8B报纸第3期

Only 1.5°C
别让澳大利亚的今天，成为地球的明天。

THE END OF 2019 and the beginning of 2020 have undoubtedly been a
hard time. Disease, earthquakes and forest fires have begun a new year like
never before. While those of us in China have been asked to stay home for a
quiet winter, many in Australia have been forced to leave theirs during a “hot and fiery” summer.
I’ve spent at least ten summers in Sydney, Australia. Unlike summers in
Shanghai, the weather there is quick to change. A really hot day is usually
followed by a few cool days and some rain. That’s why the average summer
temperature is only 26°C. This year, the average temperature was about1.5°C higher.
“1.5°C”—that’s a number we have seen before. In 2018, the United
Nations reported that we needed to keep temperature increases below 1.5°C.At the time, many of us didn’t really understand what it meant. “It’s just an umber,” we thought. Well, now we know.
The amount of fire and smoke in Australia this year has never been seen
before. Over a billion wild animals have been killed. Anybody you talk to
would say that these are the worst bush fires (林火) they have ever seen. I
was lucky and made it back to Sydney one day before the fires forced the
roads to close. Thousands of others were trapped and had to be rescued by emergency services.
Our goal for the past few years has been to limit global warming to 1.5°C.We now know wh at could happen if we didn’t succeed.
Word Bank 开心辞典
① disease n. 疾病 e.g. Thousands die of heart disease each year.
② force v. 强迫，迫使e.g. I was forced to take a taxi because the last bus had left.
③ fiery adj. 燃烧的，火一般的
④ average adj. 平均的→ n. 平均数；平均水平
e.g. The average age of the employees at the company is 36.
⑤ trap v. 使……被困住，使陷于困境→ n. (难以逃脱的) 困境；陷阱，圈套
e.g. Both men were trapped inside the burning car.
⑥ rescue v. 援救，营救 e.g. A fireman rescued three children from the burning building.
⑦ goal n. 目标，目的e.g. We are all working towards a common goal.
⑧ limit v. 限制，限定→ limited adj. 有限的 e.g. The hospital limits visits to 30 minutes. Sentences难句解码
★I’ve spent at least ten summers in Sydney, Australia.
至少有十年，我的夏天是在澳大利亚悉尼过的。

at least，至少
e.g. At least once a month, I visit my grandparents.
★ Thousands of others were trapped and had to be rescued by emergencyservices.
剩下的有数千人被困，他们不得不等待紧急救援。

thousands of，数以千计的，许许多多的
e.g. It will cost thousands of dollars to repair the house.。