六级The studies also ran up against many methodological challenges, the biggest of which centered on the old statistical saying, "Correlation does not equal causation."

这些研究还遇到了许多方法上的挑战，其中最大的挑战集中在古老的统计谚语“相关性不等于因果关系”上

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四级a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions.

Boulder科罗拉多大学的一位政治科学家，他研究灾难趋势，他说，论坛的报告“在方法上令人尴尬”，因为在人口增长和弱势群体经济发展造成更大损失的情况下，无法区分与人为全球变暖相关的死亡或经济损失(易受伤害的) 区域。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions

Boulder科罗拉多大学的一位政治科学家，他研究灾难趋势，他说，论坛的报告“在方法上令人尴尬”，因为在人口增长和弱势群体经济发展造成更大损失的情况下，无法区分与人为全球变暖相关的死亡或经济损失(易受伤害的) 区域

2011年6月阅读原文

四级Roger Pielke Jr. , a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was " a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions.

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校研究灾害趋势的政治学家Roger Pielke Jr.表示，该论坛的报告“在方法上令人尴尬”，因为在弱势群体人口增长和经济发展造成的更大损失中，无法区分与人为全球变暖相关的死亡或经济损失(易受伤害的) 区域。

2011年6月英语四级考试真题