2022年岛国汤加火山爆发了以后，不少气象专家都指出我们的地球可能在一两年内出现气温下滑。
全球的异常寒冷气候在不少地区上演，就连世界上最干旱地区之一的撒哈拉沙漠都再次迎来降雪。
这次撒哈拉沙漠的降雪地区最高可达58度，突如其来的降雪让大家震惊。
然而2021年全球平均气温却显示地球并没有大降温，反而出现了比工业化时代更强的气温，二氧化碳和甲烷浓度也达到创纪录的水平。
不论是地球变暖还是地球降温，我们都能清晰察觉到气候的巨大变化，以及各种极端天气的出现。
接下来，我们都要好好考虑，到底该如何保护环境，让人类更好地生存下去。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 年 | nián | year |
| 岛 | dǎo | island |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state |
| 汤加 | Tāng jiā | Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcano |
| 爆发 | bào fā | to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 不少 | bù shǎo | many; quite a few; a good number of |
| 气象 | qì xiàng | meteorological condition; weather / meteorology / atmosphere; ambience; scene |
| 专家 | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate / to point out |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 地球 | dì qiú | the earth |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 内 | nèi | within |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up |
| 气温 | qì wēn | air temperature |
| 下滑 | xià huá | to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline |
| 全球 | quán qiú | worldwide; global |
| 异常 | yì cháng | extremely; exceptionally |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate) / frigid / very cold |
| 气候 | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 连 | lián | continuously / in succession / including / even |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 干旱 | gān hàn | arid / dry |
| 之一 | zhī yī | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) |
| 撒哈拉 | Sā hā lā | Sahara |
| 沙漠 | shā mò | desert |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 迎来 | yíng lái | to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) / (fig.) to usher in |
| 降雪 | jiàng xuě | snowfall |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 可 | kě | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able |
| 达 | dá | to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate |
| 度 | dù | degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour |
| 突如其来 | tū rú qí lái | happening suddenly |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 震惊 | zhèn jīng | to shock / to astonish |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 并 | bìng | (not) at all |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 降 | jiàng | to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend |
| 温 | wēn | (bound form) temperature / (TCM) fever / epidemic; pestilence |
| 反而 | fǎn ér | on the contrary; instead |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 工业化 | gōng yè huà | industrialization |
| 时代 | shí dài | age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 强 | qiáng | strong / powerful / better / vigorous / violent / best in their category |
| 二氧化碳 | èr yǎng huà tàn | carbon dioxide CO2 |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 甲烷 | jiǎ wán | methane CH4 |
| 浓度 | nóng dù | concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) / consistency / thickness / density / viscosity |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 达到 | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 创 | chuàng | to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time) |
| 纪录 | jì lù | record; best result; achievement that sets a new high |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 不论 | bù lùn | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 暖 | nuǎn | warm |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 清晰 | qīng xī | clear; distinct |
| 察觉 | chá jué | to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge; immense; enormous; gigantic |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 各 | gè | each / every |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 极端 | jí duān | extreme |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 接下来 | jiē xià lái | next / following |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | well; carefully; nicely; properly |
| 考虑 | kǎo lǜ | to think over / to consider |
| 到底 | dào dǐ | finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all |
| 该 | gāi | should / ought to / probably / must be |
| 如何 | rú hé | how / what way / what |
| 保护 | bǎo hù | to protect / to defend / to safeguard |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 人类 | rén lèi | humanity / human race / mankind |
| 更好 | gèng hǎo | better; more good; to a greater extent good |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist / to survive |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go on / to continue |