狗拉水上橇
An image taken by Danish Meteorological Institute climate scientist Steffen Olsen on June 13 has recently gone viral on the Internet.
丹麥氣象研究所氣候學家奧爾森於6月13日拍攝的一張照片，最近在網路上瘋傳。
go viral瘋狂傳開、點閱=spread rapidly
The photo shows a pack of dogs, with their sled in tow, trudging towards a distant mountain range in northwest Greenland. They were traveling over what is usually a solid stretch of ice; however, the ice’s surface had melted, making it appear as if they were running on water.
在格陵蘭島西北部，一群狗拖著雪橇，跋涉前往遙遠的山脈，牠們走在一段通常堅固的冰面上，但表面的冰卻都融化了，看起來好像是在水面上奔跑。
sled(n.)雪橇with… in tow帶著;緊跟在後trudge(v.)步履艱難地走、費力地走、跋涉=plod=walk heavilysolid(adj.)固體的;堅硬的as if~似乎;好像
Since being shared on Twitter, the stunning picture has captured the world’s attention as a warning of the dangerous ice melts going on right now in Greenland.
這張令人震驚的照片在推特上分享後，引起了全世界的關注，警醒世人格陵蘭島的冰層正急速融化中。
since(conj.)自從stunning(adj.)令人震驚的;令人驚訝的
This month, temperatures in northwestern Greenland have reached all-time highs, causing the ice sheet to melt at unusual rates.
這個月，格陵蘭島西北部的氣溫達歷史新高，導致冰層以不尋常的速度融化。
reach an all-time high 達到歷史新高=reach an unprecedented high=reach a record high
On the day that Olsen took the famous shot, Greenland lost 2 billion tons of the ice sheet, and temperatures were 12 degrees Celsius above average in some areas.
當奧斯倫拍下這張著名照片時，格陵蘭島在一天內融去了20億噸的冰，某些地區的溫度比平均值高出12度。
ice sheet 冰層
As of June 17th, 41 billion tons of ice have melted on the island since the start of the month.
自本月初至6月17日，格陵蘭島已有410億噸冰融化。
as of~截至…為止
This year, Greenland’s ice sheet began to melt earlier than in the past.
今年格陵蘭島的冰層比以前更早開始融化，
The melting season usually lasts from June to August, but this year it began nearly one month earlier than usual.
融冰季節通常從6月開始，持續至8月，但今年比以往提前了近一個月。
last(v.)持續=continue
William Colgan, senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, says a high-pressure system lodged over Greenland, as well as low cloud cover and snowfall, has caused the ice sheet to melt early.
丹麥暨格陵蘭島地址調查局資深研究員科爾根指出，籠罩格陵蘭島的高壓，加上低雲量和低降雪導致冰層提早期融化，
high-pressure system高壓系統lodge(v.)固定;(使)卡住=become fixed or stuck
Colgan said that global warming was “tremendously important” to these weather conditions.
他說全球暖化是造成這些天氣現象的根本主要原因。
tremendously(adv.)極大的、極度、非常=extremely
A study published in April found that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet has caused the sea level to rise more than a half-inch since 1972, making it the largest contributor of new water to the ocean every year.
4月份發表的一項研究發現，自1972年以來，格陵蘭冰層的融化導致海平面上升半英吋，使其成為每年海水中最大的新水源，
contributor(n.)捐款人、投稿人、促成因素contribute(v.)投稿;捐獻;促成;對～有貢獻contributing factor促成因素
Around a quarter inch of the extra water occurred in the last eight years with the acceleration of global warming.
而有其中有1/4因全球暖化加速發生在過去八年內。
acceleration(n.)加速accelerate(v.)加速=speed updecelerate(v.)減速=slow downdeceleration(n.)減速