WHAT HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING?
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1. environmental issues 1
2. deforestation DEF, WF
3. a permanent crisis DEF 2
4. be dominated by (problems) 3
5. tend to PREP 4
6. cancel (each other) out PHR 2
7. birth control DEF = the practice of controlling the number of children a person has using various methods of contraception + the laws 5
8. to endorse (laws, measures), endorsement 6
9. to pass a law COL 7
10. authoritarian society DEF 8
11. to enforce, enforcement WF 9
12. to prove impracticable + practice, practical, practitioner WF 10
13. to be short. E.g. the food was short 11
14. to have meatless days (informal) WF 12
15. widespread famine 13
16. to forecast = to predict 14
17. within (fifteen years) 15
18. despite = in spite of 16
19. farm the see COL 17
20. to develop synthetic food SP 18
21. with the need for sth 19
22. an urgent need/action = crucial 20
23. frontier = limit, boundary 21
24. politician, policy, politics WF, SP 22
25. nuclear power/war/energy/weapon = atomic DEF 23
26. (to watch) with belligerent anxiety SP, WF,COL = unfriendly, hostile 24
27. to possess SP = to have, to hold 25
28. sufficient = enough 26
29. miraculously WF,SP 27
30. (there had been) no use of sth PREP 28
31. for sb’s inscrutable reasons 29
32. shore sth up (e.g. economy) = support 31
33. to discount an idea 38
34. turn into sth
35. hard cash DEF = money in the form of coins or notes 33
36. there had been talk of… 37
37. to discover methods/ways/strategies 35
38. to be visible to sb
39. to lose one’s aggressive instincts 36
40. heroic efforts to do sth
41. to arrange terms 30
42. a country’s sagging economy 32
WHAT HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING?
43. grim reality 42 – суровая реальность
44. elaborate hoax/series of targets 43 – тщательно продуманный обман
45. to be caused by (a host of factors) – быть вызванным
46. a host of (factors/reasons) - множество
47. the (recent) increase in sth 44 – недавнее увеличение в чем-либо
48. global temperatures 45 – глобальные температуры
49. global warming 41 – глобальное потепление
50. to fluctuate (between A and B) = to vary 47 - колебаться
E.g. Temperatures can fluctuate. The figures fluctuate, etc.
Fluctuation – noun
51. to come as a bit of a surprise - стать чем-то вроде удивления
52. to observe; observer; observation = to watch 34 - наблюдать
53. carbon monoxide SP - угарный газ
54. carbon dioxide SP 50 – углекислый газ
55. man-made pollution/carbon dioxide/global warming reasserts - искусственное загрязнение, глобальное потепление подтверждает
56. lead (the chemical element) - свинец
57. passion, passionate, passionately WF - страсть
58. to be (entirely) responsible for – быть полностью ответственным за
59. climate models 48 – климатические модели
60. to have influence on = to have impact on = to influence – иметь влияние на
61. natural cycles; ocean cycles; to cycle; cyclical; cyclically – естественные циклы
62. to be in a positive cycle – быть в положительном цикле
63. to be evident; evidence for sth; evidential – быть очевидным
64. to be down to PHR.V. - быть вплоть до
65. the energy from the sun/wind/coal etc – энергия солнца, ветра, угля
66. to conduct/do a research - провести
67. to rule out (influences) - исключить
68. to look at sth (closely) = to consider sth in great detail – рассматривать что-либо детально
69. solar output - солнечная продукция
70. solar activity 46 – солнечная активность
71. solar scientist - солнечный ученый
72. solar influences - солнечные влияния
73. solar variation - солнечное изменение
74. to compare trends with – сравнить направления с
75. the graph for (global temperatures) – графа, график для
76. worldwide temperatures/global average surface temperature – мировые температуры, средняя глобальная температура поверхности
77. a leading contributor to sth – ведущий спонсор, докладчик, участник
78. to forecast (weather) = to predict 49 - прогнозировать
79. to be correlated – быть в отношении
80. PDO = Pacific decadal oscillation – тихоокеанское десятилетнее колебание
81. to cool down = to lose one’s warmth - охлаждать
82. to reveal sth, to reveal that - показать
83. to assure sb of sth - гарантировать
84. to coincide with sth; coincidence – совпасть с
85. cool mode vs warm mode – холодный режим против теплого
86. to incorporate sth – соеденить что-то
87. to be accounted for sth – составляться для
88. to increase in a straight line – увеличиться в прямой линии
89. crucial = vital = very important – очень важный
90. the long-term trend in sth – долгосрочная тенденция
91. to last another (20 years) - продлиться
92. to be a sceptic = to have a sceptic attitude to sth – быть скепиком
93. the overwhelming force of sth – подавляющая, непреодолимая сила
94. to be set to do sth – собираться сделать
95. to resume - возобновить
96. it is unlikely that – маловероятно, что
97. to reach the (dizzy) heights of sth - достигнуть (головокружительных) высот
98. to be far from over - быть далеким от окончания
99. to be hotting up; to hot up - накалять
100. to insist on – настаивать на том, чтобы
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101. to contribute to sth
102. the thinning of the ozone layer
103. to launch a campaign
104. to raise public awareness of sth
105. to have the effects on sb’s health
106. = to affect health
107. = to carry health risks
108. to be aware of sth
109. environmental nuisance = environmental issue
110. forms of pollution
111. the increased incidence of asthma/cancer/bronchitis, etc
112. to have very high blood pressure
113. to suffer from a disease/illness
114. to be under stress
115. to be the source of the problem
116. to be a common problem
117. to combine with other (stressful) factors
118. to be caused by sth
119. premature babies
120. underweight babies
121. frequent exposure to sth (E.g. to noise)
122. to vary from person to person
123. to reduce noise levels
124. to take action
125. to join the campaign
126. above-average (E.g. above-average noise levels)