每日新闻（80）【奥地利冰川融化加速，惊现几十年前登山者遗体】

Austria's fastest melting glacier gives up decades-old corpse

An Alpine guide has discovered

on Austria's fastest melting

glacier

(

what are believed to be the

remains

of an Austrian

(

who died more than 20 years ago

)

)

, according to a statement from local police.

The discovery follows the finding of other human remains

on the same glacier less than two months ago.

Climate change has accelerated the melting

of glaciers, with the retreating ice releasing bodies of

alpinists

(

it has held for years, sometimes even decades

)

.

重点词汇释义：

glacier 冰川

remain 残余；遗骸；遗体；遗迹；遗址；

alpinist n. 登山者（尤指阿尔卑斯山的）

译文：

奥地利融化速度最快的冰川，惊现几十年前的尸体

根据当地警方的一份声明，一名阿尔卑斯山向导在奥地利融化最快的冰川上发现了一具遗体，据信是一名20多年前死亡的奥地利人的遗体。就在不到两个月前，在同一冰川上发现了其他人类遗骸。气候变化加速了冰川的融化，不断退缩的冰川会使冰川中封存了数年、甚至数十年的登山者遗体得到解封。来自卫报（The Guardian）