Global warming is melting glaciers fast enough to justify making them the theme of this year‘s World Environment Day. June Fifth is when all of us should give serious thought to melting ice. " b/ U' a( T! w3 C+ N& {全球变暖加剧冰川融化,证实了今年的世界环境日要以此为主题。6月15日我们要以严肃的态度去对待这个问题。+ _. w8 b- ?- Z! K
The glaciers are melting in the Himalayan Mountains. An environment group took these photos in China in April.7 i2 h; B/ q9 Q" W( R! e; @
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For China, they bring home the message of a recent United Nations warning. A UN commission on climate change predicts the Himalayan Mountains will lose eighty percent of their glaciers in thirty years to come. ) t( D; L" G4 Z5 }: O: m+ a为了他们的祖国中国,他们带回了联合国近期关于环境变暖的。在环境改变上的一项联合国调查预计在未来的30年喜马拉雅山会损失80%的冰川。 ! s5 t8 a! c( i; wChina is aware of the threat.* y) u7 F8 L$ ~
中国意识到了威胁。 ) {# T8 Z ?% {* ^) n$ W: xYou might say melting ice will add to the amount of water. That‘s true in the short run. But in the longer perspective of a few decades, river water levels will decline. China‘s Southwest, Nepal and India‘s North will suffer water shortages at great economic costs.