2014英语四级听力练习慢速4.1(1)_大学英语听力

2014英语四级听力练习慢速4.1(1)

　　Michel Jarraud is the secretary-general of the WMO. He told the temperature records show our planet is growing warmer.

　　Since 2001, the first year of this century, the coldest year that we have observed since 2001 is actually warmer than any year before 1998. So I dont think this can be used in seeing a contradiction of the stop in the climate change. The climate change is not stopping.

　　There were very low temperatures in parts of the United States and Canada last year. But Mr. Jarraud says that does not mean the Earth is not getting warmer. He says many other areas had higher temperatures than normal.

　　The WMO climate report provides details of ice cover, ocean warming, rising sea levels and gases linked to climate change. It says these events are all linked, and show that our world is changing

　　The report says many parts of the Asian continent received more rain than usual in . And it says Britain received more rain than at any time in the past 250 years.

　　The report says there was little rainfall in the American state of California, in the Sahel area of Africa and in parts of southern Africa. And it notes extremely dry weather was linked to record high temperatures in Australia.

　　Michel Jarraud says weather events such as more intense heat and heavier rainfall or snow are what one would expect as a result of human-produced climate change. He also is concerned about the condition of Arctic ice.