Climate change is our generation's biggest challenge | 每日雙語寫作素材

A 1.5°C average rise of temperature may put 20-30% of species at risk of extinction. Most ecosystems will struggle if the planet warms by more than 2°C. Climate change is happening too quickly for many species to adapt. 

理由一：如果地球的平均溫度提高1.5攝氏度，20%-30%的物種將面臨滅絕的威脅。如果地球的平均溫度提高2度，大部分的生態系統都將舉步維艱。氣候變暖的速度太快了以至於大部分物種沒辦法適應。

短語學習：too… to … 表示「太...以至於不能...」。比如說He is too tall to fit in the door. 他太高了以至於進不來門。

Effects of climate change like deforestation and sea level rise all directly impact the people and communities whose lives depend on the environment. Islanders lose their homes. Fishing communities lose their source of protein. 

理由二：像森林砍伐，海平面升高這樣的氣候變暖現象會直接影響環境周圍人們的生活。島民會失去他們的家園；靠打魚生活的漁村們會失去重要的蛋白質來源。

短語學習：sea level rise這個短語的組成和中文「海平面上升」的結構完全相同。短語可做名詞也可做動詞。比如說is sea level rising?海平面在上升嗎？