四成美国民众认为恶劣天气预示末日来临-凯发k8官网

四成美国民众认为恶劣天气预示末日来临

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2012-12-14 08:33 字体： [ ]　

(单词翻译:双击或拖选)

nearly four in 10 us residents say the severity of recent natural disasters such as superstorm sandy is evidence the world is coming to an end, as predicted by the bible, while more than six in 10 blame it on climate change, according to a poll released on thursday.

本周四公布的一项最新调查显示，近四成美国居民表示，最近发生的桑迪飓风等自然灾害的严重性正是世界末日即将到来的证据，就像《圣经》中预言的那样。而超过六成的受访者认为这是气候变化所致。

the survey by the public religion research institute in ¹ with the religion news service found political and religious disagreement on what is behind severe weather, which this year has included extreme heat and drought.

most catholics (60 percent) and white non-evangelical（福音派信徒） protestants (65 percent) say they believe disasters like hurricanes and floods are the result of climate change.

but nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of white evangelical protestants say they think the storms are evidence of the "end times" as predicted by the bible.

overall, 36 percent point to end times and 63 percent to climate change.

prri research director daniel cox said that some respondents - including 75 percent of non-white protestants - believe extreme weather is both evidence of end times and the result of climate change.

"no one really knows how (end times) would look and how god would bring it about," cox said.

politics also color perceptions of the weather, the survey found. more than three-quarters of ² and six in 10 independents believe that the weather has become more extreme over the last few years, while less than half of republicans say they have perceived such a shift.

"their political leanings are even affecting how they experience weather, which is pretty fascinating（迷人的）," said cox.

the january-to-november period in the united states this year was the warmest first 11 months of any year on record for the contiguous states. and 2012 will likely surpass 1998 as the warmest year on record for the nation, according to the national oceanic and ³ administration.

点击

收听单词发音

1
n.合作关系，伙伴关系
参考例句：
the company has gone into partnership with swiss bank corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。 martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

2
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
the democrats held a pep rally on capitol hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 the democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

3
adj.大气的，空气的；大气层的；大气所引起的
参考例句：
sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。 clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。