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【VOA】新西兰承诺增加气候援助资金

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  • New Zealand pledged Monday to quadruple foreign aid spending on climate change, addressing its "woefully inadequate" response to the challenge in recent decades.
  • 新西兰星期一承诺将气候变化方面的对外援助支出增加四倍,以解决其在近几十年的气候变化挑战中应对“严重不足”的问题。
  • As representatives from around the world prepare for a landmark U.N. summit on global warming, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wellington would lift its climate aid budget to $930 million over four years.
  • 在来自世界各地的代表们为具有里程碑意义的联合国全球变暖峰会做准备之际,惠灵顿总理杰辛达·阿德恩表示,该国将在未来四年将气候援助预算提高到9.3亿美元。
  • Ardern said at least half the money would go to Pacific island nations, many of which are low-lying and face being swamped by rising seas.
  • 阿德恩说,至少有一半的资金将流向太平洋岛国,许多太平洋岛国地势低洼,面临着被上升的海平面吞没的威胁。
  • She said the money would help communities withstand damaging storm surges, rising seas and increasing extreme weather that brings flooding and drought.
  • 她说,这笔钱将帮助社区抵御破坏性的风暴潮、海平面上升和日益严重的极端天气,这些天气会带来洪水和干旱。
  • The increased funds from 2022 to 2025 will make New Zealand's per capita contribution to global climate finance equal to Britain's.
  • 从2022年到2025年的资金增加将使新西兰对全球气候资金的人均贡献与英国相当。
  • Climate Change Minister James Shaw said comparatively wealthy countries such as New Zealand have a duty to help vulnerable nations prepare for climate change.
  • 气候变化部长詹姆斯·肖说,新西兰等相对富裕的国家有责任帮助弱势国家为应对气候变化做好准备。


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重点词汇词组

1.quadruple v.使成为四倍 n.四倍 adj.四倍的

We expect to quadruple our profits this year.

我们期望今年的利润能翻两番。

【常见搭配】

①quadruple from sth to sth 从……乘四倍变成……

Sales nearly quadrupled from 4 million gallons a year to 14 million.

年销量从400万加仑增加到1400万加仑,几乎翻了两番。

②quadruple in size/value/price 在规模/价值/价格上变成四倍

During his time at the top, the company quadrupled in size.

在他担任首席执行官期间,公司规模扩大到了原来的四倍。

2.swamp v.使不堪承受,使陷入困境,淹没;n.沼泽,低地,进退两难的困境

The boat was swamped by an enormous wave.

船只被巨浪吞没。

【相关搭配】be swamped with sth 被……所淹没(常含比喻义)

He is swamped with work.

他正忙得不可开交。

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enormous [i'nɔ:məs]

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adj. 巨大的,庞大的

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swamp [swɔmp]

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n. 沼泽,湿地
v. 淹没,陷于沼泽

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