2015考研英语阅读欢迎来到人类纪
<p> <span word="Welcome">Welcome</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Anthropocene">Anthropocene</span></p><p> 欢迎来到人类纪</p><p> <span word="Humans">Humans</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="works">works</span>. <span word="Nowthey">Nowthey</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="too">too</span></p><p> 人类改变了世界运行方式，现在，人类不得不改变他们思考世界的方式</p><p> <span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>; <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="divided">divided</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="evenly">evenly</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="its">its</span> 7 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="inhabitants">inhabitants</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="wouldget">wouldget</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> 1 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="tonnes">tonnes</span> <span word="each">each</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="workings">workings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="entity">entity</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="belastingly">belastingly</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="scampering">scampering</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="surface">surface</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1% <span word="of">of</span>1% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="seems">seems</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="absurd">absurd</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span>. <span word="Humans">Humans</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="forceof">forceof</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="reshaping">reshaping</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="geological">geological</span> <span word="scalebut">scalebut</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="far">far</span>-<span word="faster">faster</span>-<span word="than">than</span>-<span word="geological">geological</span> <span word="speed">speed</span>.</p><p> 地球是个庞然大物。如果你把它均分给其间的70亿居民，每个人能分到近1万亿吨。表面看来，一个渺小的物种，生命不及地球的万分之一，在其表面跑跑跳跳竟能永久性地改变如此巨大实体的运行机制，想一想都是荒谬之事。不过确有其事。人类已经成为重塑地球地质年表的自然力量，其速度比地质构造自然演化的过程快得多。</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="engineering">engineering</span> <span word="project">project</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syncrude">Syncrude</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Athabasca">Athabasca</span> <span word="tar">tar</span> <span word="sands">sands</span>, <span word="involves">involves</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> 30<span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="tonnes">tonnes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="earthtwice">earthtwice</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sediment">sediment</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="flows">flows</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worldin">worldin</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="sediment">sediment</span> <span word="flow">flow</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>, <span word="meanwhile">meanwhile</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="shrinking">shrinking</span>; <span word="almost">almost</span> 50,000 <span word="large">large</span> <span word="dams">dams</span> <span word="haveover">haveover</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="half">half</span>- <span word="century">century</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flow">flow</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fifth">fifth</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earthsdeltas">Earthsdeltas</span>, <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="eroding">eroding</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="faster">faster</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="bereplenished">bereplenished</span>.</p>
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