unit 9 Nice day,isn't it? 好天气, 不是吗? A: Nice day, isn't it? 甲:好天气,不是吗? B: It sure is. 乙:当然是啊。 A: It's a good day for a picnic. 甲:真是个野餐的好天气。 类似用语 Beautiful day, isn't it? 好天气

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(229) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄社交英语通

Beyond these technical solutions, 除了这些技术层面的措施意外, our work at the Georgetown Climate Center with communities 我们位于乔治城气候中心和社区共同工作 encourages them to look at what existing legal and policy t

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After a lethal 1995 heat wave 在历经了1995年致命热浪侵袭后, turned refrigerator trucks from the popular Taste of Chicago festival into make shift morgues, 它将那些在芝加哥美食庆典的冷藏车转换成临时搭建的停尸间

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US Climate Report Says Weather Disasters Will Get Worse A new U.S. government report says climate change is affecting the United States. It warns that the danger of destructive weather events -- from powerful storms to extremely dry weather and wildf

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BBC news with Marion Marshall. US media reports say President Trump is about to make good on his campaign promise and announce the plan to withdraw the United States from Paris Agreement on combating climate change. His opponents say quitting will be

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今天我们要学的词组是on record。 On record的意思是有记载的,记录在案的。 美国政府发表报告说, 2007年冬天, 世界各地的气候是有记录以来最暖和的, The winter was the warmest on record worldwide. 不

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I'd like to share three sets of examples, starting with adapting to violent storms and floods. 我想分享三个例子,开始于适应猛烈的暴风雨和洪水。 In New Orleans, the I-10 Twin Spans, with sections knocked out in Katrina, 在新奥

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Climate Puzzles 气候之迷 Scientists who predict Earth's future climate wish they knew how climate has changed in the past few thousand years. Learn more about modeling global climate -- today on Earth and Sky. JB: This is Earth and Sky. Most scienti

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我们正面临着一个独一无二的历史时刻,英国首相戈登布朗如是说。我们可以利用当今国际间的彼此关联来进一步发展我们共有的道德理念,携手合作来面对贫穷、安全、气候和经济所带来的

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UN Chief Praises Obamas Climate Plan 联合国秘书长称赞奥巴马的气候计划 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday for his visionary and bold leadership in moving forward a plan to cut c

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This is the skyline of my hometown, New Orleans. 这是我家乡新奥尔兰的天际线, It was a great place to grow up, 这是一个适合长大的地方。 but it's one of the most vulnerable spots in the world. 但这也是这世上最脆弱的地

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benign,adj 慈样的,(气候,性格)温柔善良的=good-natured=kindly;(肿瘤)良性的 【例】A benign tumor will not cause you any fatal harm 良性肿瘤不会对你有致命的伤害。 【记】ben好,ign形容词后缀-好

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JUDY WOODRUFF: So, how meaningful are this weekend's pledges? And does it signal a fundamental change in how we will get our energy? Fred Krupp is the president of the Environmental Defense Fund. He's back from Paris. And Robert Bryce is a senior fel

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For more on the president's trip and some of the issues following him to the Arctic, we turn to Robert Bryce. He's a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and he has written widely on oil and gas and other energy industries. And Michael Brune, ex

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In Africa it is hot, and for months on end it doesn't rain. 非洲气候炎热,接连好几个月不下雨。 In many regions very little grows. 许多地方只能生长少量作物。 These are deserts, as are the lands on either side of Egypt. 这片

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报纸头版那些关于气候变化的触目惊心的标题背后隐藏着什么?在4分钟的演讲里,大气化学家Rachel Pike为我们揭开新闻背后科学家们所做的巨大努力。作为众多参与气候研究的小组之一,她的

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:环境 重造计划

本期内容: The global climate-change talks in Paris began with a stream of speeches, policy initiatives and behind-the-scenesdiplomacy. Franois Hollande linked the fight against terrorism (a world free of terror) to that against global warming (

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WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled the country's first national climate action plan on Tuesday afternoon, pledging to limit carbon emissions from American power plants. Delivering a speech at Georgetown University, O

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演讲简介:我们正面临着一个独一无二的历史时刻,英国首相戈登布朗如是说。我们可以利用当今国际间的彼此关联来进一步发展我们共有的道德理念,携手合作来面对贫穷、安全、气候和经

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: This sophisticated climate controlled system cuts the growing cycle in half, so crops can be grown all year round, but with a much smaller impact on the environment. 这套精密的气候控制系统

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