S06-6 Six degrees could change world《改变世界的六度》
重点词汇:
1.Drought 干旱,旱灾
【固】soil drought 土壤干旱
2.Succession 连续,继承,继任,
【固】succession to the throne 王位的继承
Successive 及承担,连续的
Successor 继任者
3.Compile 汇编,编制,编纂
【固】compile an encyclopedia 汇编一部百科全书
4.Visual 视觉的,看得见的
【同】visible
Vision 视觉,眼光,远景
Visualize 使形象化,想象
Revise 修订,修改,校订
5.Intuition 直觉,直觉知识
【同】make decisions based on intuition 靠直觉做决定
【联想】直觉告诉我,学费里面没包含书本费。
Intuitive 直觉的,直观的,有直觉力的
6.Emission 散发,放射
【同】radiation
【固】carbon emission 碳排放
Emit 发出,射出
【固】the sun emits light
7.Fahrenheit 华式温度计
【同】Celsius 摄氏
【固】Fahrenheit 911 《华氏911》
原音重现:
A: Global warming doesn't just mean the slow increase in average temperatures. It completely changes the way the Earth's system operates, which is why we can see droughts in one place, floods in another, or even a succession of drought and flood in the same location.
全球变暖现象不只是平均温度逐渐上升。它会彻底改变地球的系统运作,因此可能会某地出现干旱,另一地则有水灾,甚至在同一地区接连发生干旱和水灾。
N: National Geographic author Mark Lynas spent years compiling data from climate models to understand how each degree of warming could threaten the planet.
国家地理作家Mark Lynas长期收集气候模型资料,了解气温每升高一度可能对地球造成的破坏。
A: It's difficult for people to visualize the future impacts of global warming. It's something I really wanted to try and do, to help people visualize the reality, because it isn't actually intuitive that the emissions from your car exhaust are going to be melting a glacier in the Himalayas in 50 years' time.
人们很难直观地想象地球变暖对将来的冲击。我想做的是帮助人们看见这个事实,因为这不是能够立即意识到的事,人们不能很直观的看到汽车废气将在50年后融化喜马拉雅冰川。
N: While experts estimate the average temperature could rise up to six degrees Celsius, or nearly 11 degrees Fahrenheit, over the next 100 years, the future isn't set in stone. Even a small shift in the Earth's temperature, just six degrees, can have extreme consequences.
虽然专家估计在未来100年地球平均温度可能升高6摄氏度,等于近华氏11度,但这并非不可逆转的结果。即使地球气温只有6度的细微变化,也将会造成严重影响。