By: Teresa Yuh-yi 談玉儀

From: Wikipedia, Cobuild Dictionary and Reading Explorer 2           

Unit 10 “Global Warming”

1.          access (n.) 進入; 使用 a way or right to reach or enter a place

2.          An Inconvenient Truth 不敢面對的真相 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8fNkXtT-Cs

3.          Andes (n.) 安地斯山脈 The Andes are the largest mountains of South America.

4.          Arctic (adj.) 北極的 The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.

5.          Celsius (=centigrade, adj. and n.)百分度的;攝氏的 Celsius is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

6.          consequence (n.) 結果,後果 the result of doing something

7.          corporation (n.) 1.法人;社團法人2.【美】股份(有限)公司 a large business or company

8.          critical (adj.) 緊要的,關鍵性的,危急的 extremely important or urgent

9.          dire (adj.) 極度的;緊迫的 Dire is used to emphasize how terrible or serious a situation or event is.

10.      environmentalist (n.) 環境保護論者;環境論者a person who is concerned with protecting and preserving the natural environment

11.      ethnicity (n.) 種族地位;種族特點;種族淵源 the identification with a particular cultural group such as race, country of origin, or religion

12.      fjord (=fiord, n.) (尤指挪威海岸邊的)峽灣 A fjord is a narrow body or water cut into a valley by a glacier

13.      fund (v.) 提供(事業,活動等的)資金 to provide money for a person, program, or organization

14.      gem (n.) 寶石;寶玉 A gem is a jewel or stone that is used in jewelry.

15.      gun (n.) 槍;砲 a weapon from which bullets are fired

16.      harpoon (n.) 魚叉 A harpoon is a long, pointed weapon with a rope attached to it, which is used to hunt large sea animals.

17.      melt (v.) 融化;熔化 to change from a solid to a liquid because it has been heated

18.      meltwater (n.) 冰雪融化後之水 Meltwater is water released from melting snow or ice.

19.      outlet glacier (n.) 注出冰河 An outlet glacier is a glacier that moves out from the edge of an ice sheet.

20.      pessimistic (adj.) 悲觀的Someone who is pessimistic thinks that bad things are going to happen.

21.      quantity (n.) 數量 an amount

22.      resource (n.) 資源;物力,財力 something useful and valuable like money or materials

23.      scowl (v.) 皺眉表示;對...沈下臉 When someone scowls, an angry expression appears on their face.

24.      shift (n.) 轉移;移動 a change in position or location

25.      slide (v.) 滑,滑動 to move easily or quietly across a surface

26.      solve (v.) 解決;解釋 to find a solution or answer to a problem

27.      starve (v.) 餓死 to suffer greatly from lack of food

28.      sufficient (adj.) 足夠的,充分的 enough of something

29.      thaw (n.)  解凍時期,解凍 When ice, snow, or something else that is frozen thaws, it melts.

30.      uncover (v.) 揭開...的蓋子;移去...的覆蓋物 to be without a cover, to remove a cover

31.      unexpected (adj.) 想不到的;意外的;突如其來的 surprising because you did not think something would happen

32.      unstoppable (adj.) 擋不住的 impossible to stop

33.      urgent (adj.) 緊急的,急迫的 demanding immediate attention