夏说英语新闻晨读 第542期:英国学生为环境罢课走出校园

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Students around the country walked out of schools to call on the government to declare a climate emergency and take active steps to tackle¹ the problem. It began with 15-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg skipping class to sit outside government buildings in September, accusing her country of not following the Paris Climate Agreement. A Downing Street spokeswoman said that, while it was important for young people to engage with issues like climate change, the disruption² to planned lesson time was damaging for pupils.

tackle: v. 处理
Swede: n. 瑞典人
Paris Climate Agreement: 巴黎气候协议
spokeswoman: n. 女发言人
engage with: 参与
disruption: n. 破坏，干扰

1 tackle   

n.工具，复滑车，扭倒；v.处理，抓住

参考例句：

• Don't forget to bring your sports tackle with you tomorrow.别忘了明天带上你的体育用具。
• We have gained sufficient experience to tackle this problem.我们已经有了足够的经验来处理这个问题。

2 disruption   

n.分裂

参考例句：

• The state was in disruption. 国家处于分崩离析之中。
• Such storms cause considerable disruption in magnetic prospecting operation. 这种磁暴对磁法勘探产生严重的破坏。