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One of the world's leading experts on climate change says a Nobel Prize-winning panel of scientists seriously underestimated the reality of global warming when it published its report just over a year ago. Professor Chris Field, a leading member of the intergovernmental panel on climate change which was responsible for the report, says the scientists didn't have access to vital information. Matt McGrath reports.

The report didn't have access to data on emissions¹ of carbon dioxide between 2000 and 2007, which show far more rapid rises than had been predicted. Professor Field says that a warming planet will dry out forests in tropical areas, making them much more likely to suffer from wildfires. The rising temperatures could also speed up the melting of the permafrost, vastly increasing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven rich industrialized countries have ended their talks in Rome on the global economic crisis. The BBC's Rome correspondent says fears were raised by a number of countries about American protectionism. But in their final statement, the G7 ministers reaffirmed their commitment to avoiding this. Duncan Kennedy reports.

A communique issued at the end says stabilizing² the global economy and financial markets remains³ the highest priority. It follows passage of the US stimulus⁴ package which contains a Buy-America clause. The new US Treasury⁵ Secretary, Timothy Geithner, later said all countries needed a commitment to open trade policies which were essential to economic growth and prosperity.

A senior Pakistani official, Rehman Malik, has appealed to the United States to, as he put it, heed⁶ the unanimous wish of the Pakistani people and stop missile attacks on its territory.

"All the upper houses and the lower houses, they have unanimously given the voice, please stop these drones, because they are a hit on our sovereignty, and your [our] government is doing everything possible to stop it, and I hope that America listens to the voice of the people of Pakistan, and I believe America is a big champion of democracy, and I hope they also listen to the voice of people from Pakistan."

Mr. Malik was speaking after reports that at least 27 people were killed by an American missile attack on a house in south Waziristan close to the Afghan border. Local people said the house was used by militants⁷ belonging to the Pakistani Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, who is wanted for a string of attacks, including the assassination⁸ of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Meanwhile, the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, has said in an interview with an American television channel that the Taliban have established themselves across a large part of his country. He added that the fight against the Taliban was about Pakistan's very survival and said the movement was trying to take over his country.

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The new Somali interim¹⁰ Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, has been sworn in at a ceremony in Djibouti. Mr. Shermarke told the BBC he would try to reconcile all the opposing groups, and that one of his main priorities would be the humanitarian¹¹ situation inside Somalia.

"We’ll try to extend an olive branch to those still outside the peace process, and secondly¹², we'll try to stabilize¹³ the country’s security, and third, I think it’s kind of a, it’s the humanitarian situation."

Mr. Sharmarke said it was vital to bring home all the people who'd been forced to flee Somalia. A BBC correspondent says there have been demonstrations¹⁵ of support for the new prime minister.

Here, police in northwestern England have arrested three men who were trying to join an aid convoy¹⁶ leaving for the Gaza Strip. The police haven't said what the detained men are suspected of doing. The 100-vehicle convoy left London on Saturday. It is carrying food, toys and medicine.

About 6,000 people have attended a neo-Nazi⁹ rally in the German city of Dresden on the anniversary of air raids that killed 25,000 people at the end of the Second World War. Some of the demonstrators carried banners comparing the destruction of Dresden by British and American bombers¹⁷ to the Nazi Holocaust¹⁸. Police dispersed¹⁹ a much bigger rally held in protest against the right-wing demonstration¹⁴ after officers were pelted²¹ with bottles and stones.

And staying in Germany for the second year in a row, films from Latin America have won the top prizes at the Berlin Film Festival. The main award, the Golden Bear, went to "The Milk of Sorrow", a film about the consequences of the sexual violence women in Peru suffered during two decades of civil war. The prize for runner-up was won by Gigante which was made in Uruguay. It shared the award with the German entry called "Everyone Else".

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Glossary²²:

permafrost: Permafrost is land that is permanently²³ frozen to a great depth.

a string of: A string of similar events is a series of them that happen one after the other.

reconcile: If you reconcile two people, you make them become friends again after a quarrel or disagreement.

olive branch: If you offer an olive branch to someone, you say or do something in order to show that you want to end a disagreement or quarrel.

pelt²⁰ with: If you pelt someone with things, you throw things at them.

runner-up: A runner-up is someone who has finished in second place in a race or competition.

全球杰出的研究气温变暖的专家之一声称，去年一个诺贝尔奖科学家小组发表的有关报告严重低估了全球气温变暖的现实。作为该政府间气温变暖研究小组领导者之一并负责该报告Chris Field教授说，当时科学家们并没有得到至关重要的信息。

这份报告没有得到有关2000到2007年期间二氧化碳排出量的数据，而这个数据增长的速度比预料的还要快。Field教授说变暖的星球会使热带地区的森林变干而易于发生火灾。上升的气温会加速永久冰冻层的融化，极大地增加大气圈中的含碳量。

七大工业集团国的财政部长和中央银行家们结束了他们在罗马关于全球经济危机的讨论。BBC罗马记者报道说，有的国家开始担忧美国的贸易保护主义。但是在最后的声明中，七大工业集团国的部长们重申要力图避免这一问题。

会谈结束时发布的公告表示，稳定环球经济和金融市场仍然是首要任务。这是伴随着美国一篮子经济刺激方案中“购买美国货”的条款而生的。美国新财政部长Timothy Geithner随后说，所有的国家都应该致力于开放的贸易政策，这对经济发展和繁荣是至关重要的。

巴基斯坦高级官员Rehman Malik呼吁美国重视巴基斯坦人民全民一致的愿望并停止对其领土的导弹袭击。

“整个上议院和下议院全体一致地发出这样的声音，停止轰炸，因为这是对我们主权的侵犯，我们的政府在尽可能低阻止它，我希望美国能够倾听巴基斯坦人民的声音，我相信美国是民主的拥护者，我希望美国也能倾听巴基斯坦人民的声音。”

至少有27人在阿富汗边境的南瓦齐里斯坦的一处房屋里被美国导弹袭击身亡，Mr.Malik对此发表讲话。当地居民说，这所房屋由巴基斯坦塔利班领导人Baitullah Mehsud手下的士兵所用，Baitullah Mehsud因袭击而被通缉，他暗杀过巴基斯坦前总理Benazir Bhutto。

同时，巴基斯坦总统Asif Ali Zardari在美国一家电视台的采访中说，塔利班已在他的国家占领了大片领地，他补充说，对塔利班的战斗事关巴基斯坦的生死存亡，塔利班的活动试图夺取他的国家。

索马里新的临时总理沙马克已在吉布提宣誓就职，他告诉BBC,他将调节和各个反对派的关系，他的首要任务之一就是改善索马里境内的人道主义现状。

“我们会试着向仍在和平进程之外的国家抛出橄榄枝，其次，我们将稳固国家的安全，再次就是人道主义问题”。

沙马克说，带那些逃离索马里的人民回家至关重要，BBC一位记者说有现象表明新总理已得到了支持。

英格兰西北部的警察拘留了三名男子，他们试图加入一个帮助护送团以离开加沙地带，警察未透露这三名被拘留者因何原因被指控。这100辆护送车于周六离开了伦敦，装载的有食物、玩具和机器。

约有6000人参加了空袭纪念日德国德累斯顿市的新纳粹集会，该空袭发生在二战末期，25，000人死亡。一些示威者拿着将英美破坏德累斯顿的景象与纳粹大屠杀相对比的旗帜。当官员被投掷以瓶子和石头后，警察驱散了一个较大的集会，该集会抗议右翼的游行。

在德国连续两年，拉丁美洲的电影再一次获得柏林电影节的最高奖。影片《伤心的奶水》夺得金熊奖，该影片讲述了20年内战期间遭受性侵害的女性的故事。第二名颁给乌拉圭的《暗恋》及德国的《其他人》。

 

1 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

2 stabilizing   

n.稳定化处理[退火]v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The disulfide bridges might then be viewed primarily as stabilizing components. 二硫桥可以被看作是初级的稳定因素。 来自辞典例句
• These stabilizing design changes are usually not desirable for steady-state operation. 这些增加稳定性的设计改变通常不太符合稳态工作的要求。 来自辞典例句

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

5 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

6 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

7 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

8 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

9 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

10 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

11 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

12 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

13 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

14 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

15 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

16 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

17 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

19 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

20 pelt   

v.投掷，剥皮，抨击，开火

参考例句：

• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
• Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones.人群开始向警车扔石块。

21 pelted   

（连续地）投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 )； 连续抨击； 攻击； 剥去…的皮

参考例句：

• The children pelted him with snowballs. 孩子们向他投掷雪球。
• The rain pelted down. 天下着大雨。

22 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。

23 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。