주요 구문
1
2
3
4
5
퀴즈
1
2
3

01

This weekend, the Philadelphia suburbs were hit with heavy flash flooding that inundated roads and killed five people. Earlier this month, Vermont also experienced heavy flooding that trapped people in their homes and damaged roads and buildings.

번역 보기
suburbs
교외 지역
flash flooding
급속 침수
inundated
침수된

Nationally, tens of millions of people were under a flood watch on Sunday, while globally, countries including South Korea, Pakistan, and Turkey have seen destructive flooding that has displaced millions of people and forced evacuations in the last year.

번역 보기
displace
이전하다
evacuation
피난

02

As the Earth gets warmer, the atmosphere is able to hold more water, leading to heavier precipitation when it rains, and a greater likelihood of flooding as a result.

번역 보기
precipitation
강수량
likelihood
가능성

A 1 degree Centigrade increase in the atmosphere’s temperature corresponds to a 7 percent increase in water vapor that it’s able to hold, according to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. And estimates suggest global temperatures could breach a 1.5 degree Celsius increase threshold sometime in the 2030s, meaning much more rain to come.

번역 보기
Centigrade
섭씨
correspond
대응하다
water vapor
수증기
breach
침범하다
threshold
경계

03

Is this year an anomaly or is this the "new normal"?

I usually try and shy away from the term “new normal,” not because this isn’t related to climate change, but because it suggests that we’ve reached some semblance of a stable plateau.

번역 보기
anomaly
이상, 이상적인 사례
shy away
피하다
semblance
흉내, 외형
plateau
평지

Whereas really, the new normal is continued change, continued escalation, and extreme. So if we call it “a normal,” it sounds like, “All right, we’ve reached this tipping point, we need to adapt to it. And if we can deal with everything now, we’re okay.”


And unfortunately, the reality is, this is our temporary, new normal, but in 10 years, we’ll have a new normal that’s escalated beyond today’s. We will see events like this — and worse.

번역 보기
escalation
증가
tipping point
전환점

04

They are two sides of the same coin. So when the atmosphere can hold more moisture, it also transports more moisture, from one place to the other.

번역 보기
two sides of the same coin
동전의 양면과 같은

In the warmer atmosphere, you can get both more extreme droughts and you can also get more extreme precipitation and they’re connected by the ability of the atmosphere to hold more moisture and therefore move more moisture from one place to the other, thus creating extremes on both ends of the spectrum.

번역 보기
drought
가뭄

05

There is little that can be done at the individual level. Most of the efforts needed for adaptation must be taken at the local, state, and federal government levels.

번역 보기
adaptation
적응

However, people can cope with those flooding events by avoiding building homes in regions that are vulnerable to landslides and hill slopes that can be severely impacted by such torrential downpours.

번역 보기
cope with
대처하다
vulnerable
취약한
torrential
맹렬한, 집중적인
downpour
급류

Q1

빈 칸에 알맞은 단어는 무엇일까요?

Estimates suggest global temperatures could __________ a 1.5 degree Celsius increase threshold sometime in the 2030s, meaning much more rain to come.

추정에 따르면 2030년대에는 지구 기온이 섭씨 1.5도 상승 임계치를 돌파할 수 있으며, 이는 앞으로 훨씬 더 많은 비가 내릴 수 있음을 의미합니다.
breach
diminish
halt
maintain

Q2

굵은 글씨에 대한 알맞은 설명은 무엇일까요?

As the Earth gets warmer, the atmosphere is able to hold more water, leading to heavier precipitation when it rains, and a greater likelihood of flooding as a result.

The process of condensing water vapor in the atmosphere
The settling of dust particles from the atmosphere to the ground
The amount of water vapor present in the air
The falling of water from the atmosphere to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Q3

빈 칸에 알맞은 단어는 무엇일까요?

I usually try and __________ from the term “new normal,” not because this isn’t related to climate change, but because it suggests that we’ve reached some semblance of a stable plateau.

저는 보통 '새로운 정상'이라는 용어를 피하려고 하는데, 이는 기후 변화와 관련이 없기 때문이 아니라 우리가 어느 정도 안정기에 도달했음을 암시하기 때문입니다.
surrender
cling to
rush into
shy away