读CNN学英语：欧美高温天气创纪录

UK smashes its hottest-day record, 100 million Americans under alerts in global heat emergency

1. smash record 打破纪录
2. under alert 处于…危险警 下

Heat waves across multiple continents have dashed records, threatened public health and buckled infrastructure, in what scientists say are signs of the climate crisis' impact on day-to-day weather

1. heat wave 热浪
2. multiple [?m?lt?pl] 多个
3. dash 急奔；急驰；猛冲；猛掷；猛击；猛撞
4. buckle (使)搭扣扣住；压垮
5. infrastructure 基础设施
6. impact on 对…的影响
7. day-to-day 日常的；每天的
8. what… （介词后宾语从句）被科学家称为…

Americans are used to switching on their air conditioners any time temperatures near 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius). But in the UK, record-shredding heat this week has brought life to a pandemic-esque standstill.

1. be used to doing 习惯于…
2. switch on 打开；开启
3. air conditioner 空调
4. shred [?red] 切碎；撕碎
5. bring sth to a standstill 使…停止
6. -esque …式的；…风格的

Temperatures in the UK breached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday, making it the country's hottest day on record.

1. breach [bri?t?]突破
2. for the first time 首次

In the US, one-third of the population was under heat-related weather warnings on Tuesday and Wednesday, with temperatures expected to climb north of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) in the Plains states.

1. one-third 三分之一
2. -related …相关的
3. under warning 处于…警告下

Looking at the cause of these heat extremes in the US and Europe, there are different systems at play.

1. at play 起作用

In Europe, a strong ridge of high pressure has allowed temperatures to build over the continent for the past several days. On Tuesday, an area of low pressure was moving in off the coast, acting to help funnel the extreme heat northward into the UK.

1. ridge 山脊；山脉；隆起；脊；垄；(大气层的)高压脊，高压带
2. off the coast 在（远离岸边的）海上
3. act to do sth 对…起作用
4. funnel into 把…灌进

In the US, a strong dome of high pressure has set up over the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley. Instead of heat being funneled in from the south, it is building unabated as the sun bakes down through cloudless skies.

1. dome [d??m] 穹顶；圆屋顶；圆顶状物
2. instead of 而不是
3. unabated 不减的；未变弱的
4. bake 烘烤

The connecting tissue between these heat waves is the influence of greenhouse gas emissions and the planet's ever-warming baseline temperature.

1. tissue (人、动植物细胞的)组织
2. greenhouse gas emission? 温室?气体排放?
3. ever-warming 不断变暖的；一直在变暖的
4. baseline temperature 基准温度