#新聞英文 #Hi家教
Taiwan's sea levels rising faster than global average.
(台灣海平面上升速度超過全球海平面上升的平均水平。)
Taiwan's sea levels are rising at a higher rate than the rest of the world due to global warming, and the country may only have 12 years to move its capital inland to avoid flooding, according to a prominent meteorologist.
(根據一位知名的氣象專家表示，由於全球暖化的關係，台灣的海平面上升速度比世界其他地區來的快。甚至表示台灣只剩下12年的時間將其首都遷往內陸避免洪水氾濫。)
🔹Capital (首都)
🔹Inland (內陸)
🔹Prominent (傑出的、知名的)
🔹Meteorologist (氣象學家)
If the temperature rises by 2 degrees in 2050, the Taipei Songshan Airport and Dazhi luxury residential area will be inundated with sea water. Yeh predicts that in this scenario, planes will not be able to take off and land from Songshan Airport, and the New Taipei section of the Taoyuan Airport MRT would collapse.
(假如2050年全球的溫度上升2℃，台北松山機場以及大直的高級住宅區將被海水淹沒。台灣健康空氣行動聯盟理事長葉光芃預測，在這樣的情形之下，飛機將無法從松山機場起降，桃園機場捷運的新北路段也將坍方。)
🔹Luxury (豪華的、奢侈的)
🔹Inundated (淹沒)
🔹Scenario (設想、場景)
In the future, out of Taiwan's six major cities, the NGO predicts that only Taoyuan and Taichung would survive. Because Taipei lies in a basin, it aggravates the heat island effect, resulting in an even more rapid temperature rise, according to the organization.
(未來台灣的六都之中，環團組織預測只有桃園和台中才能倖存。環團表示，由於台北位在盆地地形，他會因熱島效應而加劇溫度提升的效率。)
🔹Lie in (存在於、位於)
🔹Basin (盆地)
🔹Aggravate (加劇、惡化)
🔹Result in (導致)
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