Climate change

Vocabulário

• 气候变化climate change
• 全球变暖global warming
• 碳排放carbon emissions
• 可再生能源renewable energy
• 越来越more and more / increasingly
• 此外moreover / furthermore (formal)
• 另外in addition / additionally
• 除此之外besides this / other than this
• 非…不可must / have no choice but to
• 环境保护environmental protection
• 可持续sustainable
• 生态系统ecosystem
• 灾难disaster
• 减排to reduce emissions

Expressões

• 越来越严重To describe a worsening situation
• 此外To add a formal supporting point in writing
• 非…不可To assert that action is absolutely necessary
• 可持续发展To discuss sustainable development
• 减少碳排放To talk about reducing carbon emissions
• 极端天气To refer to extreme weather events
• 除此之外To add a final supplementary point
• 对…负责To assert responsibility toward the environment

Erros frequentes

• ✗越来越的严重
  ✓越来越严重

  越来越 is directly followed by the adjective without 的. Do not insert 的 between 越来越 and the adjective.

• ✗非解决不行
  ✓非解决不可

  The fixed pattern is 非…不可. Using 不行 instead of 不可 breaks the formal structure.

• ✗此外，但是极端天气也增加。
  ✓此外，极端天气也在增加。

  此外 and 但是 should not be combined. 此外 adds information, 但是 introduces contrast — they serve different purposes.

• ✗越来越气温高
  ✓气温越来越高

  越来越 must directly precede the adjective it modifies. The subject (气温) comes first, then 越来越+adjective.

• ✗除此之外，我们需要更多做。
  ✓除此之外，我们需要做更多。

  更多 (more) must precede the verb or come at the end of the predicate, not between 需要 and the verb.

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