Sea Level (Opinion)

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Guardian website က ဆောင်းပါးကို TextInspector ထဲ ထည့်စစ်ပြီး သူ ပြတဲ့အတိုင်း Level ကို ထည့်ထားတာပါ။ မူရင်းဆောင်းပါးကို ဟောဒီမှာ ဖတ်ပါ။
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/06/stop-rising-sea-levels-scientists-climate-forecast

[ကိုယ့်ဘာသာ ဖတ်ချင်လို့ Vocab တွေကို အဘိဓာန်တိုက်ထားတဲ့သဘောပါ။ နောက်ပိုင်း ဖတ်ချင်ရင်လည်း လွယ်အောင်လို့ မှတ်စုသဘော လုပ်ထားလိုက်တာပါ။ Vocab တွေက မူရင်းခေါင်းစီးက အကြောင်းအရာနဲ့ theme တူချင်မှ တူပါလိမ့်မယ်။]


1. Coherent (adj) (of ideas, thoughts, arguments, etc.) logical and well organized; easy to understand and clear

a coherent narrative/account/explanation
a coherent policy for the transport system
a logically coherent thoery.
a perfectly coherent remark
The three years of the course are planned as a coherent whole.
She gave a clear, coherent account to the court.

syn: consistent, reasoned, organized

2. Sheet (n) (A) a wide flat area of sth, covering the surface of sth else
(B) a large moving mass of fire or water

The road was covered with a sheet of ice.
A sheet of flame shot up into the air immediately after the explosion.
A thick sheet of ice had formed over the water.
a sheet of flame
The rain was coming down in sheets (=very heavily).

3. Glacier (n) a large mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains, that moves very slowly down a valley

a slowly moving mass of ice originating from an accumulation of snow. It can either spread out from a central mass (continental glacier) or descend from a high valley (alpine glacier)

And in the summer, when they are done skiiking on the glacier, they go windsurfing.
If you can walk along a glacier with a bare feet, you deserve to succeed.
Down on the glacier the bitte wind blew the snow in sheets.

4. Realign (v) ~ sth = to make changes to sth in order to adapt it to a new situation

The company has been forced to realign its operations in the area.
The company is planning to realign its sales operations.
Schools in the district may be forced to realign their curriculum.

syn: reorganize, structure

5. Constellation (n) a group of stars that forms a shape in the sky and has a name

The Little Bear constellation is still used by navigators at sea.
a star in the constellation of Orion
They were the sons of leda and were transformed by Zeus into the constellation Gemini so that they would never be separated.

6. Pledge (n) a serious promise

a pledge of support
Will the government honour its election pledge not to raise taxex?
Management has given a pledge that there will be no job losses this year.
Sunday's vote was a test of the new president's pledge of fair elections.
campaign/election pledge
make/keep/break/take/fulfil/honour a pledge (to do sth)

syn: commitment, promise, vow, assurance

7. Lap (v) (of water) to touch sth gently and regularly, often making a soft sound
(lap, laps, lapped, lapped, lapping)

The waves lapped around our feet.
the sound of water lapping against the boat.
The waves lapped gently against the rocks.
The tide was lapping the harbour wall.

8. storyline (n) the basic story in a novel, play, film/movie, etc.
{the events in a book, movie, etc.}
Her novels always have the same basic storyline.
a compelling and tragic storyline
The surprise twists in the storyline are the film's greatest strength.

syn: plot

9. Run-up (n) run-in, run-up (to sth) = a period of time leading up to an important event; the preparation for this
{the period of time just before an important event}

an increase in spending in the run-up to Christmas
during the run-up to the election
The shops are fully stocked for the Christmas run-up.
Everyone is usy during the run-up to publication.

10. Revise (v) ~ sth = to change your opinions or plans, for example because of sth you have learned

I can see I will have to revise my opinions of his abilities now.
The government may need to revise its policy in the light of this report.
The college has revised its plans because of local objections.
We have revised our estimates of population growth.

syn: change your mind, see reason/sense, review, reconsider,

11. Resilience (resiliency) (n) the ability of people or things to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc.

He showed great courage and resilience in fighting back from a losing position to win the game.
She has shown great resilience to stress.
The girl, seven years old, with the resilience of youth, had survived.
People showed remarkable resilience during the war.

syn: strength, toughness, adaptability,