摘要：然而，英国多变的气候与加州的旱涝急转相比实在不可同日而语——正是这种在干旱与洪涝间的剧烈摇摆为野火爆发埋下伏笔，而驱动这种气候振荡的正是不断攀升的全球气温。

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set the stage for 为……创造条件/埋下伏笔

While the fires took just a few weeks to do their worst, it had taken years to set the stage for their appearance.

尽管这场大火仅用数周时间就达到了破坏力的顶峰，但孕育这场灾难的条件却历经多年才逐渐形成。

the order of the day常态，盛行/必须做的事

For the last decade or so, extreme drought was the order of the day across much of southern California.

过去十年间，极端干旱已成为南加州大部分地区的常态。

can’t hold a candle to无法与……相提并论，远不如

But the variability of the Great British weather can’t hold a candle to the switches from drought to deluge and back to drought again that paved the way for the California wildfires – switches that are driven by ever-climbing global temperatures.

然而，英国多变的气候与加州的旱涝急转相比实在不可同日而语——正是这种在干旱与洪涝间的剧烈摇摆为野火爆发埋下伏笔，而驱动这种气候振荡的正是不断攀升的全球气温。

play havoc with 对……造成严重破坏，扰乱

It means sudden flip-flopping is becoming more common, causing widespread damage and disruption, and playing havoc with people's lives and livelihoods.

这意味着气候的突然反转正变得日益频繁，引发大范围的破坏与混乱，严重扰乱人们的正常生活与生计。

bear the brunt 首当其冲，承受主要冲击

While agriculture will bear the brunt of flip-flopping weather, urban centres will be far from immune.

虽然农业将首当其冲承受气候反复带来的冲击，但城市中心区域也绝难幸免。

a no-brainer 显而易见的事，容易的决定

Finding new ways of saving water for use during drought is a no-brainer, for example, by harvesting and storing rainwater.

探索节水新途径是显而易见的选择，例如通过收集和储存雨水来实现。

let nature take its course 顺其自然，让自然发挥其作用

The best way, as is often the case, is to let nature take its course, by allowing rivers to flood naturally across their floodplains during wet periods.

通常而言，最有效的解决之道是顺应自然规律，允许河流在丰水期自然漫溢至洪泛区。

bring to heel 使……就范，控制住

It won’t stop even when, or if, emissions are brought to heel, because whatever temperature Earth has reached by then will be maintained for thousands of years, so we have no choice but to live with it.

即使未来碳排放得到有效控制，这种气候现象也不会立即停止——因为到那时地球已达到的温度将持续数千年，我们别无选择，必须学会与之共存。

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