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第五单元 第九课：英语自然探秘资料汉译 Our Summer of Extremes （Excerpt）　　[1]This summer has seen one of the weather-related extremes in Russia, Pakistan, China, Europe, the Arctic—you name it. But does this have anything to do with global warming, and are human emissions to blame?　　[1]在俄罗斯、巴基斯坦、中国、欧洲和北极，凡是你能想到的地方，这个夏天极端天气都在肆虐。但这与全球气候变暖有关吗?人类的碳排放是肇事之因吗？ 　　[2]While it cannot be scientifically proven （or disproved, for that matter） that global warming caused any particular extreme event, we can say that global warming very likely makes many kinds of extreme weather both more frequent and more severe.　　[2]尽管在科学上还无法证明（或否定）是全球变暖导致了某些特定的极端天气，我们还是可以说全球变暖很可能使多种极端天气发生得更频繁、更恶劣。 　　[3]For weeks, central Russia has been in the grips of its worst-ever heat wave, which has caused probably thousands of fatalities. As a result of drought and heat, more than 500 wildfires have raged out of control, smothering Moscow in smoke and threatening several nuclear facilities. Russia’s government has banned wheat exports, sending world grain prices soaring.　　[3]几周以来，俄罗斯中部地区深陷于历史上最严重的热浪之中，由此而造成的死亡人数可能高达数千。由于干旱和高温，500余处野火迅速蔓延，失去控制，把莫斯科笼罩在令人窒息的烟雾中，并威胁到几处核设施。俄政府已禁止小麦出口，导致全球谷物价格飙升。 　　[4]Meanwhile, Pakistan is struggling with unprecedented flooding that has killed more than a thousand people and affected millions more. In China, flash floods have so far killed more than a thousand people and destroyed more than a million homes. On a smaller scale, European countries like Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic have also suffered serious flooding.　　[4]同时，巴基斯坦正与一场导致1, 000多人死亡、数百万人受灾的空前洪水作斗争。在中国，山洪暴发已致1, 000多人丧生，有超过100万所民宅被冲毁。而在欧洲，像德国、波兰和捷克共和国这些国家也遭受了规模稍小的严重洪灾。　　 　　[5]Meanwhile, global temperatures in recent months have been at their highest levels in records that go back 130 years. Arctic sea-ice cover reached its lowest recorded average level for the month of June ever. In Greenland two huge chunks of ice broke off in July and August.　　[5]与此同时，近几个月全球气温达到了130年来气象记录的最高水平。6月，北极海冰覆盖面积达到了有记录以来同期平均水平的最低值。7至8月，在格陵兰有两块巨