在人類活動造成的氣候變化和自然產生的厄爾尼諾天氣現象的推動下，2023年已被確認為有記錄以來最熱的一年。
The first few months of 2023 were pretty unexceptional in terms of global temperatures. That changed in July when the world began a remarkable and almost unbroken streak of daily air temperature records.
2023年頭幾個月的全球氣溫並無值得關註之處。但從7月起，這一情況發生瞭變化：全球平均氣溫幾乎連續打破瞭往年同日的紀錄，令人震驚。
More than 200 days set new daily global temperature records, according to AYYBLOG analysis of the data from the EU climate organisation Copernicus. Two days in November were more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. That is another first and there’s unlikely to be any respite this year. The Met Office said today there’s a good chance 2024 will be even hotter than 2023.
根據英國廣播公司對歐盟氣候監測機構哥白尼氣候變化服務局的數據分析，創下新的日全球平均氣溫紀錄的天數超過瞭200天。11月有兩天的氣溫比工業化前水平高出瞭2攝氏度多，這是首次出現如此高的升幅，且升溫趨勢在今年不太有可能緩和。英國氣象局今日表示，2024年很有可能會比2023年更熱。
詞匯表
unexceptional 普通的，平常無奇的
in terms of 從…方面，就…而言
remarkable 引人註目的，驚人的
unbroken streak 連續的一段時間
air temperature 氣溫
pre-industrial levels 工業化前水平
a first 首次
respite 緩和，暫緩
閱讀理解：請在讀完上文後，回答下列問題。
1. True or False? Global temperatures were high in early 2023.
2. When did global temperatures become different to previous years?
3. On how many days were new temperature records recorded?
4. What is unlikely to happen in 2024?
答案
1. True or False? Global temperatures were high in early 2023.
False. The first few months of 2023 were pretty unexceptional in terms of global temperatures.
2. When did global temperatures become different to previous years?
The streak of record temperatures began in July.
3. On how many days were new temperature records recorded?
New daily global temperature records were set on more than 200 days.
4. What is unlikely to happen in 2024?
There is unlikely to be any respite from record temperatures. 2024 is unlikely to be cooler than 2023.
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