Articles for ielts the dangers of being over-confident


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Demeanor(n)- the way that somebody looks or behaves 
Humiliation(n)- a feeling of being ashamed or stupid and having lost the respect of 
other people; the act of making somebody feel like this 
Cognizant(adj)- having knowledge or understanding of something 
Impediment(n)- something that delays or stops the progress of something 
Remedy(n)- a way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation 
Status quo(n)-
the situation as it is now, or as it was before a recent change 
Desperately(adv)- in a way that shows you have little hope and are ready to do 
anything without worrying about danger to yourself or others 
Priority(n)- something that you think is more important than other things and should 
be dealt with first 
Abuse(n)- unfair, cruel or violent treatment of somebody 
Span(v)- to last all through a period of time or to cover the whole of it 
Toxicity(n)- the fact of being poisonous; the extent to which something is poisonous 


Buzzword(n)- a word or phrase, especially one connected with a particular subject, 
that has become fashionable and popular and is used a lot in newspapers, etc. 
 
Source: The Science, 4 March 2022 
 
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China’s worst heat wave 
Low rainfall and record-breaking heat across much of China are having 
widespread impacts on people, industry, and farming. River and reservoir levels 
have fallen, factories have shut because of electricity shortages and huge areas of 
crops have been damaged. The situation could have worldwide repercussions, 
causing further disruption to supply chains and exacerbating the global food crisis.
People in large parts of China have been experiencing two months of extreme 
heat. Hundreds of places have reported temperatures of more than 40°C (104°F), and 
many records have been broken. Subway stations have set up rest areas where people 
can recover from the heat. On 18 August, the temperature in Chongqing in Sichuan 
province reached 45°C(113°F), the highest ever recorded in China outside the 
desert-dominated region of Xinjiang. On 20 August, the temperature in the city 
didn’t fall below 34.9°C(94.8°F), the highest minimum temperature ever recorded 
in China in August. The maximum temperature was 43.7°C(110.7°F).
It is the longest and hottest heatwave in China since national records began in 
1961. According to weather historian Maximiliano Herrera, who monitors extreme 
temperatures around the world, it is the most severe heatwave recorded anywhere. 
“This combines the most extreme intensity with the most extreme length with an 
incredibly huge area all at the same time,” he says. “There is nothing in world 
climatic history which is even minimally comparable to what is happening in China
Together with the extreme heat, low rainfall in parts of China has led to rivers 
falling to low levels, with 66 drying up completely. In parts of the Yangtze, water 
levels are the lowest since records began in1865. In a few places, local water supplies 
have run out, and drinking water has had to be trucked in. On 19 August, China 
announced a national drought alert for the first time in nine years. Hydroelectricity 
generation has fallen because of the low water levels. Sichuan has been especially 
affected because it normally gets 80 percent of its electricity from hydropower. 
Thousands of factories in the province have had to cease operations because of 
electricity shortages amid high demand for air conditioning. Offices and shopping 
malls were also told to reduce lighting and air conditioning to save power.
In Sichuan alone, 47,000 hectares of crops are reported to have been lost and 
another 433,000 hectares damaged. The agriculture ministry has said it will try to 
increase rainfall by seeding clouds. It remains scientifically unclear whether cloud 


seeding makes a significant difference. China is far from the only place affected by 
drought. Europe is having what may be its worst drought in 500 years. There is also 
a drought in the Horn of Africa, and across much of the US and Mexico.
Lower crop yields in these regions could worsen the global food crisis. Global 
food price shit record levels even before Russia invaded Ukraine, and though they 
have fallen since March, they remain higher than in previous years. However, China 
has built up large grain reserves in recent years, so it can make up for some shortfalls. 
According to a 2021 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 
droughts have been increasing as a result of global warming and will become more 
frequent and severe as the planet continues to warm. 

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