Name: BBC新聞評論。拯救地球的競賽 (BBC News Review: Race to save the planet)
Uploaded: 2022-11-03T16:45:31.000Z
Duration: 7 min 44 s

That's the only option left, says the UN,

聯合國說，這是剩下的唯一選擇。

Learning English. I'm Neil. And I'm Beth.

學習英語。我是尼爾。而我是貝絲。

Make sure you watch to the end to learn vocabulary to talk about the story.

確保你看完後，學習詞彙來談論這個故事。

And don't forget to subscribe to our channel, like this video,

不要忘記訂閱我們的頻道，喜歡這個視頻。

並嘗試在我們的網站上進行測驗。

現在，讓我們聽聽更多關於這個故事。

'Countries must reprioritize climate change or the world faces catastrophe.'

各國必須重新確定氣候變化的優先次序，否則世界將面臨大災難。

That's what the head of the UN has said ahead of COP27,

這就是聯合國負責人在COP27會議之前所說的。

the climate conference being held in Egypt,

this month. Scientists say government failures to meet carbon targets

這個月。科學家們說政府未能實現碳目標

will lead to a rise of more than 1.5 degrees.

  will save us from climate disaster, they say.

  他們說，這將使我們免遭氣候災難。

This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

讓我們看一下我們的第一個標題。

which is the annual international climate conference, is being described

這是一年一度的國際氣候會議，被描述為

first of all, I want you to think of a famous city - London.

首先，我希望你能想到一個著名的城市--倫敦。

The London Eye, the Houses of Parliament.

OK. So, these are important memorable places.

好的。所以，這些都是重要的值得紀念的地方。

Buildings. Literally, marks on the land - landmarks. Is that what we mean here?

建築物。從字面上看，是土地上的標記--地標。這就是我們在這裡的意思嗎？

but, no, that's not what we're talking about here.

但是，不，這不是我們在這裡討論的問題。

So, in the headline, 'landmark' is used as an adjective to mean

是以，在標題中，"地標 "被用作形容詞，表示

that something is 'so important that it might cause a dramatic change'.

某個東西 "非常重要，可能會引起巨大的變化"。

OK. So, the headline is suggesting that COP27

好的。所以，標題是在暗示，COP27

可能是一個具有里程碑意義的會議--一個點

where an important change is made. Is that right? Yeah. That's right.

其中有一個重要的變化。是這樣嗎？是的。這就對了。

And this adjective 'landmark' is often put together with words

而這個形容詞'地標'經常與以下詞語放在一起

So, for example, if we think about when women first got the right to vote,

是以，例如，如果我們想一想婦女第一次獲得投票權的時間。

這是一個具有里程碑意義的事件。

It was very important for women's rights.

And can we use any other words or vocabulary to describe a similar thing?

那我們能不能用其他的詞或詞彙來描述類似的事情？

Yeah. We could say that something is a 'turning point'

是的。我們可以說某件事是一個 "轉捩點

OK. Let's have a look at that one more time.

讓我們看看我們的下一個標題。

OK. So, Greta Thunberg, the very famous, young Swedish climate activist

好的。那麼，格蕾塔-圖恩伯格，這位非常著名的、年輕的瑞典氣候活動家

is going to skip the COP27 Climate Conference.

That means she's not going to attend, because she thinks it's an example

這意味著她不打算參加，因為她認為這是一個範例

of greenwashing. And 'greenwashing' is the word we're looking at.

的綠色洗牌。而'洗綠'就是我們要看的這個詞。

Well, I know the word 'green', and I know the word 'washing'.

好吧，我知道 "綠色 "這個詞，我也知道 "洗滌 "這個詞。

Well, imagine a company that sells something bad for the environment,

好吧，想象一下，一個公司賣的東西對環境有害。

就像一個塑料瓶，但他們把它蓋住了

with a green label that symbolises being environmentally friendly.

帶有綠色標籤，象徵著對環境友好。

It might have nice pictures of forests on it,

and it has words like organic and natural ingredients

而且它有有機和天然成分等字眼

looks like it's really good for the environment. But, actually,

看起來它真的對環境有好處。但是，實際上。

it's just a plastic bottle, and plastic isn't very good.

它只是一個塑料瓶，而塑膠並不是很好。

Exactly. Yeah. This is greenwashing, and it is just a marketing approach

正是如此。是的。這就是洗綠，這只是一種營銷方式

that basically makes it look like an organisation is helping the planet,

這基本上使它看起來像是一個組織在幫助地球。

and that makes the customer want to buy the product - they want to help the planet

並使客戶願意購買該產品--他們想幫助地球。

他們只是想讓人們認為他們是。

And the headline uses the adjective 'greenwashing'.

而標題則使用了 "洗綠 "這個形容詞。

It describes the event, in this case, the conference,

它描述的是事件，在這裡是指會議。

但我們也可以把greenwash作為一個動詞。

So, that is the action of making something look more environmentally

是以，這是使某些東西看起來更環保的行動。

That means when an organisation or a country hosts

這意味著當一個組織或一個國家主辦的

or supports a sporting event to try and make themselves look better.

或支持一個體育賽事，試圖讓自己看起來更好。

讓我們看看我們的下一個頭條新聞。

The headline says that the world is off course.

頭條新聞說，世界已經偏離了軌道。

That means 'going in the wrong direction', metaphorically, to reach

這意味著'走錯了方向'，比喻說，要達到

those climate targets. And we are looking at the expression

這些氣候目標。而我們正在看的是表達

This has got something to do with guns, hasn't it?

是的。所以，從字面上講，在戰爭中。

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BBC新聞評論。拯救地球的競賽 (BBC News Review: Race to save the planet)

literally

approach

expression

basically