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This is why, as the world gets warmer,
这也就是为什么 全球不断变暖
it makes sense to talk about the weather getting weirder.
各种极端天气频现
It affects different parts of the planet in different ways.
这个现象以不同方式影响着全球许多地方
But every extreme weather event
但每一次的极端天气
isn't an example of global weirding.
并不一定是全球怪象造成的
Freak weather still happens.
可怕的天气还是会出现
The difference is, in the future,
不同的是 在将来
there's likely to be more of it.
应该会有更多的极端天气
The dice are now being loaded.
骰子已经转起来了
Dice are a great way to picture
骰子很适合用来描述
what climate change is doing to our world.
气候变化对我们的影响
We always have a chance of rolling that six,
我们总有机会摇到有六的那面
whether it's extreme heat
六的那面就好像酷暑
or record-setting rainfall, or the longest drought on record.
或创纪录的降水 亦或极端的旱灾
That could happen naturally.
这些都可能自然发生
What climate change is doing is though, one by one,
气候变化的结果是 当我们摇骰子时
taking those sixes, those weather extremes,
不断摇出六的那面 也就是极端天气
and adding a few more to the dice.
好像给骰子多加了几个六的面
So now our chances of a record-breaking heatwave
因此 我们遇上破纪录酷暑的概率
are twice what they used to be.
是以往的两倍

重点解释

or record-setting rainfall, or the longest drought on record.或创纪录的降水，亦或极端的旱灾

on record正式记录的, 公开发表的

He ran the fastest race on record.

他跑出了记录在案的最好水平。

It is on record that the summer was the wettest for50 years.

记录说今夏是50年来雨量最多的季节。

and adding a few more to the dice.好像给骰子多加了几个六的面

a few有些； 几个.

She read me a few extracts from her own new novel.

她把她自己的新小说念了几段给我听。

Only a few of my friends were informed about it.

这件事只有我的几个朋友知道

So now our chances of a record-breaking heatwave are twice what they used to be.因此我们遇上破纪录酷暑的概率是以往的两倍

used to be过去是

The place used to be a stretch of barren land.

早先这里是一片不毛之地。

This country used to be a British colony in Asia.

这个国家曾是英国在亚洲的殖民地。