数据显示:珠穆朗玛峰的冰川已经缩减28%

 The 8,844-meter-high Mt. Qomolangma, located on the border of China and Nepal, is the world's highest mountain.

珠穆朗玛峰高8844米，位于中国和尼泊尔边境上，是世界上最高的山峰。

Glaciers² on Mount Qomolangma have shrunk by 28 percent over the past 40 years due to climate change, according to a report released over the weekend.

据上周末一则报道称，由于气候变暖，在过去的40年里，珠穆朗玛峰的冰川已经缩减了28%。

The glacial shrinkage area is compared to the measurements taken in the 1970s. The glacier¹ area on the south slope of the mountain, in Nepal, has decreased 26 percent since the 1980s, according to the report co-released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Hunan University of Science and Technology, and Mount Qomolangma Snow Leopard³ Conservation Center.

此次冰川退缩区域是与上世纪70年代的测量结果做比对后得出的。据中国科学院（CAS）,湖南科技大学和珠穆朗玛雪豹保护中心共同发布的报告称，珠峰南坡尼泊尔境内的冰川区域从上世纪80年代至今已减少了26%。

数据显示:珠穆朗玛峰的冰川已经缩减28%

Kang Shichang, a researcher with the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences under the CAS, said the data was based on long-term remote sensing and on-site monitoring.

在中科院冰冻圈科学国家重点实验室的研究人员康世昌称，这些数据是基于长期的遥感及现场监测。

At present, there are 1,476 glaciers in China's Mt. Qomolangma national nature reserve, covering 2,030 square kilometers.

目前，在珠峰国家自然保护区内有1476处冰川，覆盖了2030平方公里的面积。

The shrinking glaciers have resulted in swelling⁴ glacial lakes and higher river levels downstream, said Kang, who has led several glacier inspection⁵ teams.

领导几个冰川监察组的康世昌说，萎缩的冰川导致冰川湖泊增大，更高水平线的河水流向下游。

Remote sensing data showed that the area of a glacial lake in Mt. Qomolangma nature reserve increased from about 100 square kilometers in 1990 to 114 square kilometers in 2013, Kang said.

此外，遥感数据显示，珠峰自然保护区的一个冰川湖已经从1990年的100平方公里扩大到2013年的114平方公里。

1 glacier   

n.冰川，冰河

参考例句：

• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。

2 glaciers   

冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
• It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

3 leopard   

n.豹

参考例句：

• I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
• The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

4 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

5 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。