完全停不下了，本來今天想好好放松一下，但是習(xí)慣使然，看到本周經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人的這篇文章很激動，繼續(xù)放大招。一寫就是七句，考研的熱點(diǎn)話題：全球變暖！而且在經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人的文章中不多的提到了中國的科學(xué)家。點(diǎn)贊！
1. Over the past few years one of the biggest questions in climate science has been why, since the turn of the century, average surface-air temperatures on Earth have not risen, even though the concentration in the atmosphere of heat-trapping carbon dioxide has continued to go up。
參考譯文：在過去的幾年中，氣候科學(xué)中最大的問題就在于，為什么，自從本世紀(jì)以來，即使大氣中吸熱的二氧化碳?xì)怏w聚集的越來越多，地球表面平均的氣溫也沒有上升。
2.This“pause” in global warming has been seized on by those skeptical that humanity needs to act on to curb greenhouse-gas emissions or even （in the case of some extreme sceptics） who think that man-made global warming itself is a fantasy。
詞匯突破：seized on 抓住（并利用）；
those skeptical that 句子：這種用法在傳統(tǒng)的語法中并不多見，但是在經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人這樣的雜志中還是挺多的。
其實(shí)就等于those who doubt that 句子 ,大家記住就好。
參考譯文：全球變暖的暫停被這些人抓住并加以利用。他們本來就不認(rèn)為人類需要采取行動來控制溫室氣體的排放。甚至其中一些極端的質(zhì)疑者認(rèn)為人為的全球變暖本身就是一種幻想而已。
3. People with a grasp of the law of conservation of energy are, however, skeptical in their turn of these positions and doubt that the pause is such good news. They would rather understand where the missing heat has gone, and why- and thus whether the pause can be expected to continue。
詞匯突破：grasp 理解
law of the conservation of energy 能量守衡定律
Position 觀點(diǎn)，態(tài)度
in their turn 輪到他們
be skeptical of sth = don't believe in sth 質(zhì)疑某事
參考譯文：那些理解能量守衡定律的人也相應(yīng)的表達(dá)了他們對于以上觀點(diǎn)的質(zhì)疑。他們不相信這種放緩是一個好消息。他們知道丟失的熱量去了哪里以及為什么會這樣，從而知道這次放緩是否可持續(xù)
4.The most likely explanation is that it is hiding in the oceans, which store nine times as much of the sun's heat as do the atmosphere and land combined。
參考譯文：最有可能的解釋就是這些熱量藏在了海洋里。海洋里所儲存的太陽的熱量是大氣和大陸所儲存的熱量的九倍。
5. But until this week, descriptions of how the sea might do this have largely come from computer models。
參考譯文：但是直到這周，對于海洋如何儲存更多熱量的描述大多來自計(jì)算機(jī)模型。
6.Now, thanks to a study published in Science by Chen Xianyao of the Ocean University of China, Qingdao, and Ka-Kit Tung of the University of Washington, Seattle, there are data。
參考譯文： 現(xiàn)在，一篇科學(xué)雜志上發(fā)表的文章向我們表明，這件事情是有數(shù)據(jù)支持的。
7. Dr Chen and Dr Tung have shown where exactly in the sea the missing heat is lurking。
詞匯突破：lurk = hide
參考譯文：兩位博士向我們展示了丟失的熱量藏在海洋中的準(zhǔn)確位置。
背景閱讀：過去15年地球變暖的速度明顯放緩，令科學(xué)界困惑不已。中美科學(xué)家在美國期刊《科學(xué)》報告說，可能是因?yàn)樵S多熱量被存儲到了大西洋和南大洋深處，這一變暖減緩現(xiàn)象還將持續(xù)15年左右。該報告的作者之一、中國海洋大學(xué)的陳顯堯教授表示，由于人類大量排放溫室氣體，過去150多年中全球氣溫一直在持續(xù)上升。
