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The UK is facing a future construction crisis because of a failure to plant trees to produce wood. Confor has warned.
Confor警告说，由于未能植树生产木材，英国正面临未来的建筑危机。
The forestry and wood trade body has called for urgent action to reduce the country's reliance on timber imports and provide a stable supply of wood for future generations.
林业和木材贸易机构呼吁采取紧急行动，减少该国对木材进口的依赖，并为子孙后代提供稳定的木材供应。
Currently, only 20 percent of the UK's wood requirement is home-grown while it remains the second-largest net importer of timber in the world.
目前，英国只有20%的木材需求来自本土，而英国仍然是世界第二大木材净进口国。
Coming at a time of fresh incentives from the UK government for landowners to grow more trees, the trade body says these don't go far enough and fail to promote the benefits of planting them to boost timber supplies.
英国政府为土地所有者种植更多树木提供了新的激励措施，该贸易机构表示，这些措施还远远不够，也未能促进种植它们以增加木材供应的好处。
"Not only are we facing a carbon crisis now, but we will also be facing a future construction crisis because of a failure to plant trees to produce wood," said Stuart Goodall, chief executive of Confor.
“我们现在不仅面临碳危机，而且由于未能植树生产木材，我们还将面临未来的建筑危机，"Confor首席执行官Stuart Goodall说。
For decades we have not taken responsibility for investing in our domestic wood supply, leaving us exposed to fluctuating prices and fighting for future supplies of wood as global demand rises and own supplies fall."
“几十年来，我们没有承担起投资国内木材供应的责任，这使我们面临价格波动的风险，并随着全球需求的增加和我们自己的供应量的下降而为未来的木材供应而战。”
The UK has ideal conditions for growing wood to build low-carbon homes and is a global leader in certifying that its forests are sustainably managed. Confor says.
Confor 说，英国拥有种植木材以建造低碳房屋的理想条件，并且在证明其森林得到可持续管理方面处于全球领先地位。
While around three quarters of Scottish homes are built from Scottish timber, the use of home-grown wood in England is only around 25 percent.
虽然大约四分之三的苏格兰房屋是用苏格兰木材建造的，但英格兰木土木材的使用率仅为25%左右。
The causes of the UK's current position are complex and range from outdated perceptions of productive forestry to the decimation of trees by gray squirrels.
英国目前处境的成因很复杂，包括人们对生产性林业的过时看法，以及灰松鼠大量毁坏树木。
It also encompasses significant hesitation on behalf of farmers and other landowners to invest in longer too planting projects.
还包括农民和其他土地所有者对投资长期种植项目的严重犹豫。
Whlie productive tree planting can deliver real financial benefits to rural economies and contribute to the UK's net-zero strategy, the focus of government support continues to be on food production and rewilding and planting of native woodland solely for biodiversity.
虽然高产植树可以为农村经济带来真正的经济利益，并为英国的净零战略做出贡献，但政府支持的重点仍然是粮食生产以及仅为了生物多样性而重新种植和种植原生林地。
Goodall added: "While food production and biodiversity health are clearly of critical importance, we need our land to also provide secure supplies of wood for construction, manufacturing an contribute to net zero."
古道尔补充说:“虽然粮食生产和生物多样性显然至关重要的是，我们需要我们的土地也为建筑、制造提供安全的木材供应，并为净零排放做出贡献。
While the UK government has stated its ambition for more three planting, there has been little action on the ground.
“虽然英国政府已经表达了更多植树的雄心壮志，但实地几乎没有采取任何行动。
Confor is now calling for much greater impetus behind those aspirations to ensure we have enough wood to meet increasing demand.
Confor现在呼吁为这些愿望提供更大的动力。
26. It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that UK needs to
26.从第一段可以了解到，英国需要
A. increase domestic wood supply
A.增加国内木材供应
B. reduce demand for timber
B.减少对木材的需求
C. lower wood production costs
C.降低木材生产成本
D. lift control on timber imports
D.取消对木材进口的管制
27. According to Confor, UK government's fresh incentives
27.根据Confor的说法，英国政府的新激励措施
A. can hardly address construction crisis
A.很难解决建筑危机
B. are believed to come at the wrong time
被认为是在错误的时间来到
C. seem to be misleading for landowners
C.似乎对土地所有者具有误导性
D. will be too costly to put into practice
D.将花费太大而无法付诸实施
28. The UK's exposure to fluctuating wood prices is the result of
28.英国受到木材价格波动的影响是由于
A. government’s inaction on timber import
A.政府在木材进口方面的不作为
B. inadequate investment for wood
B.木材投资不足
C. competition among traders at home
C.国内贸易商之间的竞争
D. wood producers 'motive to maximize profits
D.木材生产商追求利润最大化的动机
29. Which of the following causes the shortage of wood supply?
29.下列哪一项导致木材供应短缺？
A. excessive timber consumption in construction
A.建筑中木材消耗过多
B. unfavorable conditions for growing trees
B.不利于树木生长的条件
C. outdated technology for wood production
C.过时的木材生产技术
D. farmers' unwillingness to plant trees
D.农民不愿植树
30. What does Goodall think the US government should do?
30.古道尔认为美国政府应该做些什么？
A. Subsidise the building of low-carbon homes
A.补贴低碳住宅的建设
B. Pay attention to the rural economy
二、关注农村经济
C. Provide more support for tree planting
C.加大植树支持力度
D. Give priority to pursuing net-zero strategy
D.优先推行净零战略
