文档介绍：THE EARTH IS BECOMING WARMER-BUT DOES IT MATTER?全球在变暖——这会带来什么影响吗？
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Skimming
Skim the title:
THE EARTH IS BECOMING WARMER – BUT DOES IT MATTER?
What is the main topic?
The earth. B. Global warming.
C. Becoming warmer doesn’t matter.
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选修六unit4课文原文和翻译
Where does this article most probably come from?
Newspaper B. Novel C. Magazine
选修六unit4课文原文和翻译
During the 20th century the temperature of the earth rose about one degree ，地球温度大约升了华氏1度。That probably does not seem much to you or me, but it is a rapid increase when compared to other natural ，但是跟其他自然变化相比较而言，这却是一种快速的增长。So how has this come about and does it matter?那么，这种温度的增长是怎么产生的呢？会产生什么影响呢？Earth Care’s Sophie Armstrong explores these questions. “关爱地球”组织的索菲·阿姆斯特朗就在探究这些问题。
compared to 与....比较；把...比作... come about 产生
选修六unit4课文原文和翻译
come about
come about: take place; happen表示“发
生、产生”，多指事情已经发生了，但
还不知道为什么，常用于疑问句和否定
句, 例:
When Mother woke up, she didn’t
know what had come about.
I’ll never understand how it came about
that you were late three times a week.
选修六unit4课文原文和翻译
Who wrote the article?
What is the name of the magazine?
Skim the first paragraph:
Sophie Armstrong
Earth Care
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There is no doubt that the earth is becoming warmer (see Graph 1) and that it is human activity that has caused this global warming rather than a random but natural ，地球是在变暖（见表一，略），而地球变暖正是人类活动导致而成的，并非是一种无规律的自然现象。
选修六unit4课文原文和翻译
…it is human activity that has caused this global warming rather than a random but natural phenomenon.
a random but natural 修饰phenomenon，译为 “随意的自然的现象”，but起一个
语气转折的作用，可不译出。
选修六unit4课文原文和翻译
rather than 而不是……
She is a career woman rather than a housewife.
她是职业妇女而不是家庭主妇。
rather than 在更大程度上
These are political rather than social matters.
与其说这些是社会问题，不如说是
政治问题。
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Part II(Para2-3)
Everyone believes that global warming is caused by the activ