G-Beauty 的部落格

global warming  全球暖化

1. greenhouse-gas   溫室氣體

   greenhouse-gas problem

2. the trend of global warming 全球暖化的趨勢

3. help curb global warming instead of ending up as waste

   為減緩地球暖化盡棉薄之力，而不是被當作廢物一樣

   curb [kɝb](v)抑制

4.Polar bears will probably be extinct if global warming becomes worse.

如果全球暖化的狀況加劇，北極熊很可能會絕種。

  extinct  [ɪkˋstɪŋkt]( v)絕種的, 滅絕的

cabinet ministers in the Maldives held an underwater meeting

馬爾地夫的內閣閣員舉行了一場水底會議

sign a document during the dive 在潛水期間簽署了一份文件

＊        ＊　＊　～～～　＊　＊　＊

climate change 氣候變遷

1.during a climate change march

2.at the climate change summit in Copenhagen

在哥本哈根氣候變遷高峰會

Copenhagen   哥本哈根

summit  [ˋsʌmɪt]  (n)高峰會;最高級會議

3.curb climate change 抑制氣候變遷

4.climate change issue  氣候變遷議題

5. avoid damage from climate change 避免氣候變遷的災害

the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

聯合國「跨政府氣候變遷小組」(IPCC)

UN Framework Committee on Climate Change聯合國氣候變遷組織委員會

conference  (n)會議

climate conference  氣候會議

on the eve of a 12-day UN conference in Copenhagen

in the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 14, 2009 on the 8th day of the UN Climate Change Conference.

在12月14日於哥本哈根貝拉中心,聯合國氣候變遷會議進行到第8天

One goal is to limit warming since pre-industrial times to 2℃.

aim at cutting carbon dioxide emissions以期減少二氧化碳排放量

carbon dioxide  二氧化碳

carbon emissions  碳排放

generate carbon emissions

stabilizing carbon emissions

stabilizing CO2

calling for global cuts in carbon emissions呼籲全球削減碳排放

the summit’s greenhouse gas emissions

emission [ɪˋmɪʃən](n)排放

stabilize [ˋsteb!͵aɪz] (v)使穩定

＊　＊　＊　～～～　＊　＊　＊

carbon footprint  碳足跡

reduce the conference’s carbon footprint

this generation’s fear of environmental calamity

當前世代對環境災難的恐懼

calamity  [kəˋlæmətɪ] (n)災難; 大禍; 大災害

environmental challenges

warning sign  警訊

environmental signals 環境訊號

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