Name: 盒裝：6分鐘英語--"氣候變化 "英語大課堂!三十分鐘的新詞彙! (BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Climate Change' English mega-class! Thirty minutes of new vocabulary!)
Uploaded: 2022-10-04T16:45:56.000Z
Duration: 30 min 30 s

Hello, this is 6 Minute English  from BBC Learning English.

你好，這裡是BBC學習英語的6分鐘英語。

'No one is too small to make a difference'.

'沒有人是太小的，可以有所作為'。

Wasn't it climate change activist Greta Thunburg?

這不是氣候變化活動家Greta Thunburg嗎？

That's right! She went on to say  this in her message to world leaders.

這就對了!她在給世界各國領導人的致辭中繼續這樣說。

I want you to act as if your house is on fire, because it is.'

我想讓你表現得像你的房子著火了一樣，因為它確實著火了'。

Her speech reflected the feelings of many young people around the world who

她的講話反映了全世界許多年輕人的感受，他們

think that not enough action is being taken on climate change.

認為在氣候變化方面沒有采取足夠的行動。

And they might be right, judging by the record-breaking temperatures that hit

他們可能是對的，從創下紀錄的溫度來看，他們是對的。

Canada and the north-west of the United States in July this year.

今年7月，加拿大和美國西北部。

Greta Thunberg's plea to 'act like your house is on fire' became a reality for

格雷塔-圖恩伯格 "表現得像你的房子著火了 "的請求成為現實。

residents of the small town of Lytton, Canada, which burned to the ground in

加拿大Lytton小鎮的居民，該鎮在2008年被燒成了廢墟。

a shocking wildfire - a fire that is burning strongly and out of control.

一場觸目驚心的野火--火勢猛烈燃燒，無法控制。

So, was the Lytton wildfire yet another climate change wake-up call?

那麼，萊頓的野火是否又是一個氣候變化的警鐘呢？

A wake-up call is the expression used to describe a shocking event that should

喚醒是用來描述一個令人震驚的事件的表達方式，應該

make people realise that action is needed to change something.

使人們認識到需要採取行動來改變一些東西。

Maybe not, according to some climatologists who, worryingly, say that what happened in

也許不是，根據一些氣候學家的說法，令人擔憂的是，他們說，發生在中國的事情

Lytton should not even have been possible. So, in this programme, we'll be

萊頓甚至不應該有這種可能。是以，在這個節目中，我們將

asking if scientists have dangerously misunderstood the realities of climate change.

詢問科學家是否對氣候變化的現實有危險的誤解。

and it's about that extreme weather in Canada. It broke records when the

它是關於加拿大的極端天氣。它打破了記錄，當

temperature in Lytton hit an all-time high on the 1st of July but just how

萊頓的氣溫在7月1日達到了歷史最高點，但究竟如何

b) 49.6 degrees or c) 59.6 degrees Celsius?

All those temperatures look really  high, especially for snowy Canada!  

所有這些溫度看起來真的很高，特別是對於多雪的加拿大來說！這是很重要的。  

OK Sam, we'll find out the answer later on.

好吧，山姆，我們以後會知道答案的。

Seeing your hometown burned  to the ground is bad enough,

看到自己的家鄉被燒成一片廢墟已經很糟糕了。

but perhaps even worse, was the fact  that the wildfires were so unexpected.

但也許更糟糕的是，野火是如此出人意料。

According to weather pattern modelling done  by a team of Oxford University researchers,

根據牛津大學的一個研究小組所做的天氣模式模擬。

such extreme heat was  impossible, in theory at least.

至少在理論上，這樣的極端高溫是不可能的。

The research team was led by  climatologist Geert Jan van Oldenborgh.

該研究小組由氣候學家Geert Jan van Oldenborgh上司。

Here he is in conversation with BBC World  Service programme, Science in Action.

在這裡，他與BBC世界服務節目《科學在行動》對話。

This is a wake-up call beyond the  wake-up calls that we've had before.

這是一個超越我們以前的警醒的電話。

Yes, it's a very big shock  in the sense that we thought  

是的，這是一個非常大的震驚，因為我們認為

we knew that how heat waves  react to global warming

我們知道，熱浪對全球變暖的反應是怎樣的

are increasing. Of course  they're increasing in temperature

正在增加。當然，它們的溫度在增加

but it's a gradual process, we  thought. And then you get this thing  

但這是一個漸進的過程，我們認為。然後你得到這個東西

and it's not gradual at all, it's a huge jump.

而且這根本不是漸進式的，是一個巨大的跳躍。

Professor van Oldenborgh had been studying the impact of global warming on

範-奧爾登博格教授一直在研究全球變暖對人類的影響。

heatwaves - short periods of time when the weather is much hotter than usual.

熱浪 - 短時間內天氣比平時熱得多。

Along with other climatologists, he thought that climate change was gradual

與其他氣候學家一樣，他認為氣候變化是逐漸發生的

- changing or happening slowly over a long period of time.

- 在很長一段時間內緩慢變化或發生。

But the Canadian heatwaves  caused him to think again.

但加拿大的熱浪使他重新思考。

Instead of being gradual, the temperature saw

a jump - or a sudden increase - of five degrees

and it's this sudden jump that's got Professor van Oldenborgh and his team worried.

而正是這種突然的跳躍讓範-奧登堡教授和他的團隊感到擔憂。

By collecting data from all over the world, climatologists tried to

通過收集來自世界各地的數據，氣候學家們試圖

predict changes in the pattern of global warming.

But as Geert Jan van Oldenborgh told BBC World Service's Science in Action, the

但是，正如Geert Jan van Oldenborgh告訴BBC世界服務社的 "科學行動 "節目的那樣。

heatwave in Lytton, didn't fit these predictions at all.

萊頓的熱浪，根本不符合這些預測。

Everything looked like a nice, regular, gradual trend like we're used to up to

一切看起來都像一個漂亮的、有規律的、漸進的趨勢，就像我們所習慣的那樣，直到

last year, and then you suddenly break all your

records by four or five degrees. I mean, this is something that's not supposed to

記錄了四或五度。我的意思是，這是不應該發生的事情。

happen, and it has really shaken our confidence in how well we understand the

這確實動搖了我們的信心，使我們對自己的理解有了很大的提高。

Despite all his research, Professor van Oldenborgh

儘管他進行了所有的研究，但範-奧爾登堡教授

And it's this lack of understanding worrying

而正是這種缺乏理解的情況讓人擔心

effects of climate change may be even worse than expected.

氣候變化的影響可能比預期的還要糟糕。

Maybe it's time we all took notice of Greta Thunberg's wake-up call to take

也許現在是時候讓我們都注意到格蕾塔-坦伯格的警醒，讓我們採取

Especially if even cold,  northern countries like Canada,

特別是如果即使像加拿大這樣寒冷的北方國家。

or Britain, for that matter, can  experience such extreme changes.

或英國，都能經歷這樣的極端變化。

Speaking of which Neil, what was  the answer to your quiz question?

說到這裡，尼爾，你的測驗問題的答案是什麼？

Ah yes! In my quiz question, I asked you  exactly how high the temperature reached

啊，是的!在我的問答題中，我問你究竟溫度達到了多高？

in the Canadian town of Lytton. What did you say, Sam?

在加拿大的萊頓鎮。你說什麼，山姆？

I thought it was a) 39.6  degrees Celsius. Was I right?

我以為是a）39.6攝氏度。我說的對嗎？

Well, you were close but,  in fact, it got even hotter,

嗯，你很接近，但事實上，它變得更熱了。

the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada by at least 5 degrees.

是加拿大有史以來的最高溫度，至少提高了5度。

Phew, that is hot! Ugh well, we'd better recap the vocabulary

唷，這可真夠熱的!呃......好吧，我們最好回顧一下詞彙。

be hearing these words a lot more in the future.

out-of-control fire that  is burning the countryside.

A wake-up call is an event which should make people realise that action needs to

喚醒是一個事件，它應該使人們意識到需要採取行動。

A heatwave is a period of days or weeks when

熱浪是指在幾天或幾周內有以下情況的時期

Whereas gradual means happening slowly over a long time.

而漸進意味著在很長一段時間內慢慢發生。

And finally if something shakes your confidence

最後，如果有什麼事情動搖了你的信心

That's it for our look at one  of the hottest years on record.

我們對有記錄以來最熱的年份之一的觀察就到此為止。

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