双语精读 最近全球都在谈气候变化

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气候变化是最近多国都在关注的全球性环境问题。气候活动家格丽塔·桑伯格多次呼吁人们提高对气候问题的重视。的确，气候变化的影响对人们的生活产生了非常现实的影响。对于北美来说，今年夏季的极端高温就导致了多起灾害，前几个月逼近50摄氏度的气温更是造成加拿大利顿小镇突发了罕见野火，整个小镇几乎被烧毁殆尽。

双语正文

"No one is too small to make a difference." Do you know who said that, Sam?

“没有人小到不能有所作为。”你知道那是谁说的吗，萨姆？

Wasn't it climate change activist, Greta Thunberg?

不是气候变化活动家格丽塔·桑伯格吗？

That's right. She went on to say this in her message to world leaders: "I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to act as if your house is on fire. Because it is."

没错。她接着在给世界各国领导人的信中说：“我不希望你们抱有希望。我希望你们表现得就像自己的房子着火了一样。因为事实就是如此。”

Her speech reflected the feelings of many young people around the world who think that not enough action is being taken on climate change. And they may be right, judging by the record-breaking temperatures that hit Canada and the north-west of the United States in July this year.

她的演讲反映了世界各地许多年轻人的感受，他们认为在气候变化问题上采取的行动不够。从今年7月加拿大及美国西北部的破纪录高温来看，他们可能是对的。

Greta Thunberg's plea to 'act like your house is on fire' became a reality for residents of the small town of Lytton, Canada which burned to the ground in a shocking wildfire – a fire that is burning strongly and out of control.

格丽塔·桑伯格呼吁“表现得就像自己的房子着火了一样”，而那成了加拿大利顿小镇居民的现实。利顿小镇在一场令人震惊的野火中几乎被烧毁殆尽，野火是指剧烈燃烧且失控的大火。

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

所以，利顿小镇的森林大火是又一个气候变化警钟吗？

A wake-up call is the expression used to describe a shocking event that should make people realize that action is needed to change something.

警钟这个表达是用来描述一个令人震惊的事件，该事件会让人们意识到需要采取行动来改变某事。

Maybe not, according to some climatologists who, worryingly, say that what happened in Lytton should not even have been possible.

也许并不是，根据一些气候学家的说法，令人担忧的是，在利顿发生的事情根本不该发生。

重点解析

Her speech reflected the feelings of many young people around the world who think that not enough action is being taken on climate change.

她的演讲反映了世界各地许多年轻人的感受，他们认为在气候变化问题上采取的行动不够。

长难句分析

who引导的定语从句，who 作定语，修饰先行词 young people。who think that…，that起引导作用，not enough action is being taken on climate change 作宾语从句。整句为复合句，同时含定语从句和宾语从句结构。

重点词汇

reflect

vt. 反映；反射，照出；表达；显示；反省

vi. 反射，映现；深思

常见搭配
reflect on  仔细考虑，思考；反省；回想，回顾；怀疑

例句

The mountains are reflected in the water.

群山倒映在水中。

Reflect on life, meditate, enjoy yourself.

思考人生、冥想、尽情享受。

同根词

reflective  adj. 反射的；反映的；沉思的

reflection  n. 反射；沉思；映象

reflector  n. [光] 反射物，[光] 反射镜

近义词

indicate, point, show

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