2015考研英语阅读飓风与气候变化
<p> <span word="Cyclones">Cyclones</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span></p><p> 飓风与气候变化</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="normal">normal</span>?</p><p> 习以为常?</p><p> <span word="Physics">Physics</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="storms">storms</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="worse">worse</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="theplanet">theplanet</span> <span word="warms">warms</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="isactually">isactually</span> <span word="happening">happening</span></p><p> 物理学研究表明全球变暖将导致更猛烈的风暴，但一切尚未可知</p><p> <span word="WAS">WAS</span> <span word="typhoon">typhoon</span> <span word="Haiyan">Haiyan</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strongest">strongest</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="landfall">landfall</span>?</p><p> 台风海燕是有记录以来的最强登陆风暴吗?</p><p> <span word="Meteorologists">Meteorologists</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="know">know</span>.<span word="Reliable">Reliable</span> <span word="records">records</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>.</p><p> 气象学家们恐怕永远都不会知道。可靠记录只能回溯几十年。</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="surely">surely</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="Besides">Besides</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="devastation">devastation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="assess">assess</span> <span word="itspotency">itspotency</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compare">compare</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Katrina">Katrina</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hurricane">hurricane</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="devastated">devastated</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Orleans">Orleans</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2005.</p><p> 不过可以肯定，这是史上最强风暴之一。除了统计摧毁的建筑和死亡的人数，评估该风暴威力的另一个办法，是将它和2005年摧毁新奥良的卡特里娜飓风作比较。</p><p> <span word="At">At</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="intense">intense</span>, <span word="Haiyan">Haiyan</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="peak">peak</span> <span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="speeds">speeds</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="than">than</span> 300<span word="kph">kph</span>.</p><p> 在高峰期，海燕的最高风速可能超过每小时300公里，</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="estimate">estimate</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Katrina">Katrina</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="around">around</span> 200<span word="kph">kph</span>.</p>
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