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【高三双语新闻练习】全球水循环有记录以来首次失衡
双语新闻
A report was published yesterday by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. It’s a group of international leaders and experts.
全球水经济委员会于昨日发布了一份报告。该委员会有许多国际领导人和专家组成。
According to the report, decades of destructive land use and water mismanagement have collided with the human-caused climate crisis.
该报告指出,几十年来破坏性的土地使用和水资源管理不善,与人类引发的气候危机相互叠加。
There is now unprecedented stress on the world’s water cycle.
现在全球水循环面临着前所未有的压力。
The water cycle is the complex system by which water moves around the Earth. Water evaporates from the ground — including from lakes, rivers and plants — and rises into the atmosphere. From there, it forms large rivers of water vapor available to travel long distances, before cooling, condensing and eventually falling back to the ground as rain or snow.
水循环是指水在地球周围运动的复杂系统。水从地面(包括湖泊、河流和植物)蒸发,上升到大气中。在冷却、凝结并最终以雨或雪的形式落回地面之前,形成了巨大的大气河流,可以长距离移动。
The report says disruptions to the water cycle are deeply intertwined with climate change.
该报告称,对水循环的破坏与气候变化密切相关。
Nearly 3 billion people are already facing water scarcity.
现在全球已有近30亿人面临缺水问题。
Experts say the crisis can only be addressed through better management of natural resources and massive cuts in planet heating pollution.
专家表示,这场危机唯有通过更好地管理自然资源,并大规模削减导致地球变暖的污染来化解。
词汇积累
1. unprecedented adj. 前所未有的;史无前例的;空前的
2. evaporate v. (使)蒸发,挥发
3. vapor n. 蒸气;水汽
4. condense v. (气体)冷凝,凝结
5. disruption n. 扰乱
6. intertwine v. 紧密相连
7. address v. 处理;应对(熟词生义)
原文填空
A report was published yesterday by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. It’s a group of international 1 and experts.
According to the report, decades of 2 land use and water mismanagement have collided with the human-caused climate crisis.
There is now unprecedented 3 on the world’s water cycle.
The water cycle is the complex system by which water 4 around the Earth. Water evaporates from the ground — including from lakes, rivers and plants — and rises into the 5 . From there, it forms large rivers of water vapor available to travel long 6 , before cooling, condensing and eventually 7 back to the ground as rain or snow.
The report says disruptions to the water cycle are 8 intertwined with climate change.
Nearly 3 9 people are already facing water scarcity.
Experts say the crisis can only be addressed through better management of natural resources and 10 cuts in planet heating pollution.
参考答案
1. leaders
2. destructive
3. stress
4. moves
5. atmosphere
6. distances
7. falling
8. deeply
9. billion
10. massive
语法填空
A report was published yesterday by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. It’s 1 group of international leaders and experts.
According to the report, 2 (decade) of destructive land use and water mismanagement have collided 3 the human-caused climate crisis.
There is now unprecedented stress on the 4 (world) water cycle.
The water cycle is the complex system by 5 water moves around the Earth. Water evaporates from the ground — 6 (include) from lakes, rivers and plants — and rises into the atmosphere. From there, it 7 (form) large rivers of water vapor available to travel long distances, before cooling, condensing and 8 (eventual) falling back to the ground as rain or snow.
The report says disruptions to the water cycle are deeply intertwined with climate change.
Nearly 3 billion people are already facing water 9 (scarce).
Experts say the crisis can only 10 (address) through better management of natural resources and massive cuts in planet heating pollution.
参考答案
1. a
2. decades
3. with
4. world’s
5. which
6. including
7. forms
8. eventually
9. scarcity
10. be addressed
【高三双语新闻练习】多吃全谷物防中年发福
双语新闻
Eating porridge in later life can help you avoid the dreaded middle-aged spread, according to a new study.
新研究指出,人到中年多喝粥可以防止发福。
Researchers from Tufts University in Boston monitored 3,000 people in their mid-50s and found that those who ate three servings of whole grains a day had waist sizes two inches less than those who didn’t consume the same amount, as well as lower blood pressure and lower blood sugar levels.
美国波斯顿塔夫茨大学的研究人员监测了3000名55岁左右的中年人发现,那些每天吃三份全谷物食品的人腰围比其他人小两英寸(约5厘米),而且血压和血糖水平也更低。
The US researchers believe the whole grains found in oats, as well as brown bread and brown rice, are the key to midlife weight loss.
美国研究人员认为,燕麦片、黑面包、糙米这些全谷物食品对于防止中年发福很关键。
The study’s authors also found that nuts, chicken, seafood and yogurt are among the foods you should be eating to avoid putting on weight as you age.
该研究的作者还发现,坚果、鸡肉、海鲜和酸奶也可以防止人们中年发福。
The study also looked at whether eating certain foods as part of the same meal contributed to people’s weight. Eating foods linked with weight gain, such as red meat, with vegetables mitigated the weight gain.
研究还观察了某些同时摄入的食物是否和人们的体重增减有关。研究人员发现,在吃红肉等与增重有关的食物时,如果和蔬菜一起吃,体重就不会增加那么多。
词汇积累
1. dreaded adj. 可怕的;令人害怕的
2. serving n. (供一个人吃的)一份食物
3. oat n. 燕麦
4. mitigate v. 减轻;缓和
原文填空
Eating porridge in 1 life can help you avoid the dreaded middle-aged 2 , according to a new study.
Researchers from Tufts University in Boston 3 3,000 people in their mid-50s and found that those who ate three servings of whole grains a day had waist sizes two inches less than those who didn’t 4 the same amount, as well as lower blood 5 and lower blood sugar levels.
The US researchers 6 the whole grains found in oats, as well as brown bread and brown rice, are the key to midlife weight loss.
The study’s authors also found that nuts, 7 , seafood and yogurt are among the foods you should be eating to avoid putting on weight as you age.
The study also looked at whether eating 8 foods as part of the same meal contributed to people’s weight. Eating foods linked with weight gain, such as red meat, with vegetables mitigated the weight gain.
参考答案
1. later
2. spread
3. monitored
4. consume
5. pressure
6. believe
7. chicken
8. certain
语法填空
1 (eat) porridge in later life can help you avoid the dreaded middle-aged spread, according to a new study.
Researchers from Tufts University in Boston monitored 3,000 people in 2 (they) mid-50s and found that those who ate three servings of whole grains a day had waist sizes two 3 (inch) less than those who didn’t consume the same amount, as well as lower blood pressure and lower blood sugar levels.
The US researchers believe the whole grains 4 (find) in oats, as well as brown bread and brown rice, are the key to midlife weight 5 (lose).
The study’s authors also found that nuts, chicken, seafood and yogurt are among the foods you should be eating to avoid 6 (put) on weight as you age.
The study also looked at 7 eating certain foods as part of the same meal contributed to people’s weight. Eating foods 8 (link) with weight gain, such as red meat, with vegetables mitigated the weight gain.
参考答案
1. Eating
2. their
3. inches
4. found
5. loss
6. putting
7. whether
8. linked
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