（本節(jié)目使用的音頻資源于2023年3月下旬發(fā)表。）

聯(lián)合國(guó)秘書(shū)長(zhǎng)安東尼奧·古特雷斯將一份有關(guān)氣候變化的重要新報(bào)告稱(chēng)為 “人類(lèi)生存指南”。

There is some good news in today's report. The scientists point out that the costs of many key, low-carbon technologies: solar power, wind turbines, and batteries have fallen dramatically in just the last decade.

今日發(fā)布的這份報(bào)告中有一些好 消息：科學(xué)家們?cè)趫?bào)告中指出，太陽(yáng)能、風(fēng)力發(fā)電機(jī)和電池等許多關(guān)鍵低碳技術(shù)的成本在過(guò)去十年中大幅下降。

And they say, we can all take action on climate: eating a bit less meat, and walking and cycling a bit more will cut our emissions and make us healthier, they say.

科學(xué)家們表示，我們每個(gè)人都可以采取行動(dòng)幫助應(yīng)對(duì)氣候問(wèn)題。比如，少吃一點(diǎn)肉、多走路、騎自行車(chē)可以減少溫室氣體排放，同時(shí)也有益健康。

But for many observers, the really worrying aspect of today's report is the reliance it places on new technologies to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The scientists say these will be needed to keep temperatures down in virtually all the scenarios they looked at.

但對(duì)許多觀察家來(lái)說(shuō)，這份報(bào)告中提出的一個(gè)應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化的方法著實(shí)令人擔(dān)憂，即依賴(lài)新技術(shù)吸除大氣中的二氧化碳。科學(xué)家們表示，在他們研究的、幾乎所有可能發(fā)生的情況下，都需要這些新技術(shù)來(lái)控制氣溫的升幅。

The problem is these technologies are at a very early stage of development and are still very expensive. Given the urgency of the challenge the report says we face, that is not encouraging.

問(wèn)題是這些技術(shù)還處于開(kāi)發(fā)的早期階段，依然非常昂貴。鑒于報(bào)告中提到我們所面臨的氣候挑戰(zhàn)迫在眉睫，新技術(shù)依然昂貴的現(xiàn)狀并不容樂(lè)觀。

詞匯表

dramatically 明顯地，夸張地
emissions 排放
reliance 依賴(lài)
suck 抽，吸
virtually 幾乎
scenarios 局面，可能發(fā)生的情況

閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1. Which key, low-carbon technologies have dropped dramatically in cost over the last decade?

2. What examples of action people can take to help the climate are mentioned in the report?

3. What new technologies are needed to keep temperatures down?

4. What is the problem with these new carbon dioxide sucking technologies?

答案

1. Which key, low-carbon technologies have dropped dramatically in cost over the last decade?

The costs of solar power, wind turbines, and batteries have fallen dramatically in just the last decade. 

2. What examples of action people can take to help the climate are mentioned in the report?

The report says we can all eat a bit less meat, and walk and cycle a bit more.

3. What new technologies are needed to keep temperatures down?

New technologies to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are needed to keep temperatures down in virtually all the scenarios scientists looked at.

4. What is the problem with these new carbon dioxide sucking technologies?

The problem is these technologies are at a very early stage of development and are still very expensive.