There has been a dramatic rise in the number of extreme weather events over the past 20 years, caused largely by rising global temperatures, according to a new report from the United Nations.

根据联合国的一份新报告，在过去20年里，极端天气事件的数量急剧增加，这主要是由全球气温上升引起的。

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British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many consumer goods.

一项最新报告称，英国是欧洲生活质量最差的国家，这主要表现在该国的工作时间长、天气恶劣、人均寿命短以及消费品价格昂贵。

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The center also broadcasts the latest weather report five times a day, giving details of the expected wave heights.

这个中心还一日五次播送最新的天气预报，详细报道预期的浪高信息。

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"Fortunately, satellites are already designed to deal with a lot of this space weather, " observed one of the report's authors, Keith Ryden, a reader in space engineering at the University of Surrey Space Centre.

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The report says production of the poppy was up more than a third on 2006 and good weather helped increase the yield of land already under cultivation.

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