VOA慢速英语：我们即将进入一个新的地质时代？

This is What's Trending Today...
这里是今日热点节目。
For almost 12,000 years, Planet Earth has been in what is called the Holocene Epoch. This geological era started after the last ice age. Human civilizations developed during this warm period.
近12000年来，星球已经处于所谓的全新世。地址时代自上次冰河世纪开始。人类文明开始于温暖时期。
But, geology experts now say the Holocene period is over.
但是，地质专家目前表示全新世时代已经结束。
We are in a new geological era, they say, and have been since around 1950. This era is marked by the huge effects humans have had on the planet.
约1950年开始，我们已经处于新的地质时代。这个时代的标志是由人类在星球上创建的。
Scientists have been calling this new era the Anthropocene Epoch. The prefix anthro comes from the Greek word anthropos, which means human.
科学家已经命名为这个新的时代为人类世。人类学的前缀来源于古希腊语人类（anthropos）,它的意思是人类。
A group of experts at the International Geological Congress presented a report on the Anthropocene era this week in Cape Town, South Africa. They recommended officially declaring a new geological era.
本周，国际地质大会的科学家在南非的开普顿发表人类世报告。他们建议正式宣布一个新的地质时代的到来--人类世。
Their statements quickly became a trending topic on social media.
该陈述迅速成为当今社会媒体的热点话题。
The group Climate Mama posted on Facebook, "We have entered Anthropocene, the age of man's dominance over our planet...Can we learn to be thoughtful caretakers?"
该气象组织Mama在脸书上发表评论：我们已经进入人类主导星球的人类世时代...我们能够成为深思熟虑的看护者么？
Some called it "terrifying" that humans have so strongly affected the planet.
一些人成它为：“令人恐怖的”人类已经强有力的影响了星球了。
Twitter user Lexie described the change as "incredible and terrifying at the same time."
推特使用者Lexie描述这一改变为“不可思议得同时也让人恐怖”
Many others on social media and beyond shared those thoughts.
许多社会媒体已经超越了分享的那些观点。
And that's What's Trending Today.
以上就是本期今日热点的全部内容。
 
 
This is What's Trending Today...
For almost 12,000 years, Planet Earth has been in what is called the Holocene Epoch. This geological era started after the last ice age. Human civilizations developed during this warm period.
But, geology experts now say the Holocene period is over.
We are in a new geological era, they say, and have been since around 1950. This era is marked by the huge effects humans have had on the planet.
Scientists have been calling this new era the Anthropocene Epoch. The prefix anthro comes from the Greek word anthropos, which means human.
A group of experts at the International Geological Congress presented a report on the Anthropocene era this week in Cape Town, South Africa. They recommended officially declaring a new geological era.
Their statements quickly became a trending topic on social media.
The group Climate Mama posted on Facebook, "We have entered Anthropocene, the age of man's dominance over our planet...Can we learn to be thoughtful caretakers?"
Some called it "terrifying" that humans have so strongly affected the planet.
Twitter user Lexie described the change as "incredible and terrifying at the same time."
Many others on social media and beyond shared those thoughts.
And that's What's Trending Today.
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Words in This Story
era - n. a period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, person, etc.
prefix - n. a letter or group of letters that is added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning
dominance - n. power and influence over something or someone
incredible - adj. difficult or impossible to believe