考研英语

The vast majority of humanity has always lived in regions where the average annual temperatures are around 6C (43F) to 28C (82F), which is ideal for human health and food production. But this sweet spot is shifting and shrinking as a result of manmade global heating, which drops more people into what the authors describe as “near unliveable” extremes.

思考题：

According to the text, the ideal area for human life is__.

A.characterized by sugar and sweetness

B.becoming smaller due to natural disaster

C.gradually turning into inhospitable spots

D.marked by manmade extreme weather

词汇突破：

The vast majority of 绝大多数

ideal 理想

this sweet spot 这里是比喻，适宜居住的地方

shrinking 减少!

unliveable 无法居住

句子解析：

句：

The vast majority of humanity has always lived in regions/ where the average annual temperatures are around 6C to 28C, /which is ideal for human health and food production.

参考译文：绝大多数人类一直生活在年平均气温在6摄氏度至28摄氏度左右的地区，这对人类健康和食品生产是理想之选。

第二句：

But this sweet spot is shifting and shrinking as a result of manmade global heating, which drops more people into what the authors describe as “near unliveable” extremes.

参考译文：但是，由于人为的全球升温，这个"甜蜜地带"正在移动和缩小，让更多的人陷入作者称作“几乎不宜居住的”极端环境中。

思考题解析：

According to the text, the ideal area for human life is__.

A. characterized by sugar and sweetness

(以糖和甜味为特征)

A选项错误。

B. becoming smaller due to natural disaster

(由于自然灾害而变小)

不是因为自然灾害，而是认为的灾害!

B选项错误。

C. gradually turning into inhospitable spots

你是不是不认识inhospitable：不适宜居住的

(逐渐变成不适宜居住的地方)

C选项正确。

D. marked by manmade extreme weather

(以人为极端天气为特征)

哈哈，你选错了吧!

你把题干和这个选项连在在一起读呢!

the ideal area for human life is marked by manmade extreme weather

人类理想的居住地是以人为极端天气为特征。

我们又不自虐。理想居住地肯定不是以人为极端天气为特征。

只能说现在的人类理想居住地将来可能会被人为极端天气变的不宜居!

只能选C!

D选项错误。

文章来源背景和来源：

One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years

五十年内十亿人将生活在不堪承受的酷热之中

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/05/one-billion-people-will-live-in-insufferable-heat-within-50-years-study

背景：根据近期发表的一份研究，气候灾难对人类的伤害将来势越来越凶猛，范围越来越广，而且来的速度也会比之前预计的要快;全球平均气温每上升一摄氏度，就将有近10亿人不得不背井离乡或忍受难熬的酷热。这项研究还预测，在最糟糕的可能性模拟中，在五十年内，全球人口就将有三分之一生活在和撒哈拉大沙漠一样热的地方;即使在最幸运的条件下，也会有12亿人居住的地区不再是人类繁盛了近6000年的舒适气候区。