气候变化下的澳大利亚森林火灾

1、时文拓展阅读I气候变化下的澳大利亚森林火灾数千年来，澳大利亚的原住民利用野火为自己创造了很多便利，比如清理植被来 开辟土地。与此同时，特定的澳大利亚本土植物群也依赖着丛林大火繁殖，比如大火U阅读短文并回答问题This season, the bushfires in Australia have burned more than 12.35 million acres of land. At least 25 people have been killed and 2000 homes destroyed.According to the BBC , this is the most casu

2、alties （伤亡）from wildfires in the country since 2009. The University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals have died in South Wales alone.Zeke Hausfather, an energy systems analyst and climate researcher at Berkeley Earth, said warmer temperatures and extreme weather have made Australia more s

3、usceptible to fires and increased the length of the fire season. “The drier conditions combined with record high temperatures in 2019 createdmain conditions for the disastrous fires. Australias fires were worsened by thecombination of those two. 2019 was the perfect storm for being the warmestyear o

4、n record for Australia and the driest year on record for Australia,”Hausfatheradded on Friday.可以使一些桉树的种子开裂，从而得以生根发芽。这成为了澳大利亚生态的重要 组成部分。可是，自2019年9月初澳大利亚发生森林火灾以来，这场持续了四个多月 的大火给当地的人民和生态带来更多的，却是痛苦和灾难。What are the numbers about in paragraph 1?The causes of Australian fires.The results of Australian fires

5、.The damaged areas of Australian fires.The property destruction of Australian fires.Which of the following best explains“susceptible to” in the second paragraph?Very quickly to adapt to.Very seriously to focus on.Very likely to be influencedby.Very easily to be protected against.What can we infer fr

6、om Trenberth9s research?Global warming is the root cause of the bushfires.Longer dry weather contributes to global warming.Warmer ocean temperatures promote fires spreading.The imbalanced energy leads to the temperature rising.What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?To stress the eff

7、ects of Australia fires.To show the methods for controlling burns.To predict the seriousness of Australia fires.To provide some advice about reducing damage.【参考答案】BCAD官单词学习estimatev.估计We estimate that 20 per cent of the harvest has been lost.我们估计损失了 20% 的收成。susceptiblei勿：易受影响的Young people are the mo

8、st susceptible to advertisements.年轻人最容易受广告的影响。disastrousadj.灾难性的 a disastrous fire 严重火灾contribute tosth. 是的原因The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy.报道称这两艘船在设计上的缺陷是造成悲剧的原因。dispatch v.派遣；调遣The goods are dispatched from a warehouse. 商品从仓库派送。长难句分析Trenberth believest

9、hat global warming contributed to energy imbalances and hot spots in the oceans, which can create a wave in the atmosphere that locks weather patterns in places, causing longer rain events in Indonesia, for example, and at the same time contributing to drought in Australia.【分析】宾语从句的主干为 “global warmi

10、ng contributed to energy imbalances andhot spots”。“which can create a wave.in Australia”为定语从句，修饰前面的 “global warming.in the oceans”。“that locks weather patterns in places”为定语从句，修饰先行词 “a wave”。“causing longer rain events in Indonesia, for example, and at the same time contributing to drought in Australia” 为非谓语动词作结果状语。【翻译】Trenberth认为由全球变暖导致的大气能量不平衡和海洋中炎热的地区可以在 大气中形成一股浪，从而锁定某些地方的天气模式，比如在印度尼西亚造成更长时间的降雨，同时又导致澳大利亚的干旱。知识拓展Berkeley Earth:伯克利地球组织，是由理查德和伊丽莎白穆勒在2010年初构想的。 他们组织了一个科学家团队分析地球表面的温度记录，并在2