精品文檔2016全新精品資料全新公文范文全程指導(dǎo)寫作獨(dú)家原創(chuàng)1/5英語(yǔ)美文欣賞2900字大眾媒體關(guān)于全球變暖無(wú)休止的恐怖報(bào)道使我們產(chǎn)生了不必要的恐慌。THECONTINUOUSPRESENTATIONOFSCARYSTORIESABOUTGLOBALWARMINGINTHEPOPULARMEDIAMAKESUSUNNECESSARILYFRIGHTENED更糟糕的是，這嚇壞了我們的孩子們。ALGORE曾對(duì)這樣一個(gè)場(chǎng)景做過(guò)著名的描述海平面上升20英尺之后，佛羅里達(dá)、紐約、荷蘭以及上海將幾乎全部被淹沒于海底。ALGOREFAMOUSLYDEPICTEDHOWASEALEVELRISEOF20FEETWOULDALMOSTCOMPLETELYFLOODFLORIDA,NEWYORK,HOLLAND,ANDSHANGHAI,盡管聯(lián)合國(guó)聲明，這樣的事情不會(huì)發(fā)生，并且預(yù)測(cè)海平面的上升幅度將小于其描述的20倍。EVENTHOUGHTHEUNITEDNATIONSSAYSTHATSUCHATHINGWILLNOTEVENHAPPEN,ESTIMATINGTHATSEALEVELSWILLRISE20TIMESLESSTHANTHAT面對(duì)這些夸張的說(shuō)法，我們當(dāng)中有些人認(rèn)為它們都是出于好意。WHENCONFRONTEDWITHTHESEEXAGGERATIONS,SOMEOFUSSAYTHATTHEYAREFORAGOODCAUSE,當(dāng)然，如果我們因此而更加關(guān)注如何應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化的話，那自然沒有什么精品文檔2016全新精品資料全新公文范文全程指導(dǎo)寫作獨(dú)家原創(chuàng)2/5ANDSURELYTHEREISNOHARMDONEIFTHERESULTISTHATWEFOCUSEVENMOREONTACKLINGCLIMATECHANGE這一論點(diǎn)是個(gè)驚人的謬誤。THISARGUMENTISASTONISHINGLYWRONG此類的夸大其詞會(huì)產(chǎn)生諸多危害。SUCHEXAGGERATIONSDOPLENTYOFHARM過(guò)度擔(dān)心全球變暖意味著我們會(huì)對(duì)其他我們本可以大有作為的事情關(guān)注更少。WORRYINGEXCESSIVELYABOUTGLOBALWARMINGMEANSTHATWEWORRYLESSABOUTOTHERTHINGS,WHEREWECOULDDOSOMUCHMOREGOOD例如我們關(guān)注全球變暖對(duì)瘧疾擴(kuò)散的影響即未來(lái)100年中染上瘧疾風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的人數(shù)會(huì)有小幅增加卻沒有積極地為今天5億因?yàn)榀懠捕馐芡纯嗟娜巳禾峁?yīng)對(duì)瘧疾的預(yù)防和治療辦法，而后者遠(yuǎn)比減少二氧化碳排放要省錢和有效得多。WEFOCUS,FOREXAMPLE,ONGLOBALWARMINGSIMPACTONMALARIA瘧疾WHICHWILLPUTSLIGHTLYMOREPEOPLEATRISKIN100YEARSINSTEADOFTACKLINGTHEHALFABILLIONPEOPLESUFFERINGFROMMALARIATODAYWITHPREVENTIONANDTREATMENTPOLICIESTHATAREMUCHCHEAPERANDDRAMATICALLYMOREEFFECTIVE精品文檔2016全新精品資料全新公文范文全程指導(dǎo)寫作獨(dú)家原創(chuàng)3/5THANCARBONREDUCTIONWOULDBEEXAGGERATIONALSOWEARSOUTTHEPUBLICSWILLINGNESSTOTACKLEGLOBALWARMING人們會(huì)想，如果地球注定會(huì)毀滅，我們?yōu)槭裁催€要做這些努力呢IFTHEPLANETISDOOMED,PEOPLEWONDER,WHYDOANYTHING54這一比例之高，前所未有的美國(guó)選民認(rèn)為目前新聞媒體將全球變暖描述得比實(shí)際情況更加糟糕。ARECORD54OFAMERICANVOTERSNOWBELIEVETHENEWSMEDIAMAKEGLOBALWARMINGAPPEARWORSETHANITREALLYIS大部分人現(xiàn)在還錯(cuò)誤地相信全球變暖甚至并不是由人類活動(dòng)所導(dǎo)致的。AMAJORITYOFPEOPLENOWBELIEVEINCORRECTLYTHATGLOBALWARMINGISNOTEVENCAUSEDBYHUMANS們當(dāng)中，造成了不必要的驚慌。BUTTHEWORSTCOSTOFEXAGGERATION,IBELIEVE,ISTHEUNNECESSARYALARMTHATITCAUSESPARTICULARLY精品文檔2016全新精品資料全新公文范文全程指導(dǎo)寫作獨(dú)家原創(chuàng)4/5AMONGCHILDREN華盛頓郵報(bào)的一篇文章中提到，一位9歲的孩子ALYSSA為動(dòng)物有可能因全球變暖而大量滅絕而傷心哭泣。ANARTICLEINTHEWASHINGTONPOSTCITEDNINEYEAROLDALYSSA,WHOCRIESABOUTTHEPOSSIBILITYOFMASSANIMALEXTINCTIONFROMGLOBALWARMING該報(bào)紙還報(bào)道了父母?jìng)冋趯で笥行У姆椒ㄒ跃徑馑麄?歲的孩子由于北極熊面臨絕種而造成的困擾。THENEWSPAPERALSOREPORTEDTHATPARENTSARESEARCHINGFOR“PRODUCTIVE”O(jiān)UTLETSFORTHEIREIGHTYEAROLDSOBSESSIONS憂心忡忡WITHDYINGPOLARBEARS其實(shí)他們可以做得更好，那便是教育孩子們，讓他們知道，與我們平時(shí)所認(rèn)定的正相反，北極熊的數(shù)量在過(guò)去的半個(gè)世紀(jì)里已經(jīng)增加了一倍，甚至增加了三倍，達(dá)到了大約22000。THEYMIGHTBEBETTEROFFEDUCATINGTHEMANDLETTINGTHEMKNOWTHAT,CONTRARYTOCOMMONBELIEF,THEGLOBALPOLARBEARPOPULATIONHASDOUBLEDANDPERHAPSEVENQUADRUPLED成為四倍OVERTHEPAST精品文檔2016全新精品資料全新公文范文全程指導(dǎo)寫作獨(dú)家原創(chuàng)5/5HALFCENTURY,