时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(六)月


英语课

Researchers from around the world have gathered for Australia's first international conference focused entirely 1 on adapting to the impact of climate change. Organizers of the meeting say the effects of a warming planet are already being felt and that societies need to learn how to cope.


Some 1,000 delegates at the International Climate Change Adaptation Conference, south of Brisbane, will hear that the impact of warming temperatures and rising sea levels is likely to increase in severity. Governments, communities and individuals are being warned that they will need to quickly adapt to harsher conditions. Organizers of the Queensland summit say that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 2, which are widely blamed for higher temperatures, will not be enough to ward 3 off the worst effects of climatic change. 


The conference is concentrating on practical ways for society to protect itself from hotter temperatures, elevated sea levels and more severe tropical cyclones 4, which are all threats that authorities on Australia's Gold Coast, a popular, high-rise vacation spot, are factoring in to future residential 5 and business developments.  Analysts 6 will also discuss ways that towns and villages can fortify 7 themselves against the ravages 8 of bushfires, as well as protecting against heat waves and droughts.


New rules that imposed tough, new building codes after the deadly Victoria wildfires that killed more than 170 people in February, 2009, have been cited as one good example of public policy trying to protect the community from natural disasters.


Conference organizer Jean Palutikof warns that Australia will be one of the countries hardest hit by climate change starts.  However, he is hopeful the meeting on the Gold Coast will provide some valuable answers...


"This is not a climate change science conference," Palutikof said. "So, actually, I expect the messages from this conference to be positive ones around action against climate change and empowering people to act to protect themselves against climate change, so I am looking forward to three days of positive messages about how we can tackle the problem of climate change." 


Among the speakers at the meeting will be Joseph Alcamo, the chief scientist of the United Nation's Environment Program.


In coming days, the conference is expected to hear from researchers that, if the world is to learn from Australia's experience at the hand of an increasingly unpredictable climate, then it must act quickly and decisively.


However, many Australians remain wary 9 of assertions that their country will fall victim to potentially destructive, man-made climate change. Other scientists, mining companies and farmers believe that man's influence on the environment is negligible and insist that any shifts in temperatures or sea levels are part of a natural cycle.

 



1 entirely
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
2 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • 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。
3 ward
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
4 cyclones
n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 );旋风;飓风;暴风
  • The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。 来自辞典例句
  • Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。 来自辞典例句
5 residential
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
6 analysts
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
7 fortify
v.强化防御,为…设防;加强,强化
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
  • This treaty forbade the United States to fortify the canal.此条约禁止美国对运河设防。
8 ravages
劫掠后的残迹,破坏的结果,毁坏后的残迹
  • the ravages of war 战争造成的灾难
  • It is hard for anyone to escape from the ravages of time. 任何人都很难逃避时间的摧残。
9 wary
adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的
  • He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
  • Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头,突然警惕起来。
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abdominal part
absolutely stable
absorbing state
adrenochromes
aluminium foils
asymmetric transformation
banded stilts
basivertebral vein
battologized
be let in on the ground floor
body feed
Buridan's ass
cash invoice
Chorzelów
chronographer
clip off
combined vibrating roller
compensating feedback loop
conus planorbis
cost objective
cotton production
cylinder by-pass valve
D-frame
data over voice
days of rest
deglamorization
derestrict
dextrotorsion
dispersion-equalization
ditching attitude
Dohans
electrical characteristics
externally-braced monoplane
fall-out of synchronism
forecaddies
golden eagle
Goldstein-Scheerer tests
graduated string
half-hunter
Haplopappus spinulosus
have analogy to
heating system
heliotridylamine
hildebrand
hotlines
hyuck
indirect type central air-conditioning unit
Internet suffix
Izena-jima
Kurdistani
lampyridaes
leukoplania
liquid waste receiver tank
local acceptance
lsi-cml circuit technology
magnetoresistance magnetometer
merions
metal surface plasmon and second harmonic generator
minimum graph
mohs scales
natural environment management
nervi ampullaris lateralis
neverless
occasional light
once and a way
ordinary life assurance
oscillator padding
Osipa
photocell matrix
piston curl
pivot hinge
pontes
prequalified tenderer
puffest
queueing system structure
reflux column
repair of side ditch
Revere, Paul
sample-reset loop filter
Scirpus rosthornii
scornliche
separation of spinal cord and arachnoid adhesions
silicon diode array
sope
speed through the water
stellite-faced valve
Subprime Meltdown
tee-times
toll free number
toroidal discharge
transitive law
trichomonal urethro-cystitis
under constraint
undistributed score
virus diarrhea
waltz through
white cypresses
wide anode
win ... over
Yak-141
yellow-necked mice
zygomorphic pea flower