VOA标准英语2009年-Al Gore Warns Australia to Expect More Sev
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
Former U.S. Vice 1 President Al Gore 2 is in Australia launching a new environmental pressure group made up of scientists and civic 3 and business leaders. Safe Climate Australia demands emergency action to address warming temperatures and has plans to help a coal-hungry country move to a zero-carbon economy.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (file)
Al Gore told an audience in Melbourne that the planet has a "fever" caused by climate change.
The Nobel Prize winner and former U.S. vice president is in Australia to open a new research group - Safe Climate Australia. He said Monday that mounting environmental challenges require immediate 4 action.
Safe Climate Australia is being formed by a group of scientists, and community and corporate 5 leaders who aim to end Australia's reliance on cheap coal for electricity.
Mr. Gore's visit is part of a push by activists 6 to raise awareness 7 ahead of international climate change talks in Denmark later this year. At those negotiations 8, governments will seek to agree on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol 9 on climate change, which expires in 2012.
Mr. Gore says the increasing ferocity of bushfires in Australia is an example of how quickly the climate is changing.
"The odds 10 have been shifted so heavily that fires that used to be manageable now threaten to spin out of control and wreak 11 damages that are far beyond what was experienced in the past," Gore said. "This crisis is gaining momentum 12 and the reason why is not that complicated."
In February, 173 people died in wildfires that ravaged 13 parts of the southern Australian state of Victoria.
Climate scientists warn that the Australian continent is particularly vulnerable to warming temperatures, which may lead to more severe storms, droughts and rising sea levels.
Mr. Gore's trip to Australia coincides with the country's first Youth Climate Summit. That gathering 14 aims to mobilize a new generation of activists in preparation for the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen in December.
Mr. Gore told the meeting in Melbourne that recent action from both President Barack Obama's administration and the Rudd government in Australia were positive signs that climate change had become a priority.
Many scientists think that greenhouse gas emissions 15, particularly from burning coal and oil, are contributing to global warming. Governments around the world are discussing ways to reduce emissions, but the debate is complicated by economic interests and technological 16 problems.
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
- Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
- The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
- She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.她复仇心切。
- Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
- a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
- The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。