optimum
[ 最適条件
=the best or most suitable for a particular purpose or in a particular situation
under the current climate
現在の気象下で
in place
[ 適当な位置に 適切に
eighty percent of humanity
人類の80%
inundate
[ 洪水にあった 浸水した
=formal to cover an area with a large amount of water [= flood]
how do you prioritize global warming in comparison with other things?
他の問題と比べてどうして地球温暖化を優先するのか? prioritize
[ 優先順位をつける
=to put several things, problems etc in order of importance, so that you can deal with the most important ones first
Shouldn't we put our minds to solving more immediate crises?
もっと緊急を要する問題解決について頭を使うべきではありませんか?
avert
[ 防ぐ、回避する
=to prevent something unpleasant from happening
underprivilege
[ 恵まれない
=very poor, with worse living conditions, educational opportunities etc than most people in society:
tidal walls
防潮堤
devastating
[ 破壊的な、壊滅的な
=badly damaging or destroying something
implication
[ 引き起こされるであろう結果(影響)
=a possible future effect or result of an action, event, decision etc
☆Zero in on the lesson☆
assume
仮定する、思い込む 「憶測でものを言う、決めてかかる」 =to think that something is true, although you do not have definite proof assume +目的語 assume+that節 assumption「仮説」
Don't assume that our resources are inexhaustible.
われわれの資源が無尽蔵であるなどと決めつけてはいけません。 inexhasutible
[ 無尽蔵の
=something that is inexhaustible exists in such large amounts that it can never be finished or used up(=endless supply)
世界の人口は、増加し続ける一方であろうと、一般に考えられています。 It is commonly assumed that the world population will just go on increasing.
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
once the disaster is upon us.
ひとたび災害が私たしにふりかかってから evacuate
[ 逃げる、非難する
=to send people away from a dangerous place to a safe place
implementation
[ 履行、遂行、実施
implementate
=to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happen