BBC地平线系列之《全球怪象》第32集:北极圈变小
日期:2014-11-02 23:24

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For example, over Europe.
譬如 整个欧洲
It is, indeed, true that when you reduce the ice
确确实实 当冰川体积减小时
that lets lots of heat out of the ocean, so in the Arctic,
海洋中会释放很多能量 因此在北极
you see several degrees of warming
在大气层底部
in the lower part of the atmosphere.
温度确实上升了几度
And there's little doubt
毫无疑问
that it's been getting warmer in the Arctic.
北极确实正在变暖
In the last ten years,
过去的十年里
the sea ice has reached record low levels.
海冰的总体积已经下降至极低点
According to the Met Office's
从英国气象局所建立的
highly sophisticated computer models,
极为复杂的计算机模型中可以看到
a hotter Arctic doesn't equal a warmer Britain.
北极变暖并不意味着英国也会变暖
That warming that's happening
北极变暖的同时
over the Arctic is not seen over Europe.
欧洲并没有随着一起变暖
The reason for that is because
导致这个现象的原因是
the circulation changes, the wind changes.
大气环流的变化 风的变化
It turns out when you remove the Arctic ice,
当冰川体积减小时
and the winds become more easterly.
风向会变的更偏东
So the winds start to circulate from east to west around the Arctic
因此北极的风向转为围绕着北极由东向西
and south of the Arctic,
并且开始影响北极以南
and that dominates the response over Europe.
这个风向则是决定欧洲气温变化的原因
So instead of warming in the winter
因此 在北极海冰减小的同时
over Europe when the ice is depleted
欧洲的冬季并不会变的更温暖
we get cooling because we're
欧洲会变得更冷
dragging the air from Siberia over northern Europe.
因为西伯利亚的冷风被气流带到了北欧

重点解释

According to the Met Office's highly sophisticated computer models,从英国气象局所建立的极为复杂的计算机模型中可以看到

according to按照;根据;取决于

He ranged the books according to size.

他照大小顺序排列这些书。

He ordered his life according to strict rules.

他把生活安排得十分刻板。

It turns out when you remove the Arctic ice,and the winds become more easterly.当冰川体积减小时风向会变的更偏东

turn out结果是;生产;出现

It turned out that this method doesn't work well.

结果是这方法不太管用。

The factory can turn out a hundred cars a day.

这家工厂一天能生产100辆汽车。

So instead of warming in the winter over Europe when the ice is depleted因此在北极海冰减小的同时欧洲的冬季并不会变的更温暖

instead of代替;而不是 ...

I gave him advice instead of money.

我给了他忠告,而不是钱。

There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.

人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。

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重点单词
  • tendencyn. 趋势,倾向
  • circulatevi. 流通,循环,传播 vt. 使流通
  • responsen. 回答,响应,反应,答复 n. [宗]答复语,
  • sophisticatedadj. 诡辩的,久经世故的,精密的,老练的,尖端的
  • removev. 消除,除去,脱掉,搬迁 n. 去除,间距
  • circulationn. 流通,循环,发行量,消息传播
  • strictadj. 严格的,精确的,完全的