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 Climate change extends allergy season

Not everyone likes the joys of spring. Many people love looking at flowering blossoms, but others hate it. This is because pollen from flowers bring allergies like hay fever. Scientists have warned hay fever sufferers that spring arrived up to four weeks early. The symptoms of pollen is already causing misery. To make things worse, the hay fever season will be longer. The scientists said this was not surprising, "given the trajectory our planet is on".

Meteorologists are blaming climate change. A U.S. weather tracker said the winter's average temperature was 2.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. A meteorologist said climate change is resulting in earlier and longer flowering seasons, causing more pollen. She called pollen "the enemy" of allergy sufferers. Pollen can also trigger asthma attacks and worsen mold allergies. Acting on climate change will help people's health.

VOCABULARY

allergy 變應性；過敏反應；過敏性-a condition that makes a person become sick or develop skin or breathing problems because they have eaten certain foods or been near certain substances.

example: He is allergic to wheat. (他對小麥過敏)

hay fever 乾草熱，花粉熱(一種由花粉引起的疾病)-an illness like a cold, caused by pollen.

example: She gets really bad hay fever. (她得了相當嚴重的花粉熱)

symptom (疾病的)癥狀-any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease.

example: He's complaining of all the usual flu symptoms - a high temperature, headache, and so on. (他抱怨所有常見的感冒癥狀——高燒、頭痛等，都出現在他身上。)

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