法国紧急下单3万台空调

近日，法国因极端热浪导致医院病房逼近40°C、数日内超额死亡激增约千人，迫使政府打破长期“环保拒装空调”的共识，紧急下单3万台空调。

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🤔️小作业：

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE based on the article?

A. Matthieu Ruquet bought an air conditioning unit without hesitation.

B. Nuclear power accounts for nearly 70% of France's electricity.

C. All modern buildings in France have poor insulation in summer.

D. The 2025 simulation showed a temperature rise of 1.75C globally.

无注2释原文：

French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle

From: France24

Many in France believe cooling systems are bad for the environment.

But with scientists saying climate change is fuelling increasingly frequent hot spells in France, cooling units are starting to fly off shelves and have even become a hot topic in the runup to next year's presidential election.

Matthieu Ruquet, 35, says he was against AC, but his American wife convinced him to buy a portable unit to keep their two-year-old daughter and dog cool after their flat in the Paris suburbs reached 36C indoors.

When his partner went to the store, there were none left.

"I didn't grow up with AC," said the Frenchman from the Mediterranean city of Nice, who said his family coped using fans.

But his mother had in recent years bought a unit, and now so was he.

"I think it's changing," he said. But "the main problem for me is that buying AC is going to make the planet hotter."

France on Wednesday experienced its hottest day since measurements began in 1947, the national weather service said.

'Isn't a problem'

Eight in 10 people in France view air-conditioning as environmentally unfriendly, according to a survey of more than 1,000 published earlier this month.

Detractors argue cooling a room or building is high in energy consumption.

But experts say the impact on the environment depends on the source of the energy consumed to operate it.

"Air conditioning isn't a problem for the environment today in France," Francois Gemenne, an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change expert, told French television this month, as France did not rely that much on fossil fuels for its power.

Nuclear power stations produced almost 70 percent of France's electricity last year.

Urban planner Clement Gaillard said AC was not problematic as long as it was not used as the only solution.

The real problem was more that building designs were not taking climate change into account.

These included modern buildings with large glass windows, or relatively new homes with insulation that worked in winter but not in summer, he said.

The air conditioning units do have some downsides. They use potentially polluting cooling fluid and reject hot air outside.

This warm air does not heat up the atmosphere on a global scale, but it can locally worsen heat by a few degree decimals to several degrees in densely built, poorly ventilated urban areas, said Vincent Viguie of the International Centre for Research on Environment and Development (CIRED).

A 2025 simulation of a densely populated neighbourhood in the French city of Lyon showed that air conditioners installed on building facades could locally raise the air temperature by 1.75C.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为AI翻译，仅供参考

含注释全文：

French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle

From: France24

Many in France believe cooling systems are bad for the environment.

许多法国人认为空调对环境有害。

aversion /əˈvɜː.ʃən/ 表示“厌恶，反感；讨厌的人（或事物）”，英文解释为“(a person or thing that causes) a feeling of strong dislike or of not wishing to do something”举个🌰：I felt an instant aversion to his parents. 我立刻对他的父母产生了反感。

sizzle /ˈsɪz.əl/ 表示“发出（油炸食物般的）咝咝声”，英文解释为“to make a sound like food cooking in hot fat”举个🌰：The sausages are sizzling in the pan. 香肠在平底锅里发出咝咝声。

本义指“食物煎炸时发出的咝咝声”，如：The bacon is sizzling in the pan. 培根在锅里咝咝作响。比喻义（天气）指“天气极其炎热（像被烤一样）”如：It's sizzling hot outside today. 今天外面热得像火烤一样。比喻义（氛围/表现）指“充满激情、火花或引人注目”，如：Their chemistry on stage sizzled. 他们在舞台上的化学反应火花四射。

But with scientists saying climate change is fuelling increasingly frequent hot spells in France, cooling units are starting to fly off shelves and have even become a hot topic in the runup to next year's presidential election.

然而，科学家指出，气候变化正让法国的高温天气愈发频繁。于是，空调开始从货架上飞速消失，甚至成为明年总统大选前夕的热门话题。

霍格沃茨新生报到文中提到，spell 熟词僻义，1）表示“咒语，符咒；魔法；着魔”，英文解释为“spoken words that are thought to have magical power, or (the condition of being under) the influence or control of such words”举个🌰：The witch cast/put a spell on the prince and he turned into a frog. 女巫对王子施了魔法，把他变成了青蛙。

2）表示“（持续的）一段时间”，英文解释为“a period of time for which an activity or condition lasts continuously”举个🌰：I lived in Shanghai for a spell. 我在上海住过一阵子。

3）也表示“（特定天气的）一段短暂持续时间”，英文解释为“a short period of a particular type of weather”如：a spell of dry weather 一段天气干燥的日子。

4）作动词，spell disaster/trouble 表示“意味着灾难／会招致麻烦（等等）”，英文解释为“to cause something bad to happen in the future”举个🌰：This cold weather could spell trouble for gardeners. 这种寒冷的天气可能会为菜农带来灾难。

run-up 1）表示“助跑；助跑距离”，英文解释为“in some sports, a period or distance of running that you do in order to be going fast enough to perform a particular action”举个🌰：The longer and faster your run-up is, the higher you can jump. 你助跑的距离越长、速度越快，跳得就越高。

2）表示“（重大事情的）前奏，前期，准备阶段”，英文解释为“the final period of time before an important event”举个🌰：Everyone is very busy during the run-up to publication. 书出版前的最后准备阶段，每个人都在紧张地忙碌着。

Matthieu Ruquet, 35, says he was against AC, but his American wife convinced him to buy a portable unit to keep their two-year-old daughter and dog cool after their flat in the Paris suburbs reached 36C indoors.

35岁的马蒂厄·吕凯（Matthieu Ruquet）原本反对空调，但他的美国妻子说服他买了一台便携式空调。当时，他们位于巴黎郊区的公寓室内温度飙升至36摄氏度，给两岁的女儿和宠物狗降降温。

portable /ˈpɔː.tə.bəl/ 1）表示“轻便的，便携的；手提的”，英文解释为“light and small enough to be easily carried or moved”如：a portable radio/phone/computer 便携式收音机/移动电话/手提电脑。

2）表示“（在换工作或地点之后）可转移的”，英文解释为“possible to take with you if you move to a different place or job”举个🌰：They offer portable pensions, carried by employees from job to job. 他们提供可转移养老金，可随着雇员们换工作而转移。

When his partner went to the store, there were none left.

等他妻子赶到商店时，空调早已售罄。

"I didn't grow up with AC," said the Frenchman from the Mediterranean city of Nice, who said his family coped using fans.

“我小时候家里没有空调，”这位来自地中海城市尼斯的法国人说道。他回忆，家人过去全靠风扇来熬过酷暑。

But his mother had in recent years bought a unit, and now so was he.

不过，他母亲近几年也添置了一台空调，如今他也步其后尘。

"I think it's changing," he said. But "the main problem for me is that buying AC is going to make the planet hotter."

“我觉得观念在变，”他说。但“对我来说，最大的矛盾在于：买空调会让地球变得更热。”

France on Wednesday experienced its hottest day since measurements began in 1947, the national weather service said.

法国国家气象局称，本周三法国经历了自1947年有气象记录以来最炎热的一天。

'Isn't a problem' 算不上问题

Eight in 10 people in France view air-conditioning as environmentally unfriendly, according to a survey of more than 1,000 published earlier this month.

本月早些时候公布的一项千人调查显示，法国有八成的人认为空调对环境不友好。

Detractors argue cooling a room or building is high in energy consumption.

反对者指出，给房间或建筑物降温会消耗大量能源。

detractor /dɪˈtræk.tər/ 通常复数，表示“诋毁者；贬低者；恶意批评者”，英文解释为“a person who tries to make sb/sth seem less good or valuable by criticizing it”

But experts say the impact on the environment depends on the source of the energy consumed to operate it.

但专家指出，空调对环境的影响，关键取决于其运行所消耗能源的来源。

"Air conditioning isn't a problem for the environment today in France," Francois Gemenne, an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change expert, told French television this month, as France did not rely that much on fossil fuels for its power.

政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）专家弗朗索瓦·热梅纳（Francois Gemenne）本月在接受法国电视台采访时表示：“在今天的法国，空调对环境并非问题。”因为法国发电并不太依赖化石燃料。

fossil fuel /ˈfɒs.əl ˌfjʊəl/ 表示“矿物燃料”，英文解释为“fuels, such as gas, coal, and oil, that were formed underground from plant and animal remains millions of years ago”

Nuclear power stations produced almost 70 percent of France's electricity last year.

去年，法国近70%的电力由核电站提供。

Urban planner Clement Gaillard said AC was not problematic as long as it was not used as the only solution.

城市规划师克莱芒·盖亚尔（Clement Gaillard）认为，只要不把空调当作唯一的降温手段，它本身并无大碍。

The real problem was more that building designs were not taking climate change into account.

真正的问题在于，建筑设计并未将气候变化纳入考量。

These included modern buildings with large glass windows, or relatively new homes with insulation that worked in winter but not in summer, he said.

他举例说，比如那些带有大玻璃窗的现代建筑，或者一些较新的住宅，其隔热材料冬天效果不错，夏天却形同虚设。

insulation /ˌɪn.sjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 表示“隔热（或隔音、绝缘）材料”，英文解释为“material that is used to stop heat, sound, or electricity from escaping or entering”或者表示“隔热；隔音；绝缘”，英文解释为“the act of covering something to stop heat, sound, or electricity from escaping or entering, or the fact that something is covered in this way”举个🌰：The animal's thick fur provides very good insulation against the arctic cold. 动物的厚皮毛是防御极地寒冷的绝好材料。

The air conditioning units do have some downsides. They use potentially polluting cooling fluid and reject hot air outside.

空调确实存在一些缺点。它们使用可能造成污染的制冷剂，并将热空气排放到室外。

This warm air does not heat up the atmosphere on a global scale, but it can locally worsen heat by a few degree decimals to several degrees in densely built, poorly ventilated urban areas, said Vincent Viguie of the International Centre for Research on Environment and Development (CIRED).

国际环境与发展研究中心（CIRED）的文森特·维吉（Vincent Viguie）指出，这些热空气虽然不会在全球范围内让大气升温，但在建筑密集、通风不畅的城市区域，它们可能使局部温度升高零点几度到几度。

decimal /ˈdes.ɪ.məl/ 1）作形容词，表示“十进制的”，英文解释为“A decimal system involves counting in units of ten.”举个🌰：The mathematics of ancient Egypt were based on a decimal system. 古埃及数学以十进制为基础。

2）作名词，表示“小数”，英文解释为“A decimal is a fraction that is written in the form of a dot followed by one or more numbers which represent tenths, hundredths, and so on”如：simple maths concepts, such as decimals and fractions 简单的数学概念，如小数和分数。

ventilate /ˈvɛntɪˌleɪt/ 作动词，表示“使通风；使空气流通”，英文解释为“to cause fresh air to enter and move around a closed space”举个🌰：I work in a very well-/poorly-ventilated building. 我工作的大楼通风非常好/差。

A 2025 simulation of a densely populated neighbourhood in the French city of Lyon showed that air conditioners installed on building facades could locally raise the air temperature by 1.75C.

一项针对2025年法国里昂市一个人口密集街区的模拟显示，安装在建筑外墙上的空调可能使局部气温升高1.75摄氏度。

simulation /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 表示“模拟，模仿”，英文解释为“a model of a set of problems or events that can be used to teach someone how to do something, or the process of making such a model”举个🌰：The manager prepared a computer simulation of likely sales performance for the rest of the year. 经理准备对该年度剩余时间内可能的销售业绩进行计算模拟分析。

façade /fəˈsɑːd/ 表示“（尤指大型建筑物或外型美观的建筑物的）正面”，英文解释为“the front of a building, especially a large or attractive building”如：the gallery's elegant 18th-century façade 美术馆建于18世纪典雅的正面

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