There are less or few babies being born now.

A more polite way of showing ones displeasure at something that happened.

Negative

A bottle is standing on the table. His partners are in the cupboard behind the table. They will stand outside in turn, to be in the warm sunshine. If one can have the honor to hold Miss Water in his arms, nothing would be happier.

It was only enough for three people.

The reading passage listed three pieces of potential reasons in an attempt to explain what caused the Little Ice Age. however, the speaker didn't agree with these arguments and rebuted them with his own opinion. Firstly, the reading material noted that the large amount of cold freshwater melted from former glaciers had disrupted the Gulf Stream. Which resulted in the cooling climate. In contrast, the lecture in the listening argued that the cooling effect would only occur in the North region like Europe and North America. If the hypothesis of the ocean currents indeed validated this. But it actually happened in some other parts on earth, like New Zealand and South Africa too. Moreover, the author of the reading stated that volcanic eruptions could be the cause since the large amount of dark clouds of dust would cover a huge area and block the sunlight. Which will decrease the temperatures ultimately. On the contrary, the listening rebuked the statement by pointing out that if it did happen in such a huge extension there must be someone who noticed the unusual phenomenon. For an example the grey or brown snow and would have recorded it. Unfortunately no such document was found yet. Thus, the theory seemed not so reliable. Furthermore, the passage asserted that the decline of human population may contribute to the cooling of the climate. Because the expanded forest would absorb more carbon dioxide and decrease the green house effect. Likewise, the listening held an opposed view that there was no such long time for the extreme low global temperatures to keep, since the human population could be recovered quickly and the trees would be cut down soon after that.

I got on the Shinkansen bullet train today to return home. Since it's a peak season, it was crowded on the train. I had to get another ticket first though, I had to reschedule it online because I was going to miss the train. Fortunately, I was able to pick my own seat which is my favorite. There is an outlet on the wall. So I charged my smartphone's battery during the ride back. I used it without fear of the battery dying.