卫星显示全球冰川正以惊人速度融化

燕山大学 刘立军 供稿

TRANSCRIPT

Satellites show the world's glaciers are melting faster than ever. AP's Shelley Adler has the details.

"It's the same story. It's… glaciers are melting. It's, it's global phenomena." World Glacier Monitoring Service Director Michael Zemp: "10 years ago, we were saying that the glaciers are the indicator of climate change, but now actually they've become a memorial of the climate crisis."

And Zemp points out that the world's glaciers should react differently to climate change depending on where they are but that's not happening.

"What is really surprising actually is that a vast majority is basically showing the same signal and this is a strong indication that there must be a common global forcing that is doing that." Half the world's glacial loss is coming from the United States and Canada.

I'm Shelly Adler.

VOCABULARY

1. glacier n. a large mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains, that moves very slowly down a valley 冰川

2. vast adj. extremely large in area, size, amount, etc. 辽阔的；巨大的；庞大的；大量的。例如：

• a vast area of forest 莽莽苍苍的森林
• a vast crowd一大群人
• a vast amount of information大量信息
• At dusk bats appear in vast numbers. 蝙蝠于傍晚时分大批出现。
• His business empire was vast. 他的企业规模庞大。
• In the vast majority of cases, this should not be a problem. 在绝大多数情况下，这应该不成问题。

QUESTIONS

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

Satellites show the world's glaciers are melting (Q1) ______________ than ever. AP's Shelley Adler has the details.

"It's the same story. It's … glaciers are melting. It's, it's (Q2) ____________________." World Glacier Monitoring Service Director Michael Zemp: "10 years ago, we were saying that the (Q3) _____________ are the indicator of (Q4) _____________________, but now actually they've become a memorial of the (Q5) _____________________."

And Zemp points out that the world's glaciers should (Q6) ______________________ to climate change depending on where they are but that's not happening.

"What is really surprising actually is that a vast majority is basically showing the same signal and this is a strong (Q7) _________________________ that there must be a common (Q8) __________________________ that is doing that." Half the world's (Q9) ________________ is coming from the United States and (Q10) __________________.

I'm Shelly Adler.

KEY

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

Satellites show the world's glaciers are melting (Q1) faster than ever. AP's Shelley Adler has the details.

"It's the same story. It's … glaciers are melting. It's, it's (Q2) global phenomena." World Glacier Monitoring Service Director Michael Zemp: "10 years ago, we were saying that the (Q3) glaciers are the indicator of (Q4) climate change, but now actually they've become a memorial of the (Q5) climate crisis."

And Zemp points out that the world's glaciers should (Q6) react differently to climate change depending on where they are but that's not happening.

"What is really surprising actually is that a vast majority is basically showing the same signal and this is a strong (Q7) indication that there must be a common (Q8) global forcing that is doing that." Half the world's (Q9) glacial loss is coming from the United States and (Q10) Canada.

I'm Shelly Adler.

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