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Climate change causes chocolate price increase 氣候變化導(dǎo)致巧克力價(jià)格上漲
我們平時(shí)吃的大多數(shù)巧克力都是用在西非種植的可可豆制成的，但今年 2 月西非遭遇嚴(yán)重干旱，破壞了可可樹的生長(zhǎng)，減少了可可豆的產(chǎn)量。可可豆是生產(chǎn)巧克力的主要原料，可可豆短缺意味著巧克力的價(jià)格在未來(lái)幾個(gè)月將變得更貴。
West Africa was hit with a severe drought following a humid heat wave that drove temperatures to record levels in February.
西非遭受了嚴(yán)重的干旱，此前潮濕的熱浪使2月份的氣溫達(dá)到了創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的水平。
Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group say the unusually hot weather was made ten times more likely because of the greenhouse gases humanity has been pumping into the atmosphere.
世界天氣歸因組織的科學(xué)家們表示，由于人類一直向大氣中排放溫室氣體，因此導(dǎo)致出現(xiàn)異常炎熱天氣的可能性增加了十倍。
Shortages of cocoa have helped drive prices to record highs, and since cocoa is the main ingredient in chocolate, you can expect the prices of people's favourite chocolate treat to rise in the coming months.
因供應(yīng)短缺，可可豆價(jià)格創(chuàng)歷史新高，由于可可豆是生產(chǎn)巧克力的主要原料，所以深受人們喜愛(ài)的巧克力的價(jià)格將在未來(lái)幾個(gè)月上漲。
Some big chocolate companies, including Cadbury and Lindt, have said they have already had to increase prices in response to the cocoa shortage.
包括吉百利和瑞士蓮在內(nèi)的一些大型巧克力品牌公司表示，為了應(yīng)對(duì)可可豆短缺的情況，他們已經(jīng)不得不提高巧克力的價(jià)格。
詞匯表
severe 嚴(yán)重的
drought 干旱
humid 潮濕的
heat wave 熱浪
drove 推動(dòng)了
record levels 創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的水平，歷史最高水平
greenhouse gases 溫室氣體
pumping 排放，向…注入
shortages 短缺
2. 閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。
1. What natural disaster happened following hot weather in West Africa in February?
2. What increased the likelihood of the unusually hot weather, according to scientists from the World Weather Attribution group?
3. Name one consequence of the drought in West Africa.
4. True or False? Big companies haven’t yet had to increase their prices.
3. 答案
1. What natural disaster happened following hot weather in West Africa in February?
A severe drought happened in West Africa in February following hot weather.
2. What increased the likelihood of the unusually hot weather, according to scientists from the World Weather Attribution group?
According to the World Weather Attribution group, greenhouse gases increased the likelihood of the unusually hot weather.
3. Name one consequence of the drought in West Africa.
Consequences of the drought in West Africa include rising prices of cocoa, and rising prices of chocolate.
4. True or False? Big companies haven’t yet had to increase their prices.
False. Some big companies have said they have already had to increase prices.
