时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2015年11月


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 A volcanic 1 eruption 2 near Bali. This is a popular resort 3 island in the pacific island country of Indonesia. That's key here. Because even though this eruption of Mount 4 Jali wasn't actually on Bali, the wind blew its volcanic ash toward 5 the island. And even though the eruption wasn't a major threat to people on the ground, it is to planes in the air. Volcanic ash can melt if it's stuck in an aircrafts' engines. It turns into a glasslike substance that can cause them  to lose power and break down. So from Tuesday night until today, around seven hundred flights in the region 6 were cancelled, leaving people stranded 7 either unable to leave Bali or unable to get there.


  Ice in the Antactica. There's a lot of it. That doesn't sound much like breaking news. But new information suggests it's increasing. That's puzzling scientists because research over the last ten years suggested that Antactica is losing  ice and the melting is contributing to rising sea levels. Last year NASA reported that Antactica's sea ice reached a new record size. Now it looks like the continent's ice sheet is growing.
  We know the sea levels around the world are rising and current thinking is that part of that sea level rise comes from melting ice in Antactica. But one recent study from NASA scientists says that may not be the case. Antarctica is a big place, roughtly the size of the US and Mexico combined. So as you might expect, changes in its ice are not uniform across the entire continent. Nearly all scientists agree that ice is being lost from the western part of Antarctica and along its peninsula 8. On the eastern side ices are actually being gained. But where the study is different is they measured the gaining of ice along eastern Antarctica is outpacing the loss on the western side. What's behind this addition of ice is snowfalls that started becoming heavier around ten thousand years ago. The scientists noticed this by looking into the ice core 9 data. Why is this important? It would mean that Antarctica is not contributing to sea level rise. Bottom line: There is still a lot we need to learn about how Antarctica is reacting to climate change.

1 volcanic
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
2 eruption
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作
  • The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
  • The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
3 resort
n.凭借,手段,常去之地,胜地;vi.求助,诉诸,采取(某种手段等),常去
  • He couldn't have passed the exam without resort to cheating.他要不是靠作弊是通不过这次考试的。
  • Beidaihe is noted for its summer resort.北戴河以避暑胜地而著称。
4 mount
n.山峰,乘用马,框,衬纸;vi.增长,骑上(马);vt.提升,爬上,装备
  • Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
  • She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。
5 toward
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
6 region
n.地区,地带,区域;范围,幅度
  • The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
  • It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。
7 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
8 peninsula
n.半岛
  • Dalian is in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula.大连位于辽东半岛南部。
  • Korean peninsula lies to the west of Japan.朝鲜半岛在日本以西。
9 core
n.中心;核心;(苹果、梨等果实的)果心
  • We didn't get to the core of the subject.我们没触及问题的核心。
  • The pear is rotten to the core.这梨全烂了。
学英语单词
'Ajmāh, Jab.al
ablastin
additional damage clause
admin password
alloy tape
angulare(os)
artauds
arterial pump
austempered nodular iron
average mark-on
Bacillus coli mobilis
backward production system
belco
bellovian
beneficiary case
bighearted
Chemiosulfa
chess match
closed model
cold-drawn pipe
complex deposit
computational psychology
congenital kidney malformation
contact call
controller cover
crossgrained
deflection strength
delay-of-game
delta-matching
deputy chief
End System-to-Intermediate System
eucymon cyanipennis
family Ciconiidae
fattening feed
feedbacked
fluidized gasification system
fosterings
functional dysmenorrhea
genus kalotermess
granular panidiomorphic
headed notepaper
helical pinch
hexahydrobilin
hydroenergy utilization
hypertensin precursor
infiller
ionic linkage
jakosz
jet-proof type
lacidipine
Laertes
lay in lavender
Leonidovka
Limehoused
line synchro
liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings
make my bread
management information base (mib)
Mapp gas
mashman
meat mixer
middle schools
mindmaps
mine row
modemist
move ... to tears
nagin
nest of intervals
opesia
pecazine
philandry
physiology of binocular vision
pilot in
plumb-line sign
portable crane
pulse photomultiplier
race discrimination
ratiocinative
relative hypermetropia
revertants
right ascension of satellite ascending node
rondes
rotation hexad
s-roll
search plan for moving target
selfthinning
sequencer register
simplex/duplex modem
ski-jacket
spectro-measurement
spiranthes romanzoffianas
staphylococcal enterotoxins
summary card punch
swinestone
teitel
topological extension
torun metal
virtue name
westings
White's rating
woodbanks
ziade