纪录片《全球怪象》 第1期：怪异的气候（在线收听）

Something strange is happening to our weather.

我们的天气发生了奇怪的变化

It seems to be getting more extreme.

似乎开始变得更极端

Yeah, it could be a record-breaking cold night...

是的 可能会是个破纪录的寒冷夜晚

Britain recently shivered through

最近 英国熬过了两个连续的

two back-to-back record-breaking cold winters.

打破纪录的寒冷冬天

Last year,

去年

Scotland splashed through its wettest year on record.

苏格兰经历了有史以来最多的降水

Yet earlier in the year,

可是今年年初

parts of eastern England had their driest spring ever.

英格兰东部部分地区遭遇了最干旱的春天

But the UK's not alone.

不过 英国不是个特例

Records are being broken all over the planet.

全球各地的天气都打破了以往纪录

I have never, ever seen anything like this before.

我从来没有见过这种情形

Storms appear to be getting bigger.

风暴愈发凶猛

Hurricane power has more than doubled

过去十年与八十年代相比

between the decade of the '80s and this past decade.

飓风强度至少翻了一倍