CATTI冲刺每日必背 DAY 13：外刊笔记：首批美国气候难民，何处是家园
Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’
首批美国气候难民，何处是家园
背景：路易斯安那州让·查尔斯岛(ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES)——每天清晨3点半，乔安妮·布尔格(Joann Bourg)离开父母在祖辈地产上修建的发霉生锈的房子时，总会担心连接这一小块水涝地与路易斯安那州陆地的那座桥再次被洪水淹没，她就又不能去上班了。
原文：What little remains will eventually be inundated as burning fossil fuels melt polar ice sheets and drive up sea levels, projected the National Climate Assessment, a report of13 federal agencies that highlighted the Isle deJean Charles and its tribal residents as among the nation’s most vulnerable.
译文：据《国家气候评估报告》(National Climate Assessment)预计，由于燃烧化石燃料，极地冰层在融化，海平面在上升，所以仅剩的少量土地也终将被淹没。该报告由13个联邦机构提供，它着重指出，让·查尔斯岛以及岛上部落居民的情况属于美国最危险的情况。
词汇短语解释
inundate: vt. 泛滥；淹没；浸水；（洪水般的）扑来
例如：The earthquake took there a tsunami that could inundate low-lying lands as far away as Japan. 地震在这些地带引发了一次海啸，远至日本的一些低地都被海水淹没。www.hjenglish.com
If this phenomenon, called "outgassing," were to kick in, it could inundate the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, perhaps doubling or tripling the effect of the past century of human industry. 如果这种被称为“出气”的现象开始发挥作用，它可能以二氧化碳淹没大气，也许比过去一个世纪人类工业的影响还要大一倍或两倍。article.yeeyan.org
fossil fuels：[能源] 化石燃料
polar : adj. 极地的；两极的；正好相反的 n. [数]极面；极线
例如：This image shows part of a polar crater that still holds on to some summer ice, as well as beautiful sand dunes sculpted by the wind. 这张照片展示了某个极地陨坑，陨坑中还保存着一些夏季冰的痕迹，在风的作用下形成了一些美丽的沙丘。article.yeeyan.org
Yet, while not wanting to begrudge the polar bear his ice, we should be at least some what concerned at this recent shift in thinking. 然而，虽然我们并不想希望北极熊失去它的冰，我们至少应该对近期的这些意识上的转变有一点担心。article.yeeyan.org
drive up：抬高；开车赶到；迫使…上升
例如：But higher wages drive up the costs of production, leading to higher prices. 但是，提供工资会驱动生产成本的上涨，导致更高的物价。article.yeeyan.org
Our city is Heidelberg in Germany, we have a castle on one of our taller mountains which we have been to, but we always drive up there. 我们所在的城市是德国的海德堡。我们拥有一座建于四大高山之一上的城堡，尽管我们已经去过，但我们还经常开车去那儿。article.yeeyan.org
projected：adj.规划的，设计的；预期的，估计的
例如：If the projected consequences of the wrong choice are minor, we should make the best decision based on what we know now and move on. 如果错误选择的预计结果是较小的，那么我们应该根据我们现在知道的内容制定最佳决策并继续前进。www.ibm.com
They do not have a set migration pattern, unlike some other whale species- which raises questions about how they may adapt in future, if the projected declines in summer Arctic sea ice materialise. 它们没有一套迁徙的模式，不像其他的鲸类――假如夏季北极海冰像预计那样减少而成为现实的话，这就引起了关于它们如何适应未来的问题。article.yeeyan.org
highlight:vt.强调, 突出, 使显著 n.最精彩的部分, 最重要的事情
例如：You can highlight this by investigating the nature of the workload. 可以通过调查工作量的性质来突出这一点。www.ibm.com
Of course we must highlight that the system can hardly be inaccurate. 当然我们必须强调这一点，即该系统根本不可能出错。《21世纪大英汉词典》
tribal：adj.部落的
例如：The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities. 那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。《新英汉大辞典》
vulnerable：adj.易受伤的, 脆弱的, 敏感的
例如: Notonly network is vulnerable, any piece of software is. 不仅网络是脆弱的，任何一个软件都是脆弱的。article.yeeyan.org
In fact, it may beone of the few places where they can make themselves feel entirely vulnerable to another human being. 实际上，这也是为数不多的一个地方，能让他们在面对另一个人时，完全展露出自己脆弱的一面。article.yeeyan.org
首批美国气候难民，何处是家园
背景：路易斯安那州让·查尔斯岛(ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES)——每天清晨3点半，乔安妮·布尔格(Joann Bourg)离开父母在祖辈地产上修建的发霉生锈的房子时，总会担心连接这一小块水涝地与路易斯安那州陆地的那座桥再次被洪水淹没，她就又不能去上班了。
原文：What little remains will eventually be inundated as burning fossil fuels melt polar ice sheets and drive up sea levels, projected the National Climate Assessment, a report of13 federal agencies that highlighted the Isle deJean Charles and its tribal residents as among the nation’s most vulnerable.
译文：据《国家气候评估报告》(National Climate Assessment)预计，由于燃烧化石燃料，极地冰层在融化，海平面在上升，所以仅剩的少量土地也终将被淹没。该报告由13个联邦机构提供，它着重指出，让·查尔斯岛以及岛上部落居民的情况属于美国最危险的情况。
词汇短语解释
inundate: vt. 泛滥；淹没；浸水；（洪水般的）扑来
例如：The earthquake took there a tsunami that could inundate low-lying lands as far away as Japan. 地震在这些地带引发了一次海啸，远至日本的一些低地都被海水淹没。www.hjenglish.com
If this phenomenon, called "outgassing," were to kick in, it could inundate the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, perhaps doubling or tripling the effect of the past century of human industry. 如果这种被称为“出气”的现象开始发挥作用，它可能以二氧化碳淹没大气，也许比过去一个世纪人类工业的影响还要大一倍或两倍。article.yeeyan.org
fossil fuels：[能源] 化石燃料
polar : adj. 极地的；两极的；正好相反的 n. [数]极面；极线
例如：This image shows part of a polar crater that still holds on to some summer ice, as well as beautiful sand dunes sculpted by the wind. 这张照片展示了某个极地陨坑，陨坑中还保存着一些夏季冰的痕迹，在风的作用下形成了一些美丽的沙丘。article.yeeyan.org
Yet, while not wanting to begrudge the polar bear his ice, we should be at least some what concerned at this recent shift in thinking. 然而，虽然我们并不想希望北极熊失去它的冰，我们至少应该对近期的这些意识上的转变有一点担心。article.yeeyan.org
drive up：抬高；开车赶到；迫使…上升
例如：But higher wages drive up the costs of production, leading to higher prices. 但是，提供工资会驱动生产成本的上涨，导致更高的物价。article.yeeyan.org
Our city is Heidelberg in Germany, we have a castle on one of our taller mountains which we have been to, but we always drive up there. 我们所在的城市是德国的海德堡。我们拥有一座建于四大高山之一上的城堡，尽管我们已经去过，但我们还经常开车去那儿。article.yeeyan.org
projected：adj.规划的，设计的；预期的，估计的
例如：If the projected consequences of the wrong choice are minor, we should make the best decision based on what we know now and move on. 如果错误选择的预计结果是较小的，那么我们应该根据我们现在知道的内容制定最佳决策并继续前进。www.ibm.com
They do not have a set migration pattern, unlike some other whale species- which raises questions about how they may adapt in future, if the projected declines in summer Arctic sea ice materialise. 它们没有一套迁徙的模式，不像其他的鲸类――假如夏季北极海冰像预计那样减少而成为现实的话，这就引起了关于它们如何适应未来的问题。article.yeeyan.org
highlight:vt.强调, 突出, 使显著 n.最精彩的部分, 最重要的事情
例如：You can highlight this by investigating the nature of the workload. 可以通过调查工作量的性质来突出这一点。www.ibm.com
Of course we must highlight that the system can hardly be inaccurate. 当然我们必须强调这一点，即该系统根本不可能出错。《21世纪大英汉词典》
tribal：adj.部落的
例如：The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities. 那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。《新英汉大辞典》
vulnerable：adj.易受伤的, 脆弱的, 敏感的
例如: Notonly network is vulnerable, any piece of software is. 不仅网络是脆弱的，任何一个软件都是脆弱的。article.yeeyan.org
In fact, it may beone of the few places where they can make themselves feel entirely vulnerable to another human being. 实际上，这也是为数不多的一个地方，能让他们在面对另一个人时，完全展露出自己脆弱的一面。article.yeeyan.org
