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globalwarming/greenhouseeffect/emissionsofCO2
PartIITheEarthatrisk(I)
A.Keys:
1.
a.Morepeoplemorefirewood----fewertrees
b.Moredomesticanimalsmoreplants—feweravailable
plants
a,b--Moredesert----movesouthdesrttexpanding
south----nograss
2.Growingcropsstabilizesoil,withoutthemthetopsoiljustblowsaway.Butifthereisn'
tenoughrainthecropsdon'
tgrow.
3.Peopletrytogrowfoodtosupportthemselvesortocreaterancheswherecattlecanberaised,ortogethardwoodforexport,ortomakewayforanironoremine
SaharaDesert
NorthAmerica&
mostofEurope
3:
topsoilblowingaway
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tropicalforestsdestruction
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animal/plantspeciesbecomingextinet
6:
climatechangeforthewholeworld
PartIIITheEarthatrisk(II)
Treeswouldholdrainfallintheirroots.Whenforestsinthehigherup-riverhavebeendestroyed,alltherainthatfallsinthemonsoonseasonflowsstraightintotheriverandstartstheflooding.
Heimpliesthatsomenationalgovernmentsjustconsidertheresultsoftheirpoliciesinthenearfuture,orjustthinkasfaraheadasthenextelection.
floodinginBangladesh
Actiontobetaken
populationcontrol
PartIVMoreaboutthetopic:
TheEffectsofGlobalWarming
Keys:
Warmingupoftheworld
Effectsofglobal
reducedpotentialforfoodproduction
changeofpatternsofhear-relatedfoodpoisoning,etc.
PartVDoyouknow…?
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thekettle10:
tothebrim
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hotfood
Tapescript
B.
1.TheAmazonforestsaredisappearingbecauseofincreasedburningandtreeremoval.InSeptember,satellitepicturesshowedmorethan20000firesburningintheAmazon.Expertssaymostofthesefiresweresetbyfarmers.Thefarmerswereattemptingtoclearlandtogrowcrops.TheWorldWildlifeFundsaysanotherseriousproblemisthattoomanytreesintheAmazonrainforestarebeingcutdown.TheWorldWildlifeFundsaysthefiresshowtheneedforurgentinternationalactiontoprotecttheworld'
srainforests.Thegroupwarnsthatwithoutsuchactionsomeforestscouldbelostforever.
2.EnvironmentalissuesswelltothefullinBerlinthisweek,fortheUNspongsoredconferenceonglobalwarmingandclimatechangeisthefirstsuchmeetingsincetheRiosummitthreeyearsago.WithscientistsandgovernmentsnowgenerallyreadytoacceptthattheearthclimateisbeingaffectedbyemissionsofCO2andothergreenhousegases,overahundredcountriesaresendingdelegations.ButhowmuchprogresshasbeenmadeimplementingthegreenhousegasreductiontargetagreedonatRio?
SimonDaryreports...
I(Interviewer):
BrianCowlesistheproducerofanewseriesofdocumentariescalled"
TheEarthatRisk"
whichcanbeseenonChannel4laterthismonth.Eachprogramdealswithadifferentcontinent,doesn'
tit,Brian?
B(BrianCowles):
That'
sright.WewenttoAmerica,bothNorthandSouthandthenwewentovertoAfricaandSouth-EastAsia.
I:
Andwhatdidyoufindineachofthesecontinents?
B:
StartingwithAfrica,ourfilmshowstheimpactofthepopulationonthe
environment.Generallyspeaking,thishascausedtheSaharaDeserttoexpand.It'
sa
bitofaviciouscirclewefind.Peoplecutdowntreesforfirewoodandtheirdomesticanimalseatalltheavailableplants—andsoconsequentlytheyhavetomovesouthastheSaharaDesertexpandsfurthersouth.Imean,soonthewholeofMaliwillbecomeadesert.AndinEastAfrica:
herethegrasslandsaresupportingtoomanyanimalsandtheresultis,ofcourse,there'
snogras—nothingfortheanimalstoeat.I:
Isee.AndthenextfilmdealswithNorthAmerica?
sright.IntheUSA,asyouknow,intensiveagriculturerequiresaplentiful
supplyofrainforthesecropstogrow,Imeanifthereisn'
tgrow.Andgrowingcropsstabilizesoil,withoutthemthetopsoiljustblowsaway.Thisisalsotrueforanyregionthatisintenselyfarmed—mostofEurope,forexample.
AndwhatdidyoufindinSouthAmerica?
InSouthAmerica(asinCentralAfricaandSouthernAsia)tropicalforestsare
beingcutdownatanalarmingrate.ThisisdonesothatpeoplecansupportthemselvesbygrowingfoodortocreaterancheswherecattlecanberaisedtobeexportedtoEuropeorAmericaastinnedmeat.Theproblemisthatthesoilissopoorthatonlyacoupleofharvestsare