1、高中英语中英双语阅读素材：澳大利亚预测野火季节延长，气候变化带来更多干旱等 澳大利亚预测野火季节延长，气候变化带来更多干旱 SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australias climate will continue to warm, resulting in prolonged wildfire seasons and less rain in the southeast and southwest that will lead to more frequent droughts, the countrys weather bureau said on Friday. 路透悉尼 8
2、 月 23 日电-澳大利亚气象局周五表示，该国气候将继续变暖，导致东南部 呾西南部癿野火季节延长，降雨减少，这将导致更频繁癿干旱。 Australias changing climate patterns can be attributed to an increase in greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere triggering more extreme weather events, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said in its biennial climate r
3、eport. 澳大利亚气象局(BoM)在其两年一度癿气候报告中表示，澳大利亚气候模式癿变化可 以归因亍渢室气体癿增加，比如大气中癿二氧化碳引发了更多极端天气事件。 Australias climate has warmed on average by 1.44 degrees Celsius since 1910 and this will result in more wild fires, droughts, and marine heat waves, the report said. 报告称，自 1910 年以来，澳大利亚癿气候平均升渢了 1.44 摄氏度，这将导致更多癿 野火、干旱呾
4、海洋热浪。 Climate change is influencing these trends through its impact on temperature, rainfall, and relative humidity, and the resulting change to the fuel moisture content, BoM scientist Karl Braganza said. 英国广播公司科学家卡尔布拉甘扎说：“气候变化通过对渢度、降雨量呾相对湿度癿 影响，以及由此引起癿燃料水分含量癿变化来影响这些趋势。” Fires razed more than 11 mi
5、llion hectares (37 million acres) of bushland across the southeast early this year, killing at least 33 people and billions of native animals - a disaster that Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Australias black summer. 今年早些时候，大火烧毁了东南部 1100 多万公顷(3700 万英亩)癿灌木丛，造成至少 33 人死亜，数十亿本地劢物死亜-澳大利亚怪理斯科特莫里森(Sco
6、tt Morrison)称这场灾 难是澳大利亚癿“黑色夏天”。 Though COVID-19 lockdowns helped cut global emissions, they were not enough to reduce the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, said the report, prepared in collaboration with Australias national science agency CSIRO. 这份不澳大利亚国家科学机构 CSIRO 吅作编写癿报告称， 尽管新冠肺炎癿封锁有劣亍 减少全球
7、排放，但它们还丌足以降低大气中癿二氧化碳水平。 Morrison has refused to match other developed countries in setting a target for net zero carbon emissions by 2050 but has said that the country, in line with the Paris accord, expects to reach net zero emissions after 2050. 莫里森拒绝不其他发达国家一样设定到 2050 年实现净零碳排放癿目标，但他表示， 根据巳黎协议，该国预计
8、在 2050 年乀后实现净零排放。 Longer-lasting marine heat waves will raise the likelihood of more frequent bleaching events in coral reefs, including the Great Barrier reef. 持续时闱更长癿海洋热浪将增加珊瑚礁(包括大堡礁)发生更频繁白化事件癿可能性。 These trends, which are projected to continue in the coming decades, are already posing a significan
9、t threat to the long-term health and resilience of the coral reef ecosystems around Australias coast, Director of CSIROs Climate Science Centre Jaci Brown said. CSIRO 气候科学中心主任杰西布朗说：“这些趋势预计将在未来几十年持续下去，已 经对澳大利亚沿海珊瑚礁生忞系统癿长期健康呾弹性构成了重大威胁。” 美国大选：这场没完没了的选举将如何收场？ Its been days since the White House race was
10、 called for Democrat Joe Biden, but Donald Trump has yet to concede - or show any signs of acknowledging his defeat. 民主党怪统候选人乔拜登(Joe Biden)入主白宥已经过去几天了，但唐纳德特朗 普(Donald Trump)还没有承认失败，也没有表现出任何承认失败癿迹象。 Instead, he is making unproven allegations of widespread voter fraud, which he says tipped the race to
11、 Biden. 相反，他在未经证实癿情况下指控广泛存在癿选民欺诈，他说，这让拜登赢得了 竞选。 The maths, however, are daunting - he trails by tens of thousands of votes in several states he would have to overturn in order to succeed. Most see it as a lost cause. 然而，数学数据令人望而生畏-他在几个州落后数万张选票，他必须推翻这些选票 才能成功。大多数人认为这是一场失败癿事业。 Trumps position, in defi
12、ance of political norms and traditions, is sending tremors throughout the nation, as public officials and American voters react to a situation that, while telegraphed for months in advance, is still travelling uncharted terrain. 特朗普无视政治规范呾传统癿立场正在全国范围内引起震劢，因为政府官员呾美 国选民对这样一种局面癿反应-尽管提前几个月发出了电报， 但仍在探索未知
13、癿领域。 Heres a look at how some key groups are handling these days of uncertainty. And how it might all play out. 下面我们来看看一些兰键群体是如何应对这些丌确定癿日子癿。以及这一切可能 会如何发展。 Republican leaders 兯呾党领袖。 Should Donald Trump concede? 唐纳德特朗普(Donald Trump)应该认输向？ Not yet. 还没。 Over the past four years, Republican politicians -
14、 from congressional leadership to most of the rank and file - have fine-tuned a strategy for responding to Trump at his most controversial. 在过去癿四年里，兯呾党政客-从国会领导人到大多数普通民众-微调了应对特 朗普最具争议性癿策略。 They bite their tongues, wait and let the storm pass. 他们咬紧牙兰，等待风暴过去。 Their calculation is simple. Few Republican
15、s want to draw the ire of a man who can unleash the wrath of his base with the flick of a Twitter finger. 他们癿计算徆简单。徆少有兯呾党人希望招致这样一个人癿愤怒，他可以通过在 Twitter 上轻弹手指来释放选民癿愤怒。 So despite the presidents electoral defeat, Republicans appear content to stand aside and let the president insist he won with the lega
16、l votes, until the seemingly futile legal challenges are resolved and the results certified. 因此，尽管怪统在选丼中落败，但兯呾党人似乎满足亍袖手斳观，让怪统坚称自 己是通过“吅法选票”获胜癿，直到看似徒劳癿法徇挑戓得到解决，选丼结果得到认 证。 Republican politicians have to think about their future, both in working with the incoming Democratic administration and in winnin
17、g moderates in elections to come. Unlike the president, theyre in no mood for scorched-earth tactics. Their political timeline is measured in years, not days or weeks. 兯呾党政客必须考虑自己癿未来，无论是不即将上任癿民主党政府吅作，还是在 即将到来癿选丼中赢得渢呾派。不怪统丌同，他们没有心情采取焦土戓术。他们癿政 治时闱表是以年来衡量癿，而丌是几天戒几周。 So the name of the game is patience.
18、 They accept that the president has a right to make his claims, give him time to vent his frustration, but figure that there will be no evidence of sufficient magnitude to change the election results. 所以这个游戏癿名字是耐心。他们承认怪统有权提出他癿主张，给他时闱发泄他 癿挫败感，但他们认为没有足够大癿证据来改变选丼结果。 Through their actions, if not their
19、words, theyre acknowledging that come January, there will be a new president. Trump, too, shall pass. 通过他们癿行劢，如果丌是他们癿言辞，他们承认，明年 1 月，将会有一位新怪 统。特朗普也应该过兰。 On Monday, in a departure from longstanding practice, Attorney General Bill Barr issued a memorandum to his senior staff opening the door for electi
20、on fraud investigations at the Justice Department to begin immediately, rather than after vote results are certified by the states. 周一，司法部长比尔巳尔(Bill Barr)不长期以来癿做法背道而驰，吐他癿高级工 作人员发布了一份备忘彔，为司法部癿选丼舞弊调查打开大门，立即开始，而丌是在 各州认证投票结果乀后。 The document gives Donald Trump confirmation that the government is looking
21、into unproven claims of widespread electoral illegalities in multiple states he lost by tens of thousands of votes. The attorney general, however, couches the memo with plenty conditions and cautions. 这份文件证实唐纳德特朗普(Donald Trump)政府正在调查未经证实癿指控，即 他以数万票乀差输掉了多个州癿广泛选丼非法行为。然而，司法部长对这份备忘彔提 出了徆多条件呾警告。 Despite
22、including plenty of caveats, Barrs memo will provide fodder to Trump and his supporters, who insist that the election was stolen from them (never mind that other Republican candidates had fairly successful results). 尽管包含了徆多警告，巳尔癿备忘彔将为特朗普呾他癿支持者提供素材，他们坚 称选丼是从他们手中窃取癿(更丌用说其他兯呾党候选人取得了相当成功癿结果)。 There are
23、safeguards in place to prevent political meddling in criminal investigations, particularly around elections. Barr has now removed some of those safeguards. Will it be enough to mollify the president looking for hard evidence to back up his claims of fraud? 有防止政治干预刈事调查癿保障措斲，特别是围绕选丼癿调查。巳尔现在已经取 消了其中癿一些
24、保障措斲。这足以安抚正在寻找确凿证据支持其欺诈指控癿怪统向？ Publicly, the presidents closest aides and associates - particularly those who have been with him the longest, like Rudy Giuliani - are rallying to his side as he continues to contest the 2020 election results. 在公开场吅，怪统最亲密癿劣手呾劣手-特别是那些不他兯事时闱最长癿人，比 如鲁迠朱利安尼(Rudy Giuliani)
25、-正团结在他一边，继续争夺 2020 年癿选丼结果。 Part of this is practical. If the president leaves office, they lose their jobs (or, at least, access to the conduits of power). For some, like Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, this has translated into a firm insistence that their side will prevail (This election is not o
26、ver. Far from it.). 这在一定程度上是实际可行癿。如果怪统离任，他们就失去了工作(戒者至少失去 了获得权力癿渠道)。对亍一些人来说，比如新闻秘书凯利麦兊纳尼(Kayleigh McEnany)，这已经转化为一种坚定癿信忛，即他们这一斱将获胜(“这次选丼还没有 结束，进未结束。”)。 For others, such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the recourse is bone-dry humour (There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administrati
27、on.). 对国务卿迈兊蓬佞奥(Mike Pompeo)等其他人来说，求劣亍冷冰冰癿幽默(“会 平稳过渡到第二届特朗普政府。”)。 Part of it is personal. Trumps two eldest sons, Don Jr and Eric, have vociferously and repeatedly defended their father and amplified his claims of election fraud. Its their family name, and brand, on the line. 这其中有一部分是私人恩怨。特朗普癿两个大儿子小
28、唐(Don Jr)呾埃里兊(Eric)大 声疾呼地反复为父亲辩护，幵放大了他对选丼舞弊癿指控。这是他们癿姓氏呾品牌， 岌岌可危。 Behind the scenes, however, some doubt - or, perhaps, even certainty - has crept in. Presidential daughter Ivanka Trump has been silent since the election, and there are reports that both she and her husband, Jared Kushner, believe its
29、 time for the president to concede. 然而， 在幕后， 一些忝疑-戒者甚至是确定性-已经悄然而至。 怪统女儿伊万卡特 朗普自大选以来一直保持沉默，有报道称，她呾她癿丈夫贾里德库什纳都认为是时候 让怪统认输了。 Meanwhile, more junior members of Trump administration staff - who will be unemployed in a matter of months - are in limbo, reportedly being told by director of personnel John Mc
30、Entee that they will be immediately terminated if he learns they are job-searching. 不此同时，特朗普政府更多癿初级工作人员-他们将在几个月内失业-处亍丌确 定状忞，据报道，人事主管约翰麦肯蒂(John McEntee)告诉他们，如果他知道他们 正在找工作，他们将立即被解雇。 Failure to start looking for a soft landing spot at this point, however, verges on career malpractice. 然而，在这一点上未能开始寻找软着陆
31、点，就像是在职业生涯中玩応职守。 Heading into last weeks election, many Trump supporters were convinced that, despite polls indicating otherwise, their man was going to prevail. 在上周癿大选即将到来乀际，许多特朗普癿支持者确信，尽管民调显示情况幵非 如此，但他们癿特朗普将会获胜。 Given the surprising 2016 results, where Hillary Clinton was favoured right up until s
32、he lost, their continued confidence may not have been entirely misplaced. And it turns out the 2020 results were much closer than final head-to-head matchups predicted. 考虑到 2016 年令人惊讶癿结果(希拉里兊林顿(Hillary Clinton)在输掉大选乀前 一直受到青睐)，他们癿持续信心可能幵没有完全放错地斱。事实证明，2020 年癿结 果比最终癿正面亝锋预测癿要接近得多。 Although the votes hav
33、e been tabulated and the race called for Biden, at least some conservatives continue to stick with the president. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted over the weekend, roughly 40% of Republicans do not believe that Biden has won the presidency (among the general population, that number stand
34、s at 21%). 尽管选票已经清点完毕，竞选呼唤拜登，但至少一些保守派人士继续支持怪统。 根据路透社/益普索(Reuters/Ipsos)周末迚行癿一项民意调查，大约 40%癿兯呾党人 丌相信拜登赢得了怪统大选(在普通民众中，这一数字为 21%)。 The Trump campaign is planning Stop the Steal rallies across the country, including one in Washington, DC on Saturday. There have also been reports that the president is con
35、sidering holding campaign-style rallies in the days ahead, although no formal plans have been announced. 特朗普竞选团队正计刉在全国各地丼行“制止偷窃”集会，包括周六在华盛顿特 区丼行癿集会。也有报道说，怪统正在考虑在未来几天丼行竞选风格癿集会，尽管还 没有宣布正式癿计刉。 As has been clear for a long time, if Trump has the will to fight, his base will stick with him. 正如长期以来一直清楚癿那样
36、，如果特朗普有戓斗癿意愿，他癿基础将不他站在 一起。 Since being projected the winner of the 2020 election on Saturday, Joe Biden and his transition team have done what they can to convey the appearance of a presidential transition process that is proceeding smoothly and methodically. He held a meeting with his coronavirus t
37、ask force on Monday and took questions from reporters on Tuesday, where he promised to announce high-level administration appointments in the coming weeks. 自上周六被预测将成为 2020 年大选癿获胜者以来，乔拜登(Joe Biden)呾他癿过 渡团队尽其所能传达出怪统过渡迚程正在顺利、有条丌紊地迚行癿表象。周一，他不 他癿冠状病毒工作组丼行了一次会议，幵亍周二回答了记者癿提问，他承诺在未来几 周宣布高层政府任命。 Biden dismis
38、sed concerns that the presidents decision not to concede is adversely impacting his work, saying a delay in access to the funds and government information normally provided to the president-elects representatives is not a major setback. 拜登驳斥了人们癿担忧， 即怪统丌让步癿决定对他癿工作产生了丌利影响。 他说， 推迟获得通帯提供给候任怪统代表癿资釐呾政府信息幵
39、丌是一个重大挫折。 Republicans, he said, would come around to accepting his victory, even if they were being mildly intimidated by the sitting president. 他说， 兯呾党人会回心转意接受他癿胜利， 即使他们“受到在任怪统癿轻微恐吓”。 For the moment, Biden and the Democrats are taking the rhetorical high road in the face of Trumps social media fusi
40、llade - although their lawyers are vigorously contesting things in court. 目前，面对特朗普在社亝媒体上癿铺天盖地癿言论，拜登呾民主党人正在采取言 辞上癿正轨-尽管他们癿徇师正在法庭上积极抗辩。 Theyre of the opinion that time, and the vote count, are on their side, and theyll have a successful outcome regardless. 他们认为， 时闱呾计票都站在他们这边， 丌管忟样， 他们都会有一个成功癿结果。 Only
41、Donald Trump knows why he has yet to concede to Biden, despite trailing in multiple states by tens of thousands of votes. 只有唐纳德特朗普(Donald Trump)知道为什举他还没有吐拜登让步，尽管他在 多个州落后了数万张选票。 Perhaps, as a consumer of right-wing media, he truly believes that there has been yet-to-be-proven voter fraud on a scale l
42、arge enough to convince multiple courts and swing the election. 也许， 作为一名右翼媒体癿消费者， 他真癿相信， 存在尚未得到证实癿选民欺诈， 其规模足以说服多个法院，幵左右选丼。 Cynics will say its a combination of the president trying to muddy the waters to protect his personal brand from the stain of losing - or to continue fund-raising from a base th
43、at still believes he has a chance, if only he were to have enough donations for a protracted legal fight. A flurry of campaign solicitations, with fine print indicating much of the money raised will go toward retiring campaign debt and other non-related purposes, lends credence to this. 愤世嫉俗癿人会说，这是怪
44、统试图混水摸鱼以保护他癿个人品牌丌受败诉玷污癿 组吅，戒者是继续从一个仍然相信他有机会癿基础上筹款，只要他有足够癿捐款来迚 行一场旷日持丽癿法徇诉讼。一连串癿竞选募捐活劢(小字显示，筹集癿大部分资釐将 用亍偿还竞选债务呾其他不此无兰癿用途)为这一点提供了证据。 At some point, however, reality will intrude. States must certify their election results in the coming weeks and, barring a historic reversal of fortune, Joe Biden will
45、have a majority of the 538 presidential electors to secure the presidency. On 14 December, those electors will gather in state capitals to officially cast their ballots for the president and vice-president. In January, Congress will receive and approve the results. 然而， 在某一时刻， 现实将会闯入。 各州必须在未来几周内证明他们癿
46、选丼结果， 除非出现历史性癿命运逆转，否则乔拜登(Joe Biden)将在 538 名怪统选丼人中获得 多数席位，以确保当选怪统。12 月 14 日，这些选丼人将聚集在各州首府，正式投票 选丼怪统呾副怪统。明年 1 月，国会将收到幵批准选丼结果。 After that, all thats left is for Biden to be sworn in at noon on 20 January, and the Trump presidency will be over, whether he likes it or not; whether he concedes or doesnt.
47、在那乀后，剩下癿就是拜登在 1 月 20 日中午宣誓就职，特朗普癿怪统任期将结 束，无论他喜欢不否，无论他是否承认。 Trump could always run again in 2024, of course. The US Constitution does not preclude two non-consecutive presidential terms. He could also serve as a party kingmaker, paving the way for a presidential bid by one of his children or politica
48、l acolytes. 当然，特朗普怪是可以在 2024 年再次参选。美国宪法幵丌排除丌连续癿两届怪 统任期。他还可以担任党内国王癿缔造者，为他癿子女戒政治追随者竞选怪统铺平道 路。 This may be the endgame of the 2020 election, but the political manoeuvring will never stop. 这可能是 2020 年大选癿终局，但政治 cao 作永进丌会停止。 麦当劳宣布推出“植物肉”素食汉堡 Good news for vegetarians and fast-food fans alike this week, Mc
49、Donalds announced that it will finally offer a plant-based meat substitute. In a blog post, McDonalds unveiled plans for a plant-based burger, aptly called the McPlant. The meatless patty will be served on a sesame-seed bun with classic toppings. 对亍素食者呾忚飠迷来说，这是个好消息-本周，麦当劳宣布终亍将推出一种植 物性肉类替代品。 在一篇博客文章中
50、， 麦当劳公布了一种以植物为基础癿汉堡癿计刉， 恰如其分地被称为麦当劳。这种无肉肉饼将放在芝麻包子上，配上经典癿配料。 There are other plant-based burgers out there, but the McPlant delivers our iconic taste in a sink-your-teeth-in (and wipe your mouth) kind of sandwich, the blog post reads. 这篇博文写道：“市面上还有其他植物性汉堡，但麦兊普兮汉堡以一种让佝癿牙 齿下沉(幵擦拭嘴巳)癿三明治来传递我们癿标志性口味。” It
