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Welcome earthquake floods droughts Theearthisbecomingwarmer Theearthisbecomingwarmer butdoesitmatter Whatismainlydiscussedinthepassage A Whathascausedtheglobalwarmingandwhetheritmatters B Whateffectsoftheglobalwarmingwillbe C Howserioustheglobalwarmingcouldbe D Whattheglobalwarmingis Readingtips skimthetitleandPara1 Title THEEARTHISBECOMINGWARMER BUTDOESITMATTER Para1 howhasthiscomeaboutanddoesitmatter happen Readandunderlinethetopicsentencesofeachparagraph Para 1Sohowhasthiscomeaboutanddoesitmatter Para 2 thatitishumanactivitythathascausedthisglobalwarmingratherthanarandombutnaturalphenomenon Para 3Allscientistssubscribetotheviewthattheincreaseintheearth stemperatureisduetotheburningoffossilfuelslike Para 4 thelevelsofcarbondioxidehaveincreasedgreatlyoverthelast100to150years Para 5 itistheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelsthathasresultedinthisincreaseincarbondioxide Para 6 theattitudesofscientiststowardsthisrisearecompletelydifferent Para 7Nooneknowstheeffectsofglobalwarming Doesthatmeanweshoulddonothing agree ledto Howhasthiscomeaboutanddoesitmatter What sthequestionthathasconfusedusalot Whowrotethemagazinearticle What sthenameofthemagazine SophieArmstrong EarthCare Readingtips InEnglish somenounsbeginwithacapitalletter 大写字母 suchasnamesofpeopleandplaces titles 标题 ofmagazines newspapers storiesandbooks people stitles 头衔 etc PartI globalwarming PartII Para 2Humanactivityhascausedglobalwarming Para 3Theincreaseoftemperatureisduetotheburningoffossilfuels Para 4Thelevelsofcarbondioxidehaveincreasedgreatly Para 5Theburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelshasresultedintheincreaseofcarbondioxide Thisincreaseincarbondioxidehasresultedfromtheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuels Theattitudesofscientiststo towardstherise PartIII Thetrendwhichincreasethetemperatureby5degreeswouldbeacatastrophe Theyareopposedtotheviewandbelievethatweshouldnotworryabouthighlevelsofcarbondioxideintheair Theremaybeariseofseveralmetersinthesealevel orpredictseverestorms floodsdroughts famines thespreadofdiseaseandthedisappearanceofspecies Itwillmakeplantsgrowquicker cropswillproducemore Itwillencourageagreaterrangeofanimals allofwhichwillmakelifeforhumanbeingsbetter Theauthorprobablyagreesthat A actuallyglobalwarmingisgoodforman B weshoulddonothingabouttheglobalwarming C catastropheswillhappeniftheglobekeepsonwarming D alotremainstobefoundoutabouttheeffectsofglobalwarming PartIV Choices todosth ornot Itistheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelslikecoal naturalgasandoilthatisresultinginthisincreaseintheearth stemperature 2 Theearthisbecomingwarmer 3 Anincreaseoffivedegreesintheamountofwarmingwouldbeacatastrophe 4 Anywarmingwillbemildwithfewbadenvironmentalconsequences 5 Greenhousegasescontinuetobuildupintheatmosphere FactorOpinion O F O O F WhatisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage Theriseincarbondioxideiscausinganincreaseinglobalwarming B Everyonebelievesthatglobalwarmingiscausedbytheactivitiesofhuman C GeorgeHambleybelievesthatglobalwarmingwilldogoodtotheearth D Itisclearwhattheeffectsofglobalwarmingwillbe Discussion Shouldwedosomethingornothingabouttheglobalwarming Why StepVSummary Theearthisbecomingwarmingandallscientists theviewthattheincreaseintheearth stemperatureisduetotheburningof Some ofthisprocessarecalled themostimportantoneofwhichis Weneedthesegases buttheproblembeginswhenweaddhuge extracarbondioxideintotheatmosphere Itmeansthatmoreheatenergy tobetrappedintheatmospherecausingtheglobaltemperatureto AscientistcalledCharlesKeelingfoundthatthecarbondioxideintheatmospherewentupfromaround subscribeto fuels greenhousegases byproducts carbondioxide quantitiesof tends goup fossil 315partstoaround370parts millionin40years Allscientistsacceptthedateandagreetheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelshas thisincrease However theattitudeofscientiststowardsthisriseiscompletelydifferent Ontheonehand Dr Fosterthinksthatthe whichincreasesthetemperatureby5degreeswouldbea Ontheotherhand GeorgeHambley who thisview believethatweshouldnotworryabouthighlevelsofcarbondioxideintheair Theypredictthatanywarmingwillbe withfewbadenvironmental Butnoonereallyknowstheeffectsofglobalwarming per resultedin trend catastrophe areopposedto mild consequences Thankyou 1 Whatis greenhousegases Somebyproductsofthisprocess