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Greenhouse Effect I. 【T1】_____of the greenhouse effect 【T1】______ A. About 【T2】______of the sunlight reaches the 【T2】______ plan
Greenhouse Effect I. 【T1】_____of the greenhouse effect 【T1】______ A. About 【T2】______of the sunlight reaches the 【T2】______ plan
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2020-06-04
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问题
Greenhouse Effect
I. 【T1】_____of the greenhouse effect 【T1】______
A. About 【T2】______of the sunlight reaches the 【T2】______
planet’s surface and is reflected upward again as
infrared radiation.
B. Infrared radiation is absorbed by 【T3】______ 【T3】______
such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone and
methane, etc.
C. The "greenhouse effect" helps maintain a
【T4】______temperature on earth. 【T4】______
II. Human activities contributing to the greenhouse
effect
A. Human activities 【T5】______the greenhouse 【T5】______
effect by
- creating more greenhouse gases.
- 【T6】______: fewer trees to balance gases in 【T6】______
the atmosphere.
-【T7】______. 【T7】______
III. Consequences of the greenhouse effect
A. Quick increase of the 【T8】______. 【T8】______
B. Significant 【T9】______changes. 【T9】______
C. Rising 【T10】______. 【T10】______
D. Reduced supplies of 【T11】______. 【T11】______
E. Extinction of many 【T12】______. 【T12】______
F. Influence on poor people depending on the land
G. Spreading of certain vector-borne diseases
e. g. malaria.
IV. Solutions
A. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow
global warming by reducing dependence on
【T13】______. 【T13】______
B. To increase the use of 【T14】______. 【T14】______
C. To expand forests.
D. To have a/an 【T15】______. 【T15】______
【T15】
Greenhouse Effect
Good morning. Today’s lecture is about the Greenhouse Effect. The "greenhouse effect" often gets a bad rap because of its association with global warming, but the truth is we couldn’t live without it.
First, I’d like to ask you what causes the greenhouse effect? Life on earth depends on energy from the sun. About 30 percent of the sunlight that beams toward Earth is deflected by the outer atmosphere and scattered back into space. The rest reaches the planet’s surface and is reflected upward again as a type of slow-moving energy called infrared radiation. As it rises, infrared radiation is absorbed by "greenhouse gases" such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone and methane, which slows its escape from the atmosphere. Although greenhouse gases make up only about 1 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere, they regulate our climate by trapping heat and holding it in a kind of warm-air blanket that surrounds the planet. This phenomenon is what scientists call the "greenhouse effect". Without it, scientists estimate that the average temperature on Earth would be colder by approximately 30 degrees Celsius, far too cold to sustain our current ecosystem.
Second, we need to clarify the ways humans contribute to the greenhouse effect. While the greenhouse effect is an essential environmental prerequisite for life on Earth, there really can be too much of a good thing. The problems begin when human activities distort and accelerate the natural process by creating more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere than are necessary to warm the planet to an ideal temperature, for example, burning natural gas, coal and oil — including gasoline for automobile engines — raises the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; some farming practices and land-use changes increase the levels of methane and nitrous oxide; many factories produce long-lasting industrial gases that do not occur naturally, yet contribute significantly to the enhanced greenhouse effect and "global warming" that is currently under way. Beside, deforestation also contributes to global warming. Trees use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen in their place, which helps to create the optimal balance of gases in the atmosphere. As more forests are logged for timber or cut down to make way for farming, however, there are fewer trees to perform this critical function. Population growth is another factor in global warming, because as more people use fossil fuels for heat, transportation and manufacturing the level of greenhouse gases continues to increase. As more farming occurs to feed millions of new people, more greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere.
Ultimately, more greenhouse gases mean more infrared radiation trapped and held, which gradually increases the temperature of the Earth’s surface and the air in the lower atmosphere.
Thirdly, what are the possible consequences caused by excessive greenhouse effect? It directly results in quick increase of the average global temperature. Today, the increase in the Earth’s temperature is increasing with unprecedented speed. To understand just how quickly global warming is accelerating, consider this: during the entire 20th century, the average global temperature increased by about 0.6 degrees Celsius while by using computer climate models, scientists estimate that by the year 2100 the average global temperature will increase by 1.4 degrees to 5.8 degrees Celsius, which is rather a big leap from the last century.
Meanwhile, a majority of the scientists agree that even a small increase in the global temperature would lead to significant climate and weather changes, affecting cloud cover, precipitation, wind patterns, the frequency and severity of storms, and the duration of seasons. Rising temperatures would raise sea levels as well, reducing supplies of fresh water as flooding occurs along coastlines worldwide and salt water reaches inland. Many of the world’s endangered species would become extinct as rising temperatures changed their habitat. Millions of people would also be affected, especially poor people who live in precarious locations or depend on the land for a subsistence living. Certain vector-borne diseases carried by animals or insects, such as malaria, would become more widespread as warmer conditions expanded their range.
Finally, we need to ask ourselves what is being done and what should be done to reduce global warming. Currently, carbon dioxide accounts for more than 60 percent of the enhanced greenhouse effect caused by the increase of greenhouse gases, and the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing by more than 10 percent every 20 years. If emissions of carbon dioxide continue to grow at current rates, then the level of the gas in the atmosphere will likely double, or possibly even triple, from pre-industrial levels during the 21st century.
Therefore, to lessen those long-term effects, many nations, communities and individuals are taking action now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming by reducing dependence on fossil fuels, increasing the use of renewable energy, expanding forests, and making lifestyle choices that help to sustain the environment. Whether they will be able to recruit enough people to join them, and whether their combined efforts will be enough to head off the most serious effects of global warming, are open questions that can only be answered by future developments.
To conclude today’s lecture, we should say it is not the greenhouse effect itself that directly leads to global warming and hence the inevitable climate changes, but the human activities that have accelerated the natural process by creating more greenhouse gases. Then, we also discussed the possible consequences caused by excessive greenhouse effect which directly results in quick increase of the average global temperature. Subsequently, global warming will lead to significant climate and weather changes, which will in turn influence living beings’ life in a long run. Finally, in order to lessen those long-term effects, a lot of people are now taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming by various ways, such as reducing dependence on fossil fuels, increasing the use of renewable energy, expanding forests, etc.
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答案
environment-friendly lifestyle
解析
讲座中契合该题的内容只有“…making lifestyle choices that help to sustain the environment.”这一小段话语,但是如何使原话中的lifestyle choices that help to sustain the environment变成一个简练的名词性短语呢?原话含义是提倡人们选择有助于维护环境的生活方式,显然这种生活方式应该有益于保护环境,因此这里的关键词还是environment,我们对其进行词性转换和语义重构就能得出environment-friendly这个词,根据题意可以填入environment-friendly lifestyle这个名词性词组作为答案。
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