A total of five ozone ascents were taken at Bharati…
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A total of five ozone ascents were taken at Bharati station (Indian mission) Antarctica from April to June 2016. As a stratospheric temperatures reduced to -82.24 ℃ on 20th June 2016 indicating the formation of stratospheric clouds, leading scientists at Bharati station feared that Montreal Accord has not succeeded to control the emission of ozone-depleting gases in the atmosphere.
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How to read it
A total of five ozone ascents|were taken at Bharati station|(Indian mission) Antarctica|from April to June 2016.‖As stratospheric temperatures reduced to -82.24 ℃|on 20th June 2016‖indicating the formation of stratospheric clouds,|leading scientists at Bharati station feared‖that Montreal Accord has not succeeded|to control the emission of ozone-depleting gases|in the atmosphere.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Words to stress correctly
| stratospheric | strat·o·SPHER·ic | /strætəsˈfɪrɪk/ |
| antarctica | ant·ARC·ti·ca | /ænˈtɑrktɪkə/ |
| indicating | IN·di·cat·ing | /ˈɪndəkeɪtɪŋ/ |
| formation | for·MA·tion | /fɔrˈmeɪʃən/ |
| succeeded | suc·CEED·ed | /səkˈsidɪd/ |
| montreal | mon·tre·AL | /mʌntriˈɔl/ |
58 words, aim for 22–26 seconds. Say 2016 as "twenty sixteen" (both times), -82.24 ℃ as "minus eighty-two point two four degrees Celsius", 20th as "twentieth". Breathe after the first 2016, after the second 2016, and after feared.
Where marks are usually lost
Stress: strat·o·SPHER·ic, ant·ARC·ti·ca, IN·di·cat·ing, for·MA·tion, suc·CEED·ed, mon·tre·AL. The decimal is the hesitation trap: rehearse minus eighty-two point two four before you start. Keep -ed on reduced, feared and -s on ascents, temperatures, clouds, gases.
General tip: the brackets (Indian mission) are read aloud like any other words, slightly faster and lower, then return to normal pitch on Antarctica.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 2016 年 4 月至 6 月，在南极洲巴拉蒂站（印度科考站）共进行了五次臭氧探空。2016 年 6 月 20 日，平流层温度降至 -82.24 ℃，表明平流层云正在形成，巴拉蒂站的首席科学家担心《蒙特利尔议定书》未能成功控制大气中消耗臭氧层气体的排放。
हिन्दी: अप्रैल से जून 2016 के बीच अंटार्कटिका के भारती स्टेशन (भारतीय मिशन) पर कुल पाँच ओज़ोन आरोहण किए गए। 20 जून 2016 को समतापमंडलीय तापमान -82.24 ℃ तक गिर गया, जो समतापमंडलीय बादलों के बनने का संकेत था; इससे भारती स्टेशन के प्रमुख वैज्ञानिकों को आशंका हुई कि मॉन्ट्रियल समझौता वायुमंडल में ओज़ोन-क्षयकारी गैसों के उत्सर्जन को नियंत्रित करने में सफल नहीं हुआ है।
नेपाली: अप्रिलदेखि जुन 2016 सम्म अन्टार्कटिकाको भारती स्टेशन (भारतीय मिसन) मा जम्मा पाँच ओजोन आरोहण गरिए। 20 जुन 2016 मा समतापमण्डलीय तापक्रम -82.24 ℃ सम्म घट्यो, जसले समतापमण्डलीय बादल बन्ने संकेत दियो; यसले भारती स्टेशनका प्रमुख वैज्ञानिकहरूलाई मन्ट्रियल सम्झौता वायुमण्डलमा ओजोन-क्षय गर्ने ग्यासको उत्सर्जन नियन्त्रण गर्न सफल भएको छैन भन्ने डर लाग्यो।
Tiếng Việt: Tổng cộng năm đợt thả bóng thám không đo ozone đã được thực hiện tại trạm Bharati (đoàn Ấn Độ) ở Nam Cực từ tháng Tư đến tháng Sáu năm 2016. Khi nhiệt độ tầng bình lưu giảm xuống -82,24 ℃ vào ngày 20 tháng Sáu 2016, cho thấy mây tầng bình lưu đang hình thành, các nhà khoa học đứng đầu tại trạm Bharati lo ngại rằng Nghị định thư Montreal đã không thành công trong việc kiểm soát phát thải các khí phá hủy ozone vào bầu khí quyển.
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