好文分享 - 關於聖嬰現象

聖嬰現象主要是指東太平洋海水異常升溫的現象，

是因為西太平洋的高氣壓及東太平洋的低氣壓所造成，

現在就來看看今天的主題：

好文分享 - 關於聖嬰現象

El Niño is coming and people in every part of the world are getting worried. El Niño is a mysterious weather pattern. It begins about every four years with a sudden warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the equator. 　　

聖嬰現象即將到來，世界各地的人都感到擔憂。聖嬰現象是神秘的天氣模式。每隔四年，赤道東太平洋突然變暖。

El Niño is caused by changes in air movements. These changes disrupt ocean currents. The warm water in the Pacific Ocean moves south along the west coast of South America. It makes the cold water off the coast of Peru and Ecuador warmer. The warming of the ocean water kills many fish, sea animals, and sea birds. But El Niño’s effects are not limited to the local area. The warming of the ocean affects weather patterns throughout the world. 　　

聖嬰現象是由空氣流動的變化引起的。這些變化擾亂了洋流。太平洋中的暖水沿著南美西海岸向南移動。使秘魯和厄瓜多爾沿海的冷水變暖。海水的變暖殺死了許多魚類，海洋動物和海鳥。但是，聖嬰現象的影響並不僅限於當地。海洋的變暖影響著全世界的天氣模式。

El Niño is a Spanish term. It means “the male child” and usually refers to the baby Jesus. Fishermen in Peru began calling the strange weather event El Niño because it usually arrived around Christmas time. Today the term El Niño is only used when the weather event is big enough and warm enough to bring worldwide effects.

聖嬰現象來自西班牙語。它的意思是“男孩”，暗指嬰兒耶穌。秘魯的漁民開始稱這種奇怪的天氣事件為聖嬰現象，因為它通常在聖誕節左右到來。如今，僅當天氣事件足夠大且溫暖到足以帶來全球影響時才使用“聖嬰”一詞。

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依照往例，

整理自己的單字片語：

mysterious         神秘的(adj)
sudden               突然的(adj)
equator               赤道(n)
caused by          由...引起
disrupt               擾亂(v)
ocean current    洋流(n)
coast                  岸邊(n)
affect                 影響(v)
Fishermen        漁民(n)
effect                 影響(n)