1、【听力文摘】适应气候变化2015-04-07 来源:普特编辑部 【大 中 小】 普特网校：在线口语培训点击下载音频音频不能下载？免费无押金留学申请智能平台—查看译文—tips:怎样阅读才是有质量的阅读了？中英对照请点击【中英对照】查看译文请点击【查看译文】进行核对。Adapting to Climate ChangeAdapt To Change?We know global warming is bad: The temperature of the air onthe Earth’s sur
2、face is projected to increase at a rate more rapidthan any temperature change that has taken place in the last ten thousand years.Since species have adapted to climate change in the past, why can’t they simply adapt to thesechanges?Thanks to ecosystem changes
3、due to agriculture and deforestation and pollution, many speciesare already weakened to begin with. Plus, in the past, climate change has happened slowly enoughthat many species had enough time to shift the locations where they grow and reproduce. Butthe curre
4、nt projected rate of surface temperature change would require for plants to move at arate of 3.5 miles per year.(The fastest plant species only migrate at the rate of 1.3 miles a year.)Pick Up And Move?Though they’re not quite as rooted, animals cannot just pi
5、ck up and move to more inclementenvirons if their food source can’t move with them. And it doesn’t help that all of the differentways we use land means that the Earth is pretty much a mosaic of different ecosystems ratherthan larger, contiguous habitats.So eve
6、n if a species is able to migrate quickly enough, it has nowhere to go and nothing to eat.The Earth’s species simply don’t have enough time and resources to adapt to such rapid climatechange, and that’s why many aren’t expected to survive if global warming con
7、tinues at itscurrently projected rate.重点解析 Key Phrases/Words1. due to 由于，因为，应归于2. deforestation n.采伐森林，森林开伐3. inclement adj.<正>（天气）恶劣的（指寒冷的、潮湿的等）4. environs n.郊区，近郊5. mosaic n.马赛克，镶嵌图案6. contiguous adj.接触的，邻近的，共同的
