VOA常速英语2021--卫星显示全球冰川正以惊人速度融化

A man linked to the Capitol riot in January has been convicted of making threats against lawmakers. AP's Mike Gracia reports. A man who admitted creating a series of menacing social media posts was convicted Wednesday on federal charges of threatening to kill members of Congress. A jury in federal court in Brooklyn found 37-year-old Brendan Hunt guilty after a weeklong trial. Prosecutors¹ alleged² Hunt called for the public execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Charles Schumer. Hunt, who admitted posting videos and other materials supporting the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol, testified that he never thought his videos would be taken seriously and they were often created while he was impaired³ from smoking pot and drinking beer. I'm Mike Gracia.

一名与一月份国会大厦骚乱有关的男子因威胁议员而被定罪。请听美联社记者迈克·格雷西亚报道。一名男子承认在社交媒体上发布一系列恐吓性帖子，该男子星期三被联邦指控威胁杀害国会议员。布鲁克林联邦法院的一个陪审团在一周的审判后裁定37岁的布伦丹·亨特有罪。检方指控亨特曾要求公开处决众议院议长南希·佩洛西、众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥·科尔特斯以及参议员查尔斯·舒默。亨特承认发布了视频和其他材料，以支持1月6日的美国国会大厦暴动，他作证时称，他从未想过自己的视频会受到重视，而且这些视频都是在自己吸食大麻和喝啤酒而陷入不清醒状态时制作的。我是迈克·格雷西亚。

Satellites show the world's glaciers⁴ are melting faster than ever. AP's Shelley Adler details. "It's the same story. It's ... glaciers are melting. It's, it's global phenomena⁶." World Glacier⁵ Monitoring Service Director Michael Zemp: "10 years ago, we were saying that the glaciers are the indicator⁷ of climate change, but now actually they've become a memorial of the climate crisis." And Zemp points out that the world's glaciers should react differently to climate change depending on where they are but that's not happening. "What is really surprising actually is that a vast majority is basically showing the same signal and this is a strong indication that there must be a common global forcing that is doing that." Half the world's glacial loss is coming from the United States and Canada. I'm Shelly Adler.

卫星显示世界上的冰川正在以前所未有的速度融化。请听美联社记者雪莱·阿德勒带来详细报道。“还是同样的故事。冰川正在融化。而且这是全球性的现象。”世界冰川监测局局长迈克尔·泽普说：“10年前，我们说冰川是气候变化的指标，但现在，它们实际上已经成为气候危机的纪念品。”泽普指出，气候变化对世界各冰川的影响应该有所不同，这取决于冰川所处的位置，但事实并非如此。“实际上，真正令人惊讶的是，绝大多数冰山基本上都显示出相同的信号，这有力地表明，一定有一种共同的全球力量在驱使。”全球一半的冰川损失来自美国和加拿大。我是雪莱·阿德勒。

The U.S. Space Agency NASA says astronaut Michael Collins, one of the three men who flew on the first manned mission to land on the moon, has died of cancer. He was 90. We get details from AP's Ed Donahue. Collins made history on Apollo 11. “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon. Buzz Aldrin was with him. Michael Collins was back in the Command Module⁸. Speaking in 2019, Collins says he'd always been asked. "Wasn't I the loneliest person in the whole lonely history of the whole lonely solar system when I was by myself in that lonely orbit and the answer was no." Michael Collins liked going to the moon but "I wanna go direct to Mars." His family says Michael Collins had been fighting cancer. I'm Ed Donahue. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd, VOA News.

美国宇航局表示，执行首次载人登月任务的三名宇航员之一的宇航员迈克尔·柯林斯是死于癌症。享年90岁。请听美联社记者埃德·多纳霍带来详细报道。柯林斯在阿波罗11号上创造了历史。“这是个人的一小步，却是人类的一大步。”尼尔·阿姆斯特朗是第一个踏上月球的人。巴兹·奥尔德林与他一起踏上月球。迈克尔·柯林斯则回到了指挥舱。柯林斯在2019年发表讲话时说，他一直被问到为什么？“当我独自一人在那孤独的轨道上时，我是不是整个太阳系孤独史上最孤独的人？答案是否定的。”迈克尔·柯林斯喜欢去月球，但“我想直接去火星。”迈克尔·柯林斯的家人说他一直在与癌症作斗争。我是埃德·多纳霍。我是大卫·伯德，为您远程报道美国之音新闻。

1 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

3 impaired   

adj.受损的；出毛病的；有（身体或智力）缺陷的v.损害，削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Much reading has impaired his vision. 大量读书损害了他的视力。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His hearing is somewhat impaired. 他的听觉已受到一定程度的损害。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 glaciers   

冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
• It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

5 glacier   

n.冰川，冰河

参考例句：

• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。

6 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。

7 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

8 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。