时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(二)月


英语课

Snowpocalypse. Snowmageddon. Whatever your preferred appellation 1, this week's winter storms brought misery 2 to denizens 3 of the U.S. East Coast and prompted some at least to question the scientific theory of climate change. 


 


After all, shouldn't global warming deliver us from ice, snow and cold? The site of the Winter Olympics seems to think so, Vancouver experienced the warmest January on record and may have to import snow. Thirty-two people have died during an ongoing 4 heat wave in Brazil. In fact, globally speaking, this January was the warmest in the last three decades. 


 


Sadly, climate change won't save you from bundling up, or shoveling. Even in a much warmer world, there will still be colder than average winters. What's worse, U.S. government scientists predicted last year that global warming will actually increase snowstorms, thanks to the potent 5 combination of more moisture in the atmosphere paired with the usual cold of winter. In short, winter storms are likely to become stronger and more frequent, with stronger winds. 


 


Ultimately, the storm of blather surrounding recent weather events can largely be blamed on a fundamental misunderstanding. Weather is the day-to-day temperature, humidity and precipitation. Climate is the overall combination of all these events over a long period of time. No single weather event—heat wave, hurricane or blizzard—tells us much about climate. 


 


—David Biello


 

 



n.名称,称呼
  • The emperor of Russia Peter I was given the appellation " the Great ".俄皇彼得一世被加上了“大帝”的称号。
  • Kinsfolk appellation is the kinfolks system reflection in language.亲属称谓是亲属制度在语言中的反应。
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
n.居民,住户( denizen的名词复数 )
  • polar bears, denizens of the frozen north 北极熊,在冰天雪地的北方生活的动物
  • At length these denizens of the swamps disappeared in their turn. 到了后来,连这些沼泽国的居民们也不见了。 来自辞典例句
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
adj.强有力的,有权势的;有效力的
  • The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
  • We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。
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Admiral Nimitz
ADRS
alactic mechanism
anvil piece
apec telecommunications and information working group
Asiasat
asstd
atmospheric cooling rate tester
auxiliary air piping
belshaws
BOQ
bowed out
bryophyte systematics
bullbar
cattle loading ramp
cgi-bin
Ch'ahǔng
cooled nozzle
difezil
digital media server
dishonored bill of exchange
double taker
Eldfisk
embold
endothelioeyte
equine gasterophilosis
error latence
ethol.
fan-out logic function
far-end cross-talk attenuation
farm engine
fibrogen
Flint Hills
flood protection works
flower head
folding shutter
gold drain
have keep a level head
head coal
helliwells
holothuria moebii
hydrogen gas buffer
interchange agreement
land-capacity classification
lentivirions
line open for traffic
line performance
liquidation income
mansionettes
melanate
mining drill wagon for underground
minipills
Nadëzhnyy
naugler
Nelken
non-belligerent
non-renewable resource
normal probability curve
pandemic plan
pas de bourr?e en tournant en dehors
pedical valve(ventral vala)
Philae
pile vover
pillow towel
poldauf
power jacking
preverbalization
primoli
profit sharing cartel
prolman
pseudocapsule
pto coupling
pule
pulses position modulation
pure dilatational strain
Rabcon
radioactive measurement
rain gun irrigation
rake one's memory
real party
reciprocating intensifier pump
Relative Return
repair activity
retentivity time of eye
scentingly
screw fly
side-reins
snacketeria
solid metal reflector
spiral water turbine
summarizers
Svedberg, The(odor)
swaging machine
tastest
trading nation
transphorylation
uncontainably
unit transformation
unladen height
upeneus bensasi
uthwatt
woolder