Unit-8-Global-Climate-燕山大学--新闻英语-研究生课.pptVIP

Unit 8 Global Climate Climate change will play havoc with agriculture and water supplies and will increase diseases. “By 2025 the size of the world’s population living in countries of significant water stress will almost double, to 6 billion people. Tropical and subtropical areas will be hardest hit---those countries already suffering from food insecurity.” Poor communities mostly do not need hi-tech solutions, but would most benefit from education, research and being shown how to farm better. The report says unchecked global warming more than wars or political upheaval, will displace millions of people and destabilize many countries. 二、句式不同 汉语新闻标题多用对偶句和偏正结构 热浪席卷美国 男童闷死车中 当代中国民众眼中的“七七事变” 英语标题多用简单句 Migrant Workers Stay at Home Shanghai’s GDP in 2009 Surpasses Hong Kong 三、英语新闻标题中“空词”的省略和汉语新闻标题中“空词”的增加 中国人民解放军进驻香港十周年庆祝大会在香港隆重举行 中共北京市第十次代表大会胜利闭幕 温家宝总理在中外记者招待会发表重要讲话 德国：谋求发挥减排领军作用 要点：希望通过气候保护促其清洁能源技术外销 俄罗斯：有实力达减排40%目标 要点：提议建立多边或全球环境保护基金 澳大利亚：积极推动减排立法 要点：欲借气候变化事务在国际舞台上发挥更大作用 日本：减排目标引发国内争论 要点：担心减排目标会影响其国际竞争力 美国：对气候谈判仍持消极态度 要点：要对转让先进能源技术设置障碍 巴西：“自愿做出”减排决定 要点：巴西还有巨大的减排潜能 非洲：要用一个声音说话 要点：寻求650亿美元环境赔偿 返回 Unit 8 Global Climate Word bank 1.reverse 倒退 ，逆转 2.meet one’s commitment 兑现承诺 3.inextricably linked 难解难分 4.draw on 引用 5.decline 衰退；退化 6.ecosystem 生态系统 7.bear the brunt 首当其冲 8.play havoc with 严重破坏；制造破坏 9.subtropical area 亚热带地区 10.political upheaval 政治动乱 Unit 8 Global Climate Global warming to threaten human progress  Global warming threatens to reverse human progress, and make impossible all UN targets to reduce poverty, according to some of the world’s leading international and development groups. In a report published today, Oxfam (Oxford Aid Mission), Green Peace, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and 15 other groups say rich governments must immediately react to climate change to avoid even unbearable degrees of worldwide poverty. “Food production, water supplies, public health a