英语新闻集锦｜意大利多地发生严重旱灾居民浪费用水将被罚款 Italians face fines for wasting water as supplies rationed amid drought

People living in some northern Italian towns face fines for wasting water as mayors ration supplies amid a severe drought.

意大利几个北部小镇发生了严重旱灾，镇长们决定定量供应用水，居民浪费水将面临罚款。

Italy has had one of its driest winters in the last 65 years, with rainfall 80% lower than the seasonal average. The situation has been more acute in northern regions, where some areas have been deprived of significant rainfall for three months or more. The Po, the country’s longest river, is at its lowest level recorded in winter since 1972.

意大利刚经历了过去65年来最干旱的一个冬天，降雨量比季节平均水平低了80%。意大利北部地区的干旱更为严重，一些地区已经至少有三个月没怎么下雨了。意大利最长河流波河的水位已经将至1972年以来的冬季最低水平。

Mayors of towns in regions including Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy and Trentino have introduced water-rationing measures, ranging from fountains being switched off and nightly restrictions on tap water to bans on using water for gardens and allotments, for washing cars and filling swimming pools.

皮德蒙特、利古利亚、伦巴第和特伦蒂诺等地区的镇长都推出了一系列定量供水措施，包括关闭饮水器、限制夜间使用自来水、禁止将花园和土地用水用于洗车或给游泳池充水。

Fines of up to €500 are in place for those deemed to be squandering supplies.

浪费用水的居民将被处以最高500欧元（约合人民币3500元）的罚款。

"I don’t ever recall a situation of this kind in winter. We haven’t had any rain since 8th December,” said Francesco Pietrasanta, the mayor of Quarona, a town in Piedmont. “There are issues with water wells, some areas have had to be supplied by water tanks. The rule is to only use water for real necessity, such as for hygiene or food reasons.”

皮德蒙特区夸罗纳镇的镇长弗朗西斯科·彼得拉桑塔说：“我不记得以前的冬天出现过这种情况。自从12月8日以来我们这里就没下过一滴雨。水井枯竭了，部分地区不得不用水箱供水。我们规定，只有在真正有必要的时候才能用水，比如出于卫生或饮食目的。”

In Bajardo, a village in Liguria, the water supply to taps has been switched off between 8pm and 8am. Its mayor, Francesco Laura, said he had no choice. “The springs have dried up,” he told La Stampa. “The water from the mountains no longer comes, and in the village the little that comes from taps is used for cooking and washing.” Laura said there had been little or no rain in the village since October 2020.

在利古利亚区巴亚尔多的一个村庄，晚8点到早8点之间的自来水供应被切断。镇长弗朗西斯科·劳拉表示，他没有选择的余地。他告诉《新闻报》说：“泉水枯竭了。山上的水源没有了，村里的一点自来水只能用于煮饭和清洗。”劳拉说，自从2020年10月以来村里就几乎不下雨了。

The winter drought followed an intense, protracted heatwave across Italy last summer. In August, Siracusa in Sicily is believed to have broken the European record for the highest temperature when it recorded a figure of 48.8℃. Snowfall has also been below average this winter.

在这个干旱的冬天之前，去年夏季意大利各地经历了严重而持久的热浪。去年8月，西西里岛的锡拉库萨温度达到了48.8摄氏度，据认为打破了欧洲有史以来的高温纪录。今冬意大利的降雪量也低于平均水平。

Scientists have long predicted that the climate crisis and global heating would lead to more frequent extreme weather.

很早以前，科学家就预测，气候危机和全球变暖会导致更频繁的极端天气。

"It hasn’t snowed and it hasn’t rained in six months,” Massimo Niero, the mayor of Cisano sul Neva, in Liguria, told the local newspaper, Il Vostro Giornale. “There will be problems in the summer.”

利古利亚区奇萨诺镇镇长马西莫·涅罗告诉当地报纸《Il Vostro Giornale》说：“已经6个月不下雪也不下雨了。今年夏天肯定会出问题。”

Rain is forecast in the north and the rest of Italy from Wednesday, although Pietrasanta said it would need to be significant to resolve the water shortage.

天气预报称，从周三起意大利北部和其他地区会有降雨，但是彼得拉桑塔表示，降雨量要够大才能解决缺水问题。

"We might get some rain on Friday but I’m not sure it will be enough,” he said. “This situation ought to make us think about changing policy to manage water in a different way, especially with climate change.”

他说：“周五我们这里可能会下雨，但我不确定降水量是否足够。在这种缺水的情况下，我们应该考虑改变政策，用不同的方式来管理水资源，尤其是在气候变化的大背景下。”

研究：1900年以来南海海平面上升150毫米｜South China Sea level rose by 150 mm since 1900

Chinese researchers have reconstructed the history of the South China Sea's sea-level shift using local corals and found that the sea level has risen by 150 mm since 1900.

中国科学家通过对南海当地珊瑚进行研究，重建了海平面的精细变化过程，发现1900年以来南海海平面上升了150毫米。

The researchers analyzed the correlation mechanism between the oxygen stable isotopes of coral and sea level, sea surface salinity, sea surface temperature and rainfall of the South China Sea, and reconstructed the sea level record at an annual resolution.

研究人员综合分析了南海滨珊瑚氧稳定同位素（δ18O）与器测的海平面、盐度、海温、降雨之间的关系，确定了南海海平面与珊瑚氧稳定同位素的统计关系以及控制机理，重建了年分辨率的海平面变化。

The study showed that the sea level fell by 0.73 mm per year from 1850 to 1900, and then rose by 1.31 mm per year from 1900 to 2015. The sea-level rise in the South China Sea has accelerated recently, rising by 3.75 mm per year since 1993.

研究结果显示，在1850–1900年时段，海平面的平均下降速率为0.73毫米/年；在1900–2015年时段的上升速率为1.31毫米/年，1993年以来的上升速率为3.75毫米/年，南海海平面呈现加速上升趋势。

acute

英[əˈkjuːt];美[əˈkjuːt]

adj.严重的，危险的；急性的，剧烈的；灵敏的；敏锐的，有洞察力的；锐角的；带尖音符的；（声音）高的，尖的

allotment

英 [əˈlɒtmənt]; 美 [əˈlɑːtmənt]

n.配额，份额，配给物；分配，指定；<英>（可租用的）小块菜园地；<美>（政府拨给美洲印第安人的）留地

protracted

英 [prəˈtræktɪd]; 美 [prəˈtræktɪdˌproʊˈtræktɪd]

adj.拖延的

v.拖延；绘制；伸展（protract的过去分词）

salinity

英 [səˈlɪnəti]; 美 [səˈlɪnəti]

n.盐度；盐分；盐性

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