首字母周周練 WEEK1 C 講解 來自陸私塾英語夢之隊 00:00 13:15
Topic: Environment
難度等級：★★★★（對應校內(nèi)8年級）
建議完成時間：5分鐘
Seen from outer s_____1_____, Earth is a blue planet, due to the fact the ocean c_____2_____ over seventy percent of its surface. According to a new study paper p_____3_____ in the Journal Science, the ocean plays a great role in s_____4_____ down global warming. It is “an important buffer（緩沖物）”，as The New York Times put it.
The oceans can absorb（吸收）ninety-three percent of the heat trapped by the greenhouse gases that humans r_____5_____ into the atmosphere. And the o_____6_____ seven percent is absorbed by the air, land and ice caps, according to the Guardian.
“If the ocean wasn’t absorbing as much heat, the surface of the land would heat up much f_____7_____ than it is right now，” said professor Malin L. Pinsky at Rutgers University in the US. “In fact, the ocean is saving us f_____8_____ rapid warming right now.”
H______9_____, the ocean itself, as Discover Magazine noted, is heating up 40 percent faster on average than the United Nations believed five years ago. “That means if the ocean temperatures increase at this s_____10_____, the high water temperatures will kill off marine ecosystems（海洋生態(tài)系統(tǒng)），raise sea levels and make hurricanes more destructive”，the Guardian reported.
詞匯積累：
surface /'s?:f?s/ n. 表面，表層
publish /'p?bl??/ vt. 發(fā)表
absorb /?b'z?:b/ vt. 吸收
atmosphere /'?tm?sf??/ n. 大氣層
rapid /'r?p?d/ adj. 飛速的
average /'?v(?)r?d?/ n. 平均（值）
temperature /tempr?t??(r)/ n. 溫度
increase /?n'kri:s/ vt. / vi. 增加，增長
speed /spi:d/ n. 速度
marine /m?'ri:n/ adj. 海洋的
ecosystem /'i:k??s?st?m/ n. 生態(tài)系統(tǒng)
destructive /d?'str?kt?v/ adj. 毀滅性的
詞組積累：
due to 由于，歸因于
play a great role in... 在......方面起重要作用
global warming 全球變暖
greenhouse gases 溫室氣體
release sth. into the atmosphere 把......釋放到大氣中
save sb. from sth./doing sth. 把某人從......中拯救出來
heat up 變熱，升溫
on average 平均
the United Nations 聯(lián)合國
at the speed of... 以......速度
marine ecosystem 海洋生態(tài)系統(tǒng)
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