图片新闻【518】图瓦卢人的担忧

A coconut palm succumbs to sand erosion on the shore of Tepuka Islet on Funafuti Atoll as rising sea levels inundate many of Tuvalu's low islands. Tuvaluans fear that global warming induced changes in sea level coupled with king tides and cyclones will soon render their Polynesian archipelago uninhabitable.(AFP/File/Torsten

词汇：

coconut palm n.[植]椰子树, 椰树
succumb vi.屈服, 屈从, 死
erosion n.腐蚀, 侵蚀
islet n.小岛
Funafuti 富纳富提[西太平洋岛国图瓦卢首都]
atoll n.环状珊瑚岛, 环礁
inundate v.淹没
Tuvalu 图瓦卢[西太平洋岛国](旧称埃利斯群岛)
Tuvaluan n.图瓦卢人
induce vt.促使, 导致, 引起
cyclone n.飓风, 暴风, 龙卷风
render vt.致使
Polynesian adj.玻利尼西亚人的 n.玻利尼西亚人
archipelago n.群岛, 多岛海
uninhabitable adj.不适于人居住的