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earthquakefloodsdroughtsWhatismainlydiscussedinthepassage?A.Whathascausedtheglobalwarmingandwhetheritmatters.B.Whateffectsoftheglobalwarmingwillbe.C.Howserioustheglobalwarmingcouldbe.D.Whattheglobalwarmingis.Readingtips—skimthetitleandPara1:Title:THEEARTHISBECOMINGWARMER–BUTDOESITMATTER?Para1:…howhasthiscomeaboutanddoesitmatter?happenReadandunderlinethetopicsentencesofeachparagraph.Para.1Sohowhasthiscomeaboutanddoesitmatter?Para.2…thatitishumanactivitythathascausedthisglobalwarmingratherthanarandombutnaturalphenomenon.Para.3Allscientistssubscribetotheviewthattheincreaseintheearth’stemperatureisduetotheburningoffossilfuelslike….Para.4…thelevelsofcarbondioxidehaveincreasedgreatlyoverthelast100to150years.Para.5…itistheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelsthathasresultedinthisincreaseincarbondioxide.Para.6…theattitudesofscientiststowardsthisrisearecompletelydifferent.Para.7Nooneknowstheeffectsofglobalwarming.Doesthatmeanweshoulddonothing?agreeledtoHowhasthiscomeaboutanddoesitmatter?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..globalwarmingPara.2Humanactivityhascausedglobalwarming.Para.3Theincreaseoftemperatureisduetotheburningoffossilfuels.Para.4Thelevelsofcarbondioxidehaveincreasedgreatly.Para.5Theburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelshasresultedintheincreaseofcarbondioxide.=Thisincreaseincarbondioxidehasresultedfromtheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuels.Theattitudesofscientiststo/towardstheriseDrFosterGeorgeHamblyAttitudeReasonsThetrendwhichincreasethetemperatureby5degreeswouldbeacatastrophe.Theyareopposedtotheviewandbelievethatweshouldnotworryabouthighlevelsofcarbondioxideintheair.Theremaybeariseofseveralmetersinthesealevel,orpredictseverestorms,floodsdroughts,famines,thespreadofdiseaseandthedisappearanceofspecies.Itwillmakeplantsgrowquicker;cropswillproducemore;Itwillencourageagreaterrangeofanimals-allofwhichwillmakelifeforhumanbeingsbetter.Theauthorprobablyagreesthat_______A.actuallyglobalwarmingisgoodforman.B.weshoulddonothingabouttheglobalwarming.C.catastropheswillhappeniftheglobekeepsonwarming.D.alotremainstobefoundoutabouttheeffectsofglobalwarming.Choices:todosth.ornot1.Itistheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelslikecoal,naturalgasandoilthatisresultinginthisincreaseintheearth’stemperature.2.Theearthisbecomingwarmer.3.Anincreaseoffivedegreesintheamountofwarmingwouldbeacatastrophe.4.Anywarmingwillbemildwithfewbadenvironmentalconsequences.5.Greenhousegasescontinuetobuildupintheatmosphere.FactorOpinion?(O)(F)(O)(O)(F)WhatisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Theriseincarbondioxideiscausinganincreaseinglobalwarming.B.Everyonebelievesthatglobalwarmingiscausedbytheactivitiesofhuman.C.GeorgeHambleybelievesthatglobalwarmingwilldogoodtotheearth.D.Itisclearwhattheeffectsofglobalwarmingwillbe.DiscussionShouldwedosomethingornothingabouttheglobalwarming?Why?StepVSummaryTheearthisbecomingwarmingandallscientists_____________theviewthattheincreaseintheearth’stemperatureisduetotheburningof_____________.Some__________ofthisprocessarecalled________________,themostimportantoneofwhichis__________________.Weneedthesegases,buttheproblembeginswhenweaddhuge_______________extracarbondioxideintotheatmosphere.Itmeansthatmoreheatenergy________tobetrappedintheatmospherecausingtheglobaltemperatureto___________.AscientistcalledCharlesKeelingfoundthatthecarbondioxideintheatmospherewentupfromaroundsubscribetofuelsgreenhousegasesbyproductscarbondioxidequantitiesoftendsgoupfossil315partstoaround370parts________millionin40years.Allscientistsacceptthedateandagreetheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelshas_____________thisincrease.However,theattitudeofscientiststowardsthisriseiscompletelydifferent.Ontheonehand,Dr.Fosterthinksthatthe__________whichincreasesthetemperatureby5degreeswouldbea_____________.Ontheotherhand,GeorgeHambley,who_________________thisview,believethatweshouldnotworryabouthighlevelsofcarbondioxideintheair.Theypredictthatanywarmingwillbe________withfewbadenvironmental_____________.Butnoonereallyknowstheeffectsofglobalwarming.perresultedintrendcatastropheareopposedtomildconsequencesThankyou!1.Whatis“greenhousegases”?Somebyproductsofthisprocessarecalled“greenhouse”gases,themostimportantoneofwhichiscarbondioxide.2.Whatisthegreenhouseeffect?Smallamountsofgreenhousegases____________________andtherefore_____________,whichiscalled________________.trapheatfromthesunwarmtheearthgreenhouseeffect3.Whatistheproblem?