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1. In 2000,Paul Crutzen, a Dutch scientist, argued that it was time to bring down the curtain on the Holocene--the current geological time period which has lasted for the past 12,000 years or so and ring in a new one, the Anthropocene or Human Age, to show the impact of human beings have on Earth.
curtain n.窗帘;幕布 the Holocene:全新世(时代) geological a.地质学的
ring in 庆祝.......的开始 the Anthropocene 人类世
2000年,荷兰科学家保罗·克鲁岑(Paul Crutzen)认为,现在是时候结束全新世了——目前的地质时期,持续了过去12000年左右,开始一个新的时期,人类世或人类时代,以显示人类对地球的影响。
2. The idea quickly caught on. On July 11, 2016, the Anthropocene Working Group(AWG) suggested that a precise feature, which could mark the Anthropocene's beginning, should be identified. On July 11, 2023, it voted that the sediments(沉积物)in Crawford Lake in Canada could meet most of the requirements.
catch on 流行起来
这个想法很快就流行起来了。2016年7月11日,人类世工作组(AWG)建议,应该确定一个可以标志人类世开始的精确特征。2023年7月11日,它投票认为加拿大克劳福德湖的沉积物可以满足大部分要求。
3. The beginning of the Holocene was marked by a natural warming of the climate and the melting(融化) of the world's ice sheets. The idea behind the Anthropocene is that human activity since the 1950s has disturbed the planet just as the natural forces have done during the Holocene. For example, human beings have sharply increased the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in the past 70 years, to its highest level in around 3 million years.
ice sheets 冰盖
全新世开始的标志是气候的自然变暖和世界冰盖的融化。人类世背后的想法是,自20世纪50年代以来,人类活动扰乱了地球,就像自然力量在全新世期间所做的那样。例如,在过去的70年里,人类急剧增加了大气中的二氧化碳浓度,达到了大约300万年来的最高水平。
4. They are recording and collecting digital images of cultural relics from the Mogao Caves, which were a key stop along the Silk Road throughout China’s ancient history. By sharing so many digital photos over the Internet, the group hopes to promote even wider interest around the world in China’s ancient history, culture, and traditions.
digital adj.数字的;数码的 cultural relics 文物
他们正在记录和收集来自莫高窟文物的数字图像, 莫高窟是中国古代历史上丝绸之路的一个重要站点。这些科学家和研究者在网络上分享了大量(有关莫高