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第11课 I. “双语对照详解”拾零 Our Planet Faces Meltdown地球面临冰消雪融John Ingham 约翰英厄姆Global warming is heating the planet twice as quickly as previously feared. 全球变暖人们以前担心的球人们以前担心的变暖Temperatures could soar by nearly 6℃ this century—faster than at any time in the past 10,000 years, warns a UN report released recently. 最近公布的一个联合国报告警告说，21世纪气温可能升近6摄氏度——比过去1万年的任何时候都要。In the past 100 years the Earth’s temperature has risen by only 0.6℃. 在过去100年里，地球的气温仅升了0.6摄氏度。But the last decade of the 20th century was the warmest on record. 但20世纪的最后10年里，气温达到了最高纪录20世纪的最后10年是记录中最的时期。Talks to cut emissions by five per cent collapsed in the Hague several months ago. 数月前在海牙行的减少5％的气体排放的谈判了。The report warns that a temperature rise of up to 5.8℃, with the warming of the oceans and melting of polar icecaps, will force sea levels to rise by as much as 3 ft, making tens of millions of people in Bangladesh and Egypt homeless. 该报警告说，若地球气温升5.8摄氏度，随着海洋变暖和极地冰帽融化，海平面将升高3英尺，几千万孟加拉人和埃及人将无家可归。Parts of lowland Britain are also at risk. 部分英国低地也面临危险。Scientists believe the predicted rise, which will bring storms, floods and droughts, will be partly due to a reduction in air pollution. 科学家们预言的升温将带来风暴、洪水和旱灾，部分原因将是空气污染减少。a reduction in air pollution 译为“空气污染减少The report was issued at a meeting in Shanghai attended by experts from 99 countries. 该报告是由在上海举行的有99国专家参加的一次会议上发布的。A pollution clean up will be partly to blame for such a temperature rise. 这种升温将部分地归咎于污染的消除。A reduction in emissions of sulphur dioxide, which causes acid rain, has increased the impact of greenhouse gases. 引起酸雨的二氧化硫气体排放减少，温室气体的影响。These gases trap the sun’s heat whereas sulphur dioxide cools the atmosphere. 温室气体留住阳光中的热量，而二氧化硫使空气冷却。The UN’s International Panel on Climate Change called on governments to step up efforts to curb global warming by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which are produced by burning fossil fuels. 联合国气候变化国际专门小组呼吁各国政府努力，减少排放矿物燃料燃烧产生的二氧化碳等温室气体，以制止全球变暖。British scientist Professor Sir John Houghton said: “The six de