Section Ⅲ Lesson 2 & Lesson 3—Pre-reading Nature is turning on usThe last few years have seen① environmental disasters on a grand② scale③， and experts are predicting far worse to come. Jin Li reports on our Earth's changeable④ weather patterns.AIn the last decade, thunderstorms⑤ ， floods, earthquakes, typhoons⑥ ， volcanic eruptions⑦ ， tsunamis⑧ and forest fires have become increasingly⑨ common. There has been terrible flooding in Asia, Africa, America and Oceania. (1)________ Storms have been getting worse everywhere too, with a growing number of hurricanes hitting⑩ the US, and Central America. Reduced rainfall⑪ has affected large areas of Africa for years leaving irrigation⑫ canals dry and many other zones are becoming drier. (2)________ A number of⑬ nations have already been in armed⑭ conflict⑮ over water, and reduced rainfall in the west of the US has resulted in⑯ huge forest fires.①see vt.某时/某地发生某情况，经历，经受，常用物作主语，以增添语言色彩。②grand/grænd/adj.巨大的③scale/skeIl/n.规模，范围on a large/grand scale 大规模的/地④changeable/'t eIndb l/ʃʒə əadj.多变的⑤thunderstorm/'θ nd stm/ʌəɔːn.雷暴，雷雨⑥typhoon/ taI'fu n/ˌːn.台风⑦eruption n．爆发，发生⑧tsunami/ts 'nɑ mi/ʊːn.海啸⑨increasingly adv.越来越多地，相当于 more and more。⑩with ... hurricanes hitting ...是“with＋宾语＋v.ing 形式”的 with 的复合结构。⑪rainfall/'reInfl/ɔːn.降雨量⑫irrigation/ IrI'geIn/ˌʃən.灌溉⑬a number of 许多，后接可数名词的复数形式。⑭arm/ɑ m/ːvt.武装 armed adj.武装的⑮conflict n．冲突，战斗 be in conflict 有冲突⑯result in 导致 result from 起因于，由于大自然对我们的报复[第 1～2 段译文]在过去的几年里，人们已经见证了大规模的环境灾难，专家们预测更为严重的灾难即将到来。金莉报道了关于地球多变天气的模式。A 在过去的 10 年里，雷雨、洪水、地震、台...
