时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2009年


英语课

 Climate change is hitting hard in this village in Senegal on Africa's west coast. Houses along this stretch of beach have been abandoned and left to the waters.


 
 "The advance of the water is damaging many houses around and the cabanas. At one time there was no water here, only sand, and we used to play football here."
 
 But now the sea reaches right up to erode 1 houses, destroyed over time by the waves. Scientists in Senegal say the average coastline erosion 2 is three to six feet per year, with some areas much worse.
 
"Along the Senegalese coastline, the mean (meaning the average) range of coastal 3 erosion is between one and two meters per year, but in some parts it can be much more than that. We have measured, for example, along the southern coast some speed rates of about 180 meters per year."
 
In another village, closer to the Senegalese capital of Dakar, the Senegalese government has built a wall for protection from the seawater.
 
"The sea has destroyed many things. Before, the sea was one kilometer away from the village; now the sea has taken everything."
 
But environmentalists see the seawall as only a short-term 4 solution.
 
"There is no viable 5 long-term solution. For me, building a wall is not a long-term solution. The sea will not be stopped by a seawall. We talk about climate change. For that, we need global response."
 
Climate scientists this week are discussing coastline erosion and other data on global warming at a Copenhagen conference. The data could lead to a new global agreement on greenhouse 6 gases when politicians meet in Copenhagen for the United Nations climate talks in December of this year.

v.侵蚀,腐蚀,使...减少、减弱或消失
  • Once exposed,soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.一旦暴露在外,土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
  • Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
n.腐蚀,侵蚀,磨损,削弱,减少
  • The erosion of beach here is serious.这里海岸的腐蚀很严重。
  • Drought and soil erosion had long been a major problem.干旱和水土流失一直是个老大难问题。
adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
  • The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
adj.短期的
  • The short-term training class has been run three times.短训班办了三期。
  • For this they are running short-term courses and evening classes.为此,他们办了短训班和夜校。
adj.可行的,切实可行的,能活下去的
  • The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
  • The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。
n.花房,温室,玻璃暖房
  • Behind the green house was a greenhouse.在那所绿房子后面是一个花房。
  • The tomatoes were grown in the greenhouse.这些西红柿是在温室栽培的。
学英语单词
against someone's will
agustin roca
anigraphs
ASCII fromat
auto-antibodies
ballotage
biformyl
casti
chhota udepur
chlorine gas chamber
color bloom
conservation tillage
court of the union
cut decoration
cuticura
dahlgrens
degeneratio fibrinosa
dekohm
Dendranthema nankingense
dengo
dermoneurosis
dialkyl alkylene diphosphonic acid
diodoruss
disuniformities
dog-ear
dowarie
ecphrastic
edge beam
een
electrostatic dry spraying
end fire array
fire chrome brick
first-responders
foldably
gago
genus Tulipa
ginglymostoma cirratums
gnathode
Gulaothi
hiram williamss
hypersexualizes
inquiry processing program
Intelligent Optical Networking
interlaid
internal ionization
Internet PC
Kibre Mengist
Le Breuil
lluis
loading coil
maximum speed regulator
mcjunkin
metagnathons
metal insulator semiconductor light emitting diod
Mycaptine
net cord
network adapter card
non-self revealing fault
nosing motion
on-line retrieval system
Otomaco
party travel
phase induced polarization method
phyllorhize
pignon
plutodemocracy
portable axial flow ventilator
prenoverine
procons
pulse-width modulator
pump energy
rapid answer
ratable
respiratory medicine
rgh
rotor ampere
run errands for
satinette machine
Scottish reel
second
Shin-yodo-gawa
shukrijumah
sinoa
slant plane
snowshed
sociology of communication
sovicilles
spring-swage
St. Mary of Bethlehem
stercorary
subsystem generation
tank capacitance
tea-leaf
Thycapsol
transpicuous
tubercula quadrigemina
unextortionate
uphanging
vice-mayor
wing dihedral angle
yin kept externally by yang excess in the interior