介绍:
The fire in Canada looks a lot like climate change -- and that should scare you
apocalypse / ə'pɑkəlɪps / n. 启示；天启；大灾难
evacuation / ɪ,vækjʊ'eʃən / n. 疏散；撤离；排泄
blaze/ blez / n. 火焰，烈火 CET6
boreal / 'borɪəl / adj. 北的，北方的；北风的
unprecedented/ ʌn'prɛsɪdɛntɪd / adj. 空前的；无前例的 CET6
The fire raging in Fort McMurray, Canada sounds like something from the apocalypse.
The fire, which has burned at least 325 square miles, forcing the evacuation of some 88,000 people, is so hot and so intense that's it's formed its own weather. The thundercloud produced by the blaze actually is creating its own lightning, and consequently spreading the fire's rage, setting more trees alight.
True, there have been fires in Canada's boreal forest for ages. But scientists and researchers say this fire looks a whole lot like climate change. And that should be alarming for all of us.
"This is an example of what we expect -- and consistent with what we expect for climate change," said Mike Flannigan, a professor of wildland fire at the University of Alberta who's been studying climate change and wildfire for decades. "This fire is unprecedented."
