氣候變化（簡體書）

《書蟲·牛津英漢雙語讀物（百科類）氣候變化》是書蟲百科二級中的一本，屬於自然科學類話題，適合中國初二、初三的學生或同等英語水準的英語學習者閱讀。這本讀物主要介紹了21世紀以來地球面對的氣候問題，並對未來的氣候狀況作出了簡單預估。全書結構層次鮮明，從氣候變化的定義、成因、影響、利弊等方面進行闡述，並通過列舉個人和政府對於氣候變化所做出的的努力以及應當承擔的責任，宣導"人類命運共同體"意識，進一步深化主題。正文之後設有讀前、讀中、讀後的習題，供讀者自測理解程度，練習相應語法知識；還提供詞彙表及譯文，為讀者攻克難詞難句提供參考。

巴納比·紐博爾特有多年在倫敦和牛津執教經驗，後來成為語言學習類圖書出版人，他走訪多國中小學和大學，同教師和學生討論語言學習相關問題。目前巴納比生活在英國的康沃爾，是一名自由作家。

適讀人群 ：學生,一般讀者
書蟲系列熱銷20餘年，已成為了家喻戶曉的英語閱讀品牌，以世界優秀文學名著的英文簡寫本或原創文學作品而知名。“書蟲百科”子系列是一套通識百科類讀物，收錄非虛構類文本，能夠説明學生建構更加完整、立體的知識體系，發展認知和思辨能力。

“書蟲·牛津英漢雙語讀物（百科類）”的作者團隊不僅包括了牛津大學著名的兒童文學作家，還吸納了不同領域的專家為之創作和審稿。讀物話題包括：著名國家和城市的歷史文化介紹（如巴西、美國、倫敦、紐約等）；著名人物的傳記（如威廉和凱特、達芬奇、史蒂芬·霍金等）；自然科學的入門簡介（如天文和宇宙開發、人體奧秘、恐龍和考古學等）；以及世界文化現象（如體育賽事、節日慶典等），話題覆蓋面廣泛，文字生動有趣，配以高質量清晰的圖片和譯文，讓非虛構類文本的閱讀也能像讀小說一樣引人入勝。

‘Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,’ said an American writer in 1897. More than 100 years later, everybody is certainly talking about the weather and climate change. From hurricanes in Brazil to floods in Bangladesh, from heat waves in France to drought in Australia, the weather is never out of the news.
But is anybody doing anything about it? The climate is changing, but why? What can we do about it, and what should we do about it? These are important questions – and perhaps there is not a lot of time to find the answers. Climate change is going to have an effect on the lives of everybody in the world.
“人人都在談論天氣，但沒有一個人對它有所作為。”一位美國作家於1897年這樣說道。100多年後，的確人人都在談論天氣和氣候變化。從巴西的颶風到孟加拉的洪水，從法國的熱浪到澳大利亞的旱災，新聞中總有關於天氣的消息。
但有人在對天氣採取任何行動嗎？氣候在發生變化，可這是為什麼呢？我們對此能做些什麼，又該做些什麼？這些問題很重要—— 而且也許留給我們尋找答案的時間不多了。氣候變化將會對世界上每個人的生活產生影響。

The Earth is very old. It has changed often during its long life, and it is still changing. Millionsof years ago, when dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex were alive, the Earth was much warmer. There wasvery little ice on the land or on the sea, even in the very north or the very south of the world.And the sea was much higher than it is today. There have been many changes since that time,sometimes to a warmer climate, sometimes to a colder one. About 115,000 years ago, for example, atime called an Ice Age began. 20,000 years ago, there was ice over much of the world, and it was 3kilometres deep over much of North America and Europe. And the sea was not as high as it is today.Our climate has changed many times, and it will change again.