1.pay attention to 關心、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.
不過身為一個氣象學家，我正密切關注著情況，因為那常會導致像現在這樣的天氣。

2.lead to 導致、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.
不過身為一個氣象學家，我正密切關注著情況，因為那常會導致像現在這樣的天氣。

3.in effect 實際上
例句：In effect, the refrigerator door, so to speak, is opened...
實際上，可說是冰箱門被打開了……

4.so to speak 可以說、可謂
例句：When in nature or in a garden, I become a part of the picture, so to speak.
當在大自然中或者在一個花園里，可以說，我都成為了照片的一部分。

5.end up 結果成為
例句：So when the Arctic is anomalously warm, the mid-latitudes across North America, Europe, and Asia often end up like this.
所以當北極異常溫暖時，北美洲、歐洲和亞洲的中緯度地區最后常就會變得像這樣。

6.touch on 簡略地講述、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.
在這部影片中，我們只觸及到暖化的北極可能會對我們造成的許多潛在影響之一，在北極暖化反應到氣候系統中時。

7.feed back 反應、反饋
例句：The information is fed back to the Government department concerned.
信息被反饋到政府的相關部門。

8.put simply 簡而言之
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.
簡而言之，這或許代表我們大多數人最后將活在以前曾是他人所習慣的氣候中。