陆私塾英语 | 首字母周周练WEEK1 C

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Topic: Environment

难度等级：★★★★（对应校内8年级）

建议完成时间：5分钟

  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（缓冲物）”，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（海洋生态系统），raise sea levels and make hurricanes more destructive”，the Guardian reported.

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词汇积累：

surface  /'sɜ:fɪs/  n. 表面，表层

publish  /'pʌblɪʃ/  vt. 发表

absorb  /əb'zɔ:b/  vt. 吸收

atmosphere  /'ætməsfɪə/  n. 大气层

rapid  /'ræpɪd/  adj. 飞速的

average  /'æv(ə)rɪdʒ/  n. 平均（值）

temperature  /temprətʃə(r)/  n. 温度

increase  /ɪn'kri:s/  vt. / vi. 增加，增长

speed  /spi:d/  n. 速度

marine  /mə'ri:n/  adj. 海洋的

ecosystem  /'i:kəʊsɪstəm/  n. 生态系统

destructive  /dɪ'strʌktɪv/  adj. 毁灭性的

词组积累：

due to 由于，归因于

play a great role in... 在......方面起重要作用

global warming 全球变暖

greenhouse gases 温室气体

release sth. into the atmosphere 把......释放到大气中

save sb. from sth./doing sth. 把某人从......中拯救出来

heat up 变热，升温

on average 平均

the United Nations 联合国

at the speed of... 以......速度

marine ecosystem 海洋生态系统