英语导读1000句[30]:Climate Change

Section 30
Climate Change

El Nino, which is not an English name, is playing an important part in our lives.
We often hear people talk about the strange weather we are having nowadays.
The changing weather patterns are not fully¹ understood yet.
El Nino is one which is not clear in scientist’s minds.
It is a sort of warming of the seas that move around the earth.
Many strange weather phenomenon are blamed on El Nino.
But this may not be the real case.
Global warming, the depletion² of the ozone³ layer, acid rain etc. can all have an effect upon the weather.
What are these effects that everyone is talking about?
Tropical storms are appearing in non-tropical areas.
Some parts of the world are heating up too much and crops are failing, deserts are extending, turning arable⁴ land into unfarmable land.
Floods are coming to areas that have never experienced than before.
Unnatural⁵ weather occurrences are happening everywhere.
We are not certain what the long term effects will be.
It is certain, however, that we must pay attention to these occurrences.

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 depletion   

n.耗尽，枯竭

参考例句：

• Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.用水量的增加导致了地下水贮备迅速枯竭。
• Farmers should rotate crops every season to prevent depletion of the soil.农夫每季应该要轮耕，以免耗尽土壤。

3 ozone   

n.臭氧，新鲜空气

参考例句：

• The ozone layer is a protective layer around the planet Earth.臭氧层是地球的保护层。
• The capacity of ozone can adjust according of requirement.臭氧的产量可根据需要或调节。

4 arable   

adj.可耕的，适合种植的

参考例句：

• The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
• Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？

5 unnatural   

adj.不自然的；反常的

参考例句：

• Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗？
• She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。