Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”, where we teach you about words in the news.
欢迎收看美国之音“新闻词汇”，在这里我们会教您新闻中的单词。
When you hear the word “consensus” in a news story, what does it mean? Consensus.
当你在新闻报道中听到“共识”这个词时，觉得它是什么意思？共识。
The authors came to a consensus.
作者们达成了共识。
'No region is left untouched', says climate analyst Kelly Levin of the World Resources Institute, speaking to us by Skype.
“没有一个地区是未受改变的，”世界资源研究所的气象分析员凯利·莱温通过网络电话Skype对我们说道。
“Consensus” means to agree, or to share, the same opinion about something.
“共识”的意思是同意某事或对某事拥有相同的观点。
In our story, the authors agreed on the same information.
在我们的报道中，作者们都承认这一情况。

The scientists reached a consensus, or agreed, that climate change is a major problem.
科学家们在此达成共识，或是说同意这一观点：气候变化是一项重要问题。
Now when you hear the word “consensus”, your American English will be good enough to use it in a conversation.
现在当你听到“共识”这个词的时候，你的美语就足以在对话中使用它了。