Climate change is destroying the environments needed to grow drinkable coffee
沒有咖啡的日子！？ 氣候變遷恐造成咖啡品種滅絕
Coffee is probably [the] world's least expensive success power tool. Coffee builds better teams and increases your leadership ability. Coffee also increases your immunity. It increases focus and drive and my even increase your lifespan.
Unfortunately, we may not be enjoying the benefits or pleasures of coffee too much longer according to ecologists, there's a good chance that in 20 or 30 years, the varieties of coffee that we drink today will be extinct. And we'll be drinking either a coffee substitute or some almost-coffee hybrid that vaguely resembles the drink we enjoy today.
The problem, of course, is the pace of climate change. Successful coffee cultivation has three prerequisites: 1) a warm, highly stable tropical climate with elevations that keep air temperature between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius, 2) rich soil full of natural nutrients, and 3) an ecological environment that's pest and disease resistant.
Coffee is a crop that is only grown in a thin band called the "coffee belt" close to the equator. It simply won't grow anywhere else. Unfortunately, the "coffee belt" is extremely vulnerable to climate change. If the air is too cold or too hot, it stunts the growth of the coffee plant.
Info Cloud
running on fumes 形容身體疲累但還是必須工作的狀態
Hello, friends. Welcome to Info Cloud. Um, Rex, you are looking awfully tired today. What is going on?
I have been working on several projects at the same time. After work, I have to take care of my kids at home. I feel like I'm running on fumes lately.
Oh. I certainly know how you feel. Why don't we explain what you mean by running on fumes?
Well, just look at me. Look at me. Running on fumes means you are extremely tired, but you have to keep going with not much energy left.
Yes. OK. It's just like a car that is running out of gas or when overheated, fumes start to come out of the engine, but the car is still going.
It is not a good condition to be in if you want to perform well. Another way to say this is running on empty, meaning you are running out of energy, but you are still working.
Instead of running on empty, sometimes you would hear people say they are running on caffeine, meaning they are using coffee to give them a boost of energy to keep working.
當你已經筋疲力盡，卻必須努力完成工作，或許可以用今天分享的用語 running on fumes 來表達自己的狀態。fumes 是煙，running on fumes 就好比一台車子因為過熱，引擎開始冒煙，但還是繼續在跑一樣，用來形容身體疲累但還是必須工作的狀態。I’m running on fumes lately working on so many projects. 最近我處理好幾個案子身體相當疲累。除了 running on fumes 之外，你也可以說 running on empty，意思是一樣的，empty 是空的，表示身體沒有力氣和能量了。另外，很多人也會 run on caffeine 靠著咖啡因繼續工作，因為喝咖啡可以讓身體短暫地恢復精神。
Language Lab
immunity n. 免疫、免疫力、抵抗力
medical : the power to keep yourself from being affected by a disease — usually + to
- Proper nutrition can do wonders to your immunity.
適當的營養對免疫力有極好的影響。
- Andrew wants to boost his immunity because he gets sick quite often.
Andrew 想要增強她的抵抗力，因為他常常生病。
immunity n. 豁免、豁免權
special protection from what is required for most people by law — usually + from
- The foreign ambassador claimed diplomatic immunity when his car was stopped by the police.
當外交大使的車被警察攔下時，大使聲稱他有外交豁免權。
extinct adj. 消失、滅絕
/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
no longer existing
- In 2011, the West African black rhinoceros was declared extinct.
在2011年，西非黑犀牛被正式宣布已滅絕了。
extinct adj. 形容火山是死的
no longer active
- Mount Fuji is not an extinct volcano; it can still erupt.
富士山不是死的火山，它還是有可能會爆發。
extinct adj. 因為沒有在用，所以消失了
- Even though cellphones have replaced pagers, pagers have not gone extinct.
雖然手機已經取代了BB 呼叫器，但是BB機並沒有完全消失。
resistant adj. 能夠抗或防某樣東西
opposed to something : wanting to prevent something from happening — usually + to
- James is trying to find something to make his shoes odor resistant.
James 在找能夠讓他的鞋子防臭的東西。
- This jacket is water resistant, but it is not waterproof.
這件外套可以抗水，但不是防水。
resistant adj. 抗拒的
not affected or harmed by something
- Elois is resistant to new kitchen gadgets and prefers to prepare food in the old-fashioned way.
Elois 抗拒新式廚房用具，她選擇用傳統方式來做菜。
stunt v. 阻礙發展、讓東西無法好好生長
/ˈstʌnt/
to stop (someone or something) from growing or developing
- The sudden drop in temperature stunted the growth of the seedlings.
溫度突然下降造成幼苗發展的阻礙。
stunt n. 特技動作
a difficult and often dangerous action
- The actor insisted on doing all the stunts himself.
那位演員堅持親自做所有的特技動作。
stunt n. 噱頭
something that is done to get attention or publicity
- The politician’s appearance at the orphanage was just a stunt.
政客出現在孤兒院只是在搞噱頭。
