EP02 五分钟英语-About Climate
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各位听友早上好

Today is Tuesday, March 1st, 2022.

转眼已经是三月了！今天2022年3月1日，星期二。

Today, all the news stores are about climate change.

I hope we all can do something to help preserve the planet earth that we share with billions of people around the world.

第一部分：英语新闻朗读（0:10")

• Impacts of Climate Change Now Severe and Widespread, U.N. Panel Says. （Wall Street Journal)
• Climate change: IPCC report warns of ‘irreversible’ impacts of global. warming (BBC)
• Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows. (Guardian)
• Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns (New York Times)
• As temperatures warm, the health risks of climate change are expected to intensify in the U.S. and worldwide. (NBC)

第二部分：重要单词回顾（4:23")

• Convene: come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble 开会
• Irreversible: not able to be undone or altered 不可改变
• Intensify: become or make more intense 加剧，加强
• Overwhelm: give too much of a thing to (someone) 压倒性
• Strain:injure (a limb, muscle, or organ) by overexerting it or twisting it awkwardly 抽筋，拉伤