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Americans may finally be acknowledging climate change. According to a new poll, public concern about climate change is at an all-time high.
美国人可能最终承认气候变化的事实。根据一项新的民意调查，公众对气候变化的关注正处于历史最高水平。
It makes sense given that America is just waking up from its warmest Winter ever.
这是有道理的，因为美国正从最暖和的冬天醒来。
Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Pennsylvania State University says, “I think a shift in public opinion and consciousness has been underway for several years now.”
宾夕法尼亚州立大学气候学家米迦勒曼说，“我认为公众意见和意识的转变已经进行好几年了。”
41% of US adults feel warming will pose a “serious threat” to them during their lifetimes, a 4% increase on 2015.
百分之41的成年人认为，在他们的一生中全球变暖将构成一个“严重威胁”，比2015增加了百分之4。
“I suspect it is a confluence of multiple factors,” said Mann. The overall warmth in recent years here in the US, Europe and worldwide is part of it.
米迦勒曼说，“我猜想这融合了多种因素，”近年来美国、欧洲和世界各地的整体暖和是一部分。
But so too are the increasing number of destructive extreme weather events – floods, droughts, massive wildfires, extreme heat, unprecedented hurricanes … This puts a human face on the issue of climate change.
但与此同时，也有越来越多的破坏性极端天气，如洪水、干旱、森林大火、极端高温以及前所未有的飓风。人类要思考气候变化的问题。
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词汇解析
1、concern
忧虑;担心
The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence in Africa.
该团体对有关非洲政治暴力的报道表示关切。
The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease.
针对公众对该疾病的不断蔓延日益担忧，从而出台了这一举措。
使担忧;使心烦
The growing number of people seeking refuge in Thailand is beginning to concern Western aid agencies.
到泰国寻求庇护的人日益增多，这开始引起了西方援助机构的不安。
It concerned her that Bess was developing a crush on Max.
贝丝迷上了马克斯，这让她很担心。
令人担忧的事实(或情况)
His concern was that people would know that he was responsible.
他担心大家会知道是他的责任。
Unemployment was the electorate's main concern.
选民关心的主要是失业问题。
2、confluence
(河流的)汇合处，交汇处
The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。
汇集;汇合
Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
如同大多数极端天气状况一样，其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。
the confluence of African and Portuguese cultures in Brazil.
非洲文化与葡萄牙文化在巴西的汇合
