the changing wind patterns have driven temperatures up by nearly three degrees Centigrade over the last 50 years.海风的变化使南极半岛的气温上升了近三摄氏度

drive up:抬高

Sunny days are driving up the temperature.

阳光明媚的日子使气温上升。

Ten times the average rate of the rest of the planet.这是地球其他地区平均水平的十倍

the rest of:其余的

The slide cut off the valley from the rest of the world.

山崩切断了这个山谷与外界的联系。

Soon I dropped behind the rest of the class.

不久我就落在班上其他同志后面了。

Most of South Georgia's glaciers have shrunk since Shackleton's time自沙克尔顿的时代后大多数南乔治亚冰川已经消逝了

shrink:收缩, 退缩, 萎缩(shrunk是过去完成时）

He can not shrink back from danger.

他不会从危险中退缩出来。

Don't shrink from the thought of obstacle.

不要一想到困难就退缩。