1.pay attention to 关心、注意
例句：But as a meteorologist, I'm paying close attention to what's going on because it often leads to weather like this.
不过身为一个气象学家，我正密切关注着情况，因为那常会导致像现在这样的天气。

2.lead to 导致、引起
例句：But as a meteorologist, I'm paying close attention to what's going on because it often leads to weather like this.
不过身为一个气象学家，我正密切关注着情况，因为那常会导致像现在这样的天气。

3.in effect 实际上
例句：In effect, the refrigerator door, so to speak, is opened...
实际上，可说是冰箱门被打开了……

4.so to speak 可以说、可谓
例句：When in nature or in a garden, I become a part of the picture, so to speak.
当在大自然中或者在一个花园里，可以说，我都成为了照片的一部分。

5.end up 结果成为
例句：So when the Arctic is anomalously warm, the mid-latitudes across North America, Europe, and Asia often end up like this.
所以当北极异常温暖时，北美洲、欧洲和亚洲的中纬度地区最后常就会变得像这样。

6.touch on 简略地讲述、提到
例句：In this video, we've only touched on just one of the many potential impacts a warmer Arctic can have on us as it feeds back into the climate system.
在这部影片中，我们只触及到暖化的北极可能会对我们造成的许多潜在影响之一，在北极暖化反应到气候系统中时。

7.feed back 反应、反馈
例句：The information is fed back to the Government department concerned.
信息被反馈到政府的相关部门。

8.put simply 简而言之
例句：Put simply, it probably means that most of us are going to end up with what used to be somebody else's weather.
简而言之，这或许代表我们大多数人最后将活在以前曾是他人所习惯的气候中。