From Twitter:
Scientists said today that the oceans are __ so quickly it's like 5 atomic bombs are being detonated in the sea.
a. heated
b. heats
c. heating
______
It's a serious problem, so please turn off your car, scooter or truck when not driving and all electricity at home when not using it.
日本語訳
科学者たちは今日、海が非常に速い速度で温まっており、その熱量は海で原子爆弾5個が爆発するのに匹敵すると述べた、と原文は伝えています。問題は深刻なので、走っていない車やスクーター、トラックのエンジンと、使っていない家庭の電気を切ってください、と筆者は呼びかけています。空欄には a heated／b heats／c heating から選んでください。
解答・解説
Answer: c., heatingExplanation:
Technically, there are two possible grammatical answers but only one contextual correct answer; a., heated is possible grammatically, but in context would make no sense, because using the past tense in this way indicates the causative, meaning someone or something heats the ocean, which of course we know is not true (unless we are talking about the sun); the ocean is heated naturally; people could split hairs with me on this, and they would be right, but give me a break; I'm trying to make a more important point:
The sentence begins with 'scientists said today...' and 'are' is the linkning verb, so--the best answer is heating (are + ing = the present continuous)
正解は c heating。the oceans are heating は海が温まり続けているという進行中の変化を表します。are heated は文法上は受け身で「温められている」と言えます。原文の「自然に温まっているため原因となるものはない」という説明や爆弾への換算は原文の主張で、ここでは検証していません。