trees include nine different species.All were selected by borough foresters as historical for having existed for at least a century- either as fixtures of the urban landscape or as having special significance to local communities.
將被克隆的樹(shù)包括9個(gè)不同品種。由各區(qū)林務(wù)員挑選出的所有古樹(shù)的樹(shù)齡至少為100年。這些古樹(shù)有的是城市景點(diǎn)，有的對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)赜刑厥庖饬x。
Last Thursday，a 100-year-old European beech on Central Park's Cherry Hill became the center of attention -chosen by New York city officials as the first of 25“historical”trees to be cloned as part of a plan announced last year to add a million newtrees to streets，parks and public spaces over the nextdecade.
上周四，位于櫻桃山中央公園的一棵百年歐洲山毛櫸樹(shù)成了眾人關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)——它被紐約市政官員選入25棵首批“克隆古樹(shù)”?！肮艠?shù)克隆”項(xiàng)目是紐約市政府去年公布的百萬(wàn)植樹(shù)計(jì)劃的一部分，紐約計(jì)劃在未來(lái)10年內(nèi)在市內(nèi)街道、公園及公共場(chǎng)所增加100萬(wàn)棵樹(shù)木。
“We want to break the stereotype of New York as skyscrapers and sidewalks”，Parks Commissioner Adrian Benape said.“New York abounds in historical trees.”公園委員會(huì)主任阿德里安·貝納普說(shuō)：“我們的目的是改變紐約到處都是摩天大樓和人行道的舊貌。紐約市內(nèi)有很多古樹(shù)。”
The target trees include nine different species.All were selected by borough foresters as historical for having existed for at least a century- either as fixtures of the urban landscape or as having special significance to local communities.
將被克隆的樹(shù)包括9個(gè)不同品種。由各區(qū)林務(wù)員挑選出的所有古樹(shù)的樹(shù)齡至少為100年。這些古樹(shù)有的是城市景點(diǎn)，有的對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)赜刑厥庖饬x。