Melting raises fears about Antarctic glacier collapse 冰川融化加剧对南极冰川崩塌的担忧.docx
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1、MeltingraisesfearsaboutAntarctic;laciercollapse冰川融化加剧对南极冰川崩塌的担忧莫艳ScientistshavewarnedthatoneofthemostsignificantglaciersinAntarcticaisatseriousriskofcollapse(崩 塌)becauseofbeingloosenedbywarmertemperaturesinthesurroundingseas, withthepotentialforgloballysignificantconsequences.ThwaitesGlacier, alsokn
2、ownastheDoomsdayGlacier( 日 冰川)duetotheimpactitsmeltingwouldhave,flowsintotheAmundsenSeaoffwesternAntarcticaandisaroundthesamesizeasGreatBritainorFlorida.Thereisgoingtobedramaticchangeinfrontoftheglacier ,probablyinlessthanadecade. Bothpublishedandunpublishedstudiespointinthatdirection, “ glaciologis
3、tTedScambosfromInternationalThwaitesGlacierCollaborationtoldBBC. Thiswi1lacce1eratethepaceandwidenthedangerouspartoftheglacier.Werewatchingaworldthatsdoingthingswehaventreallyseenbefore,andtheemissionofcarbondioxideissignificantlytoblame , “ Scambosexplained.AccordingtoScambos,ThwaitesGlacierisoneof
4、thewidestglaciersintheworldandoverthelast30years,ithasdoubledtheoutflowspeedofthewaterithasreleased. Itholdsenoughwatertoraiseglobalsealevelbymorethan60centimeters,andwereittobesignificantlydamaged,itcouldalsoimpactonothersurroundingglaciers, compounding (使恶化)theproblem.Itwasreportedthatthewaterinth
5、eareaknownasthegroundingzone , wheretheglacierliftsofftheseabed , wasextremelywarm ,andalsosalty,whichislikelytoincreasethechancesofsignificantmeltingfrombelowthesurface.Anotherglaciologist, ErinPettitfromOregonStateUniversity,toldCNBCthatrisingsealevelwasanearinevitability (必 然性)andthefocusshouldno
6、wturntohowtomanageitsenvironmentalimpact.Wearealreadyontrackforsealevelriseinthenextseveraldecadesthatwi11 impactcoastalcommunitiesworldwide, “ Pettitsaid Wecantreversethissealevelrise,butweneedtoconsiderhowtorelieveitandprotectourcoastalcommunitiesnow. ”ActivityAReadingforunderstandingI Text?center
7、edchunksbeatriskof有的风险beknownas 被称为dueto由于;因为theemissionofcarbondioxide 二氧化碳的排放belikelyto很有可能beontrackfor走上的轨道II.Text?centeredsentences一、定语从句的省略Werewatchingaworldthatsdoingthingswehaventreallyseenbefore.我们正看着一个正在改变的世界,那些改变是我们从来没真正冕过的。【点石成金】things是先行词,wehaventreallyseenbefore是定语从句,此处省略了关系代词thato关系代词在
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