Polar heatwave (P38)
南京师大附中   汪美意
I. Lead-in
Does anyone hate summer and heat like I do?
Now the heatwave has reached the world's iciest place.
 
What pictures do you have in mind?
II. Pre-reading
What do you expect to find in an article titled “Polar heatwave”?
 
III. While-reading
 
What do we know about the new temperature?
 
Rising sea levels threaten coastal areas
 
IV. Post-reading 
What does the Brazilian soil scientist mean by saying “We can’t use this to anticipate climatic changes in the future. It’s simply a signal that something different is happening in that area.”?
The recorded high temperature is only a data point, not enough to predict the trend of climate change, but we should pay closer attention to polar Regions.
 
V. Language Focus
 
According to the Guardian, the Antarctic has registered (登记) a new high temperature for the first time on record, ________ fears of climate instability in the world’s iciest place.
(Key: promoting)
prompt  vt. to cause something to happen or be done 促使某事发生
The discovery of the bomb prompted an increase in security.
prompt sb. to do sth. 促使某人做某事
The birth of my first child prompted me to write this article.

We can’t use this to a_______ climatic changes in the future. (Key: nticipate)
我们不能用这一温度来预测未来气候的变化。
anticipate  vt. If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and are ready for it.
The schedule isn't final, but we don't ~ many changes.
We don't ~ this causing any difficulties.
It is anticipated that the research will have many different practical applications.

Otherwise, it may become too hot for us to ____. (Key: fix)
fix vt. repair
Ellis was able to quickly find and fix the problem.
What else can you fix?
They fixed a meeting for next Friday at 9:00am.
How should I fix my hair for the party?
They thought that their relatives would be able to fix the visas.

Difficult sentence：
It’s believed to be behind an alarming decline of more than 50 percent in chinstrap penguin(帽带企鹅) colonies, ......
翻译：它（冰雪融化）被认为是帽带企鹅数量暴跌50%以上的原因。
The people, reason, or events behind a situation are the causes of it or are responsible for it.
It is still not clear who was behind the killing.