Reading TPO10

Chinese Pottery

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Variations in the Climate

【单词】

constitute：v. 构成
measure：n. 措施，测量，程度，尺寸
measurement：n. 尺寸，测量方法
measurable：adj. 可测量的
intervention：n. 介入
accord：n. 协议，条约 of your own accord：自愿地；主动地
interpret：v. 解释，理解，口译，诠释
instrumental：adj. 仪器的
timescale：n. 时标，时间量程
interval：n. 间隔
internal：adj. 内部的
swing：n. 摇摆
proxy：n. 代理服务器，代理人，替代物，委托书
property：n. 特性，属性，财产，地产
date：v. 显示……的时代，鉴定……的年代
calcite：n. 【矿物】方解石
Peruvian：adj. 秘鲁的；n. 秘鲁人
glacier：n. 冰河，冰川
Antarctica：n. 南极洲
intriguing：adj. 有趣的，迷人的
pattern：n. 模式，图案，样品，榜样
nonetheless：adv. 尽管如此
to the extent that：达到这种程度以致……，就……来说，在……方面来说
simulation：n. 模仿，模拟
deliberation：n. 考虑，深思熟虑，评议，审议，从容，沉着
invoke：v. 乞灵，祈求；提出或授引……以支持或证明

【长难句】

1. One of the most difficult aspects of deciding whether current climatic events reveal evidence of the impact of human activities is that it is hard to get a measure of what constitutes the natural variability of the climate.

2. We need therefore to know how much the climate can vary of its own accord in order to interpret with confidence the extent to which recent changes are natural as opposed to being the result of human activities.

3. Generally, the layering occurs on an annual basis, hence the observed changes in the records can be dated.

4. Proxy temperature records have been reconstructed from ice core drilled out of the central Greenland ice cap, calcite shells embedded in layered lake sediments in Western Europe, ocean floor sediment cores from the tropical Atlantic Ocean, ice cores from Peruvian glaciers, and ice cores from eastern Antarctica.

替代性温度指标已被重建：格陵兰冰帽中部钻取的冰核，西欧深嵌在分层湖底沉积物中的方解石壳，取自热带大西洋的海底沉积物核，取自秘鲁冰河的冰核,以及取自东南极洲的冰核。

5. While these records provide broadly consistent indications that temperature variations can occur on a global scale, there are nonetheless some intriguing differences, which suggest that the pattern of temperature variations in regional climates can also differ significantly from each other.

6. To the extent that the coverage of the global climate from these records can provide a measure of its true variability, it should at least indicate how all the natural causes of climate change have combined.

7. Studies suggest that to date the variability in computer simulations is considerably smaller than in data obtained from the proxy records.

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