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1、,listening time!,Get ready to face the new climatic situation,Word bank,1. storm surge 风暴潮2. poise 保持某种姿势 3. grid 管道系统网络; 电网 4. proactively 前瞻性的5. evacuation 疏散6. terrace 梯田,7. virtuous 良性的8. levee 堤9. retrofit 翻新，改型10. ventilation 通风设备11. envision 想象；预想,The all Questions:,1. What are the three pers
2、pectives from which the author think we should be prepared for the climate change? 2. What is the authors suggestion in order to better adapt to violent storms?3. Which is more critical, technology, infrastructure, or human element? Why?4. How do people in Ethiopia get through droughts?5. Why are ma
3、ny airports located on the coast?,here we go.,thiss way please!,First ,adapting to violent storms and floods,Second, preparing for heat and drought. Third, adapting to rising seas.for the first aspect if others act proactively with these changes in mind,such as building a resilient home to resist th
4、e Hurricane and some other things like that.,Q1. What are the three perspec -tives from which the author think we should be prepared for the climate change?,humans act proactively with these changes in mind,such as to build higher to allow for greater storm surge.And turn that to be an energy-effici
5、ent homes.And ues satellites and warning systems to saving lives in flood-prone areas.,Q2. What is the authors suggestion in order to better adapt to violent storms?,The human element is more critical. Because we need better planning and systems for evacuation and better understand how people make d
6、ecisions in times of crisis,Q3. Which is more critical, technology, infrastructure, or human element? Why?,In Ethiopia,70 percent of the population depends on rainfall for its livelihood.And then there are two organizations which help farmers to build hillside terraces and find other ways to conserv
7、e water.and theyre also providing for insurance when the droughts do come.,Q4. How do people in Ethiopia get through droughts?,Theres open space on the coast, the planes can take off and land without worrying about creating noise or avoiding tall buildings.,Q5. Why are many airports located on the c
8、oast?,Complete the blanks with what you hear.,New York City is_ vulnerable to storms, as you can see from this clever_, and to sea level rise, and to_surge, as you can see from the subway flooding. But back above ground, these raised ventilation grates for the subway system show that solutions can b
9、e both_and attractive. In fact, in New York, San Francisco and London, designers have envisioned ways to better integrate the natural and built _with climate change in mind.,incredibly,sign,storm,functional,environments,our summary,The Climatic situation is not optimistic nowadays. We must realize t
10、he seriousness of the problems and prepared for. To agaist the storms and floods we need higer,harder and green construct, even more better planning and systems; We can not aviod the heat and drought. Measures in Ethiopia,in Chicago can give us for good example ; and that is the same to the rising seas. There are no experts. Its up to us to look at our homes and our communities,to find ways to not just survive, but to thrive and to plan to prepare to call on our government leaders and require them to do the same. Were all learning by doing.,You are so cool!,thank you,
