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@ 40548 Global Warming
A 現在天氣完全不正常。熱死了！
xiànzài tiānqì wánquán bù zhèngcháng. rèsǐ le!
The weather now is totally abnormal. It's so hot!
B 你不知道這是全球氣候變暖現象？以後會越來越熱的。
nǐ bù zhīdào zhè shì quánqiú qìhòu biànnuǎn xiànxiàng? yǐhòu huì yuèláiyuè rè de.
Don't you know this is the global warming phenomenon? It's going to get hotter and hotter.
A 啊喲，一聽這些氣象專有名詞，我就煩。你能不能不說？一會兒是溫室效應，一會兒是全球氣候變暖。怎麼都這麼繞口？
āyō, yī tīng zhèxiē qìxiàng zhuānyǒu míngcí, wǒ jiù fán. nǐ néng bu néng bù shuō? yīhuìr shì wēnshì xiàoyìng, yīhuìr shì quánqiú qìhòu biànnuǎn. zěnme dōu zhème ràokǒu?
Ugh! As soon as I hear those technical weather terms, I just get annoyed. Can you not talk about it? First it's the greenhouse effect, then it's global warming. How come they're such a mouthful to say?
B 你怎麼光注意這個？溫室效應的後果可是很嚴重的。你有沒有看過戈爾拍的紀錄片？全球氣溫每升高零點一度，對人類來說都是災難。
nǐ zěnme guāng zhùyì zhège? wēnshì xiàoyìng de hòuguǒ kěshì hěn yánzhòng de. nǐ yǒu mei yǒu kàn guo Gēěr pāi de jìlùpiàn? quánqiú qìwēn měi shēnggāo líng diǎn yī dù, duì rénlèi láishuō dōu shì zāinàn.
How can you only pay attention to that? The consequences of the greenhouse effect are very grave. Have you seen Al Gore's documentary? For every 0.1 degree the earth's temperature rises, it's a calamity for the human race.
A 我覺得這種說教根本起不到作用。看過以後，日子還是照樣過。
wǒ juéde zhèzhǒng shuōjiào gēnběn qǐbudào zuòyòng. kàn guo yǐhòu, rìzi háishi zhàoyàng guò.
I think this kind of preaching is of absolutely no use. Since I saw it, everything has been the same as always.
B 可是現在確實有好多人開始關注氣候問題了。特別是歐美，好多人都開始通過日常行為，改變環境。
kěshì xiànzài quèshí yǒu hǎo duō rén kāishǐ guānzhù qìhòu wèntí le. tèbié shì OūMěi, hǎo duō rén dōu kāishǐ tōngguò rìcháng xíngwéi, gǎibiàn huánjìng.
However, now a lot of people have started to pay more attention to the climate issue. Especially in Europe and America--a lot of people are trying to transform the environment through their day-to-day behavior.
A 說實話，我覺得那些由氣候變暖帶來的災難離自己的生活很遠，地球熱一點，有什麼大不了？
shuō shíhuà, wǒ juéde nàxiē yóu qìhòu biànnuǎn dàilái de zāinàn lí zìjǐ de shēnghuó hěn yuǎn, dìqiú rè yīdiǎn, yǒu shénme dàbuliǎo?
To tell the truth, I think that the calamities brought on by climate change seem very distant from my life. So the earth is a little warmer--what's the worst that can happen?
B 你別不當回事。雖然具體的災難我也說不清，但是有一點可以肯定，人類的生存狀態會變得非常惡劣。
nǐ bié bù dānghuíshì. suīrán jùtǐ de zāinàn wǒ yě shuōbuqīng, dànshì yǒu yī diǎn kěyǐ kěndìng, rénlèi de shēngcún zhuàngtài huì biàn de fēicháng èliè.
Don't take it lightly. Although no one can be certain of the particular disastrous results, there is one thing for certain: living conditions for humans will become very poor.
A 搞了半天，你跟我也差不多嘛。
gǎo le bàntiān, nǐ gēn wǒ yě chàbuduō ma.
After going on for half the day, you are basically saying the same thing I am.
B 什麼？我比你有覺悟多了。我已經開始少開車、少用電了。
shénme? wǒ bǐ nǐ yǒu juéwù duō le. wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ shǎo kāichē, shǎo yòngdiàn le.
What? I am a lot more aware than you. I've already started driving my car less, and using less electricity.
A 嗯，這樣準能給地球降溫，真是太辛苦你了。
ng4, zhèyàng zhǔn néng gěi dìqiú jiàngwēn, zhēnshì tài xīnkǔ nǐ le.
Hmph. Like that will really lower the temperature of the earth. You're really putting yourself out.
Key Vocabulary
全球氣候變暖 quánqiú qìhòu biànnuǎn
氣象 qìxiàng
溫室效應 wēnshì xiàoyìng
繞口 ràokǒu
紀錄片 jìlùpiàn
災難 zāinàn
說教 shuōjiào
照樣 zhàoyàng
關注 guānzhù
大不了 dàbuliǎo
當回事 dānghuíshì
生存狀態 shēngcún zhuàngtài
惡劣 èliè
覺悟 juéwù
降溫 jiàngwēn
Supplementary Vocabulary
汙染 wūrǎn
溫室氣體 wēnshì qìtǐ
排放 páifàng
冰川 bīngchuān
融化 rónghuà
旱災 hànzāi
洪澇災害 hónglào zāihài
泥石流 níshíliú
海嘯 hǎixiào
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