Unit 3 Reading and Thinking 课文翻译及知识点讲义-高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册.docxVIP

高一英语 第 =page1 *2-11页 (共4页) 高一英语 第 =page1*2 2页 (共4页) CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES THE WORLD’S ATTENTION 气候变化需要全世界的关注 We have known about climate change for decades. 我们几十年前就知道气候变化了。There is little doubt that Earth is getting warmer and warmer (see the graph). 毫无疑问，地球正变得越来越暖和（见图表） A warming ocean and atmosphere along with melting ice and rising sea levels provide evidence of a dramatic change in the global climate.海洋变暖和大气变暖以及冰川融化和海平面上升是全球气候的急剧变化的证据。 知识点： for +段时间 现在完成时标志 比较级+比较级 越来越 along with 伴随 In 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear that was found on Norway’s Arctic island of Svalbard. 2013年，一张在挪威北极地区的斯瓦尔巴群岛上发现了一只北极熊尸体的新闻照片让很多人震惊。According to the scientists who found its dead body, all that remained of the polar bear was “skin and bones”. 根据发现这只北极熊尸体的科学家的说法，这只北极熊只剩下“皮包骨头”了。 An expert who has studied polar bears for many years said that from the position of its dead body, the bear appeared to have starved and died. 一位研究北极熊多年的专家说，从它尸体的位置看，这只熊似乎是饿死的。Experts claimed that low sea-ice levels caused by climate change meant the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food. 专家称，由于气候变化造成的海冰水位较低，这只熊无法像以前那样捕猎海豹，所以他为了找到食物不得不去更远的地方。This alarming case showed how the increase in temperature had an impact on Earth’s ecology.这一令人震惊的案例表明气温升高对地球生态产生了怎样的影响。 知识点： be shocked by 被震惊 according to 根据 have an impact on 对…有影响 Then what is causing the increase in the global average surface temperature? 那么是什么正在导致全球表面平均温度的上升呢？ Climate scientists often mention a key climate process called the “greenhouse effect”, which has two common meanings: the “natural” greenhouse effect and the “man-made” greenhouse effect. 气候科学家经常提到一个被称为“温室效应”的关键气候过程，它有两个普遍的含义：“自然”温室效应和“人为”温室效应。The “natural” greenhouse effect refers to the fact that heat from the sun enters the atmosphere and warms Earth’s surface as short-wave radiation. “自然”温室效应指的是来自太阳的热量进入大气层，并以短波辐射的形式使地球表面升温。T