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改变气候英语作文 RENEEMONTAGNE,HOST:ItsMORNINGEDITIONfromNPRNews.Goodmorning,ImReneeMontagne. DAVIDGREENE,HOST:AndImDavidGreene. NewfederalstandardsforKthrough12scienceeducationaredueoutsoon.Thisisthefirstsincethemid90s.Andforthefirsttime,theguidelinesadviseteachingstudentsaboutclimatechange. AsNPRsJenniferLuddenreports,itsexpectedtofillabiggap. JENNIFERLUDDEN,BYLINE:Bythetimetodaysstudentsgrowup,thechallengesposedbyclimatechangeareexpectedtobesevereandsweeping.Yet,pollsshowtheyknowlittleofit. MarkMcCaffreyiswiththeNationalCenterforScienceEducation. MARKMCCAFFREY:Onlyoneinfivefeelliketheyvegotagoodhandleonclimatechangefromwhattheyvelearnedinschool.SothestateofclimatechangeeducationintheU.S.isabysmal. LUDDEN:Wealllearnthewatercycle.Buthowmanycandrawapictureofthecarboncycle?Withplantstakingincarbontogrow,thendyingandeventuallyturningintofossilfuelslikecoalandoil,whichthenputcarbonbackintotheatmospherewhenburned.Evenwhenthisistaught,McCaffreysaysclimateisoftensidelined.WhytakeEarthscience,whenyouneedbiologyandchemistrytogetintocollege? Ontopofthis,theresthepoliticalbattleoverhowclimatechangeistaught.Lastmonth,ColoradostatelawmakersconsideredasocalledAcademicFreedomAct. JOSHUAYOUNGKIN:Thebillwillgotowardcreatinganatmosphereofopeninquiry. LUDDEN:ThatsJoshuaYoungkinoftheDiscoveryInstitute,whichhelpedwritethebill.Itsthesamegroupthatsquestionedevolution,andthewayitstaught.Nowtheinstituteistargetingglobalwarming.ThoughYoungkintoldlawmakerstheaimisnottobanclimatechangefromtheclassroom. YOUNGKIN:Itjustgivesteachersasimpleright.Toknowthattheycanteachbothsidesofacontroversyobjectively,inascientificmanner,inordertoinducecriticalthinkingintheirstudentbody. LUDDEN:Butcriticspointoutthereisnocontroversywithinscience.Climatechangeishappeninganditslargelydrivenbyhumans.Thishasntstopped18statesfromconsideringtheseacademicfreedombillsseventhisyear.Sofar,onlyTennesseeandLouisianahavepassedthem. Still,sayeducators,sinceclimatechangehasbeenpoliticized,manyteachersavoiditaltogether.Or,theydoteachtwosides.Oneday,itsAlGoresAnInconvenientTruth. (SOUNDBITEOFDOCUMENTARY,ANINCONVENIENTTRUTH) ALGORE:Startingin1970,therewasaprecipitousdropoffintheamount,andextentandthicknessofthearcticicecap. LUDDEN:Andthenext,TheGreatGlobalWarmingSwindle. (SOUNDBITEOFDOCUMENTARY,THEGREATGLOBALWARMINGSWINDLE) UNIDENTIFIEDMAN:Eachdaythenewsreportsgrowmorefantasticallyapocalyptic. LUDDEN:Theendresultforstudents:Confusion.Thenewscienceguidelinescouldprovokemorepushback.JamesTaylorisaseniorfellowwiththeHeartlandInstitute.Thefreemarketthinktankisworkingonitsowncurriculum,questioningmansroleinglobalwarming. JAMESTAYLOR:TotheextentthatthesestandardsdopaintapicturethatIthinkrunscountertothescientificevidence,weregoingtomakesurethatwepointthatout. LUDDEN:Thenewsciencestandardsarevoluntary.But26stateshelpeddevelopthemandabout40saytheyrelikelytoadoptthem.HeidiSchweingruberiswiththeNationalResearchCouncil,whichcreatedtheframeworkforthestandards. HEIDISCHWEINGRUBER:Therewasneveradebateaboutwhetherclimatechangewouldbeinthere.Itisafundamentalpartofscience,andsothatswhatourworkisbasedonthescientificconsensus. LUDDEN:Schweingrubersaysalotofthoughtdidgointohowtodeliverwhatcanbecrushinglydepressinginformation,withoutfreakingkidsout. SCHWEINGRUBER:Absolutely.Sotheideathat,OK,youregoingtoraisetheseproblemswithkids.Butthenalsoengagethemandsaywhatdoweknowaboutrolesthatwecanhavethatarepositive,intryingtosteerthingsindifferentdirections. LUDDEN:Inotherwords,reassurekidsthatwhilehumansmaycauseglobalwarming,theycanalsohelpreduceit. MarkMcCaffrey,oftheNationalCenterforScienceEducation,saysmanyteacherswillneedtrainingthemselvesonclimatescience.Hedalsoliketoseethempreparedforthepressuresthatewithteachingit. MCCAFFREY:Weveheardstoriesofstudentswholearnaboutclimatechange,andthentheygohomeandtelltheirparents.Andeverybodyisupsetbecausetheparentsaredrivingtheirkidstothesoccergame,andthekidsarefeelingguiltyaboutbeinginthecarandcontributingtothisglobalproblem.Soitdoesraisealotofvery,ve