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0Hey guys! It's Dec 5th, 2024. Today’s news is about COP 29. A few weeks ago, COP 29 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. However, representatives were not paying great attention to it and thought it was just a formality. Why? Let’s hear more from the news.
【新闻】COP29 kicks off 第29届联合国气候变化大会开幕
Representatives from around the world will spend the next fortnight in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, for COP29, the annual United Nations climate summit. Some have dismissed this year’s COP as merely a procedural meeting, partly owing to concerns over the appropriateness of the hosts, whose economy is almost entirely dependent on fossil-fuel production. But the decisions made at the summit will matter—not least because attendees must agree on a new target for the annual pot of cash that rich countries should provide poor ones to help them mitigate and adapt to climate change.
来自世界各地的代表将在未来两周齐聚阿塞拜疆首都巴库，参加一年一度的联合国气候峰会COP29。一些人认为今年的缔约方会议只是一个程序性的会议，部分原因是担心主办国的适当性，因为主办国的经济几乎完全依赖化石燃料生产。但峰会上做出的决定至关重要——尤其是因为与会者必须就富裕国家应向贫穷国家提供帮助它们缓解和适应气候变化的年度资金达成新的目标。
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Kick off: If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins. 开始 (事件、比赛等)
Representatives from around the world will spend the next fortnight in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, for COP29, the annual United Nations climate summit. 来自世界各地的代表将在未来两周齐聚阿塞拜疆首都巴库，参加一年一度的联合国气候峰会COP29。
Fortnight: 两周
Decade: n. 十年
Summit: n. （政府间的）首脑会议；峰会
n. 最高点；顶点；山顶 make it to/reach the submit 到达山顶
COP: Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 《联合国气候变化框架公约》缔约方会议
Some have dismissed this year’s COP as merely a procedural meeting, partly owing to concerns over the appropriateness of the hosts, whose economy is almost entirely dependent on fossil-fuel production.一些人认为今年的缔约方会议只是一个程序性的会议，部分原因是担心主办国的适当性，因为主办国的经济几乎完全依赖化石燃料生产。
Dismiss: v. to decide that sb/sth is not important and not worth thinking or talking about不予考虑；摒弃；对…不屑一提 (dismiss sth as…)
Owing to…: 因为；由于 SYN because of.
Host: n. 东道主；主办国（或城市、机构）
n. 主持人 a TV game show host电视游戏节目主持人
be dependent on: 依赖于…，依靠于…
=Depend on:
But the decisions made at the summit will matter—not least because attendees must agree on a new target for the annual pot of cash that rich countries should provide poor ones to help them mitigate and adapt to climate change.但峰会上做出的决定至关重要——尤其是因为与会者必须就富裕国家应向贫穷国家提供帮助它们缓解和适应气候变化的年度资金达成新的目标。
Not least: 特别；尤其SYN especially, particularly.
Attendee: n. 出席者；在场者
Attendant: n. 服务员；侍者
a cloakroom/parking/museum attendant 衣帽间╱停车服务员；博物馆接待员
flight attendant: 乘务员（客机的）
agree on: 就……达成一致意见：在某个问题上达成共识或一致意见。
Mitigate: v. to make sth less harmful, serious, etc.减轻；缓和 SYN alleviate.
