联合国气候峰会

The UN climate summit

刘立军 供稿

TRANSCRIPT

Hello, this is Danielle Jalowiecka with the BBC News. World leaders gathered in Glasgow for the start of formal discussions at the UN climate summit have been urged to rise to the challenge of combatting global warming. The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it's time to move from aspiration to action.

“They need to make further commitments. They need to make further commitments on how we're gonna move away from coal, from fossil fuel, burning; how we're gonna move away from using hydrocarbon cars; how we're gonna plant millions of trees, if not a trillion. Trees around the world increase, protect the world's biodiversity. And above all, how we're going to get the whole of the developing world to buy into this.”

VOCABULARY

1. aspiration n. a strong desire to have or do sth. 渴望；抱负；志向。例如：I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。

2. hydrocarbon n. (chemistry 化) a chemical made up of hydrogen and carbon only. There are many different hydrocarbons found in petrol/gas, coal and natural gas. 烃；碳氢化合物

3. biodiversity n. （不可数名词）the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment 生物多样性（维持着生态环境平衡的大量各种生物的共存）

4. buy into sth.: (informal) to believe sth., especially an idea that many other people believe in 信从（尤指随大流）。例如：She had never bought into the idea that to be attractive you have to be thin. 她从不随大流地认为要想有魅力，就得瘦身。

QUESTIONS

Read the statements. Then listen to the news and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). Then correct the false statements.

1. The purpose of the Glasgow meeting is to combat global warming.

2. Boris Johnson pointed out that it's time to move from action to aspiration.

3. We need to make further commitments on why we're going to plant millions of trees.

4. Fossil fuel could protect the world's biodiversity.

5. Boris Johnson argued that the first thing is how to get both the developed and the developing world to buy into the combatting global warming.

KEY

Read the statements. Then listen to the news and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). Then correct the false statements.

(T) 1. The purpose of the Glasgow meeting is to combat global warming.

(F) 2. Boris Johnson pointed out that it's time to move from action to aspiration.（正确表达）Boris Johnson pointed out that it's time to move from aspiration to action.

(F) 3. We need to make further commitments on why we're going to plant millions of trees.（正确表达）We need to make further commitments on how we're going to plant millions of trees.

(F) 4. Fossil fuels could protect the world's biodiversity. （正确表达）Trees could protect the world's biodiversity.

(F) 5. Boris Johnson argued that the first thing is how to get both the developed and the developing world to buy into the combatting global warming.（正确表达）Boris Johnson argued that the first thing is how to get all the developing world to buy into the combatting global warming.

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