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OldProblem，New Approaches

       While clean energy isincreasingly used in our daily life，global warning will continue for some decades after CO2emissions（排放）peak. Soeven if emission were to begin decrease today，we would still face the challenge of adapting to climate. Here Iwill stress some smarter and more creative examples of climate adaptation.

       When it comes toadaptation，it isimportant to understand that climate change is a process. We are therefore nottalking about adapting to a new standard，but to a constantly shifting set of conditions. This is why in partat least，the USNational Climate Assessment says that:”there is no ‘one-size fit all’adaptation.” Nevertheless，there are some actions that offer much and carry little risk orcost.

      Around the world people are adapting in surprising ways，especially in some poor countries，Floods have some more damaging inBangladesh in recent decades. Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others sawonly disaster. His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serveras floating libraries，scbools，and health clinics，and are equipment with solar panels and other communicationfacilities. Rezwan is creating floating connecticity（连体） to replace flooded roads andhighways. But he is also working at a far more fundamental level：his staff people how to makefloating gardens fish ponds prevent atarcation during the wet season.

Around the world, people are adapting insurprising ways, especially in some poor countries, Fllods have become moredamaging in Bangladesh in recent decades. Mobammed Rezwan saw opportunily whereothers saw only disaster. His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boatsthat serve as floating libraries, schoods, and health clinics, and are equippedwith solar panels and other communicating facilities. Rezwan is creatingfloating conmetivity（连接） to replace flooded roads and highways. But he is also working at afar more fundamental level: his staff show people how to make floating gardensand fish ponds to prevent starvation during the wet season.

Elsewhere in Asia even more astonishingactions are being taken. Chewang. Nophel lives in a mountaionous region inIndia, where he is known as the Ice Man. The loss of glaciers(冰川) there due to global warmingrepresents an enormous threat to agriculture. Without the glaciers, water willarrive in the rivers at times when it can damage crops. Norphel’s inspirationcome from seeing the waste of water over winter, when it was not needed. Hedirected the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was storeduntil the spring. His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation(灌溉) water. Having created nine suchice reserves. Nophel calculates that he has stored about 200, 000m3  of water. Climate change is acontinuing process, so Norhel’s ice reserves will not last forever. Warmingwill overtake them. But he is providing a few years during which the farmerswill, perhaps, be able to find other means of adapting.

Increasing Earth’s reflectiveness can cool the planet. In southernSpain the sudden increase of greenhouses (which reflect light back to space)has changed the warming trend locally, and actually cooled the region. WhileSpain as a whole is heating up quickly, temperatures near the greenhouses havedecreased. This example should act as an inspiration for all cities. Bypainting buildings white, cities may slow down the warming process.

In Peni, local farmers around a mountain with a glacier that hasalready fallen victim to climate change have begun painting the entire mountainpeak white in the hope that the added reflectiveness will restore thelife-giving ice. The outcome is still far from clear, But the World Bank hasincluded the project on its of ‘100 ideas to save the planet”.

More ordinary forms of adaptation are happening everywhere. A friendof mine owns an area of land in western Victoria. Over five generations theland has been too wet for cropping. But during the past decade decliningrainfall has allows him to plant highly profitable crops. Farmers in many countriesare also adapting like this—either by growing new produce, or by growing thesame things differently. This is common sense, But some suggestions foradapting are not. When the polluting industries argue that we’ve lost thebattle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt, it’s anonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.

Human beings will continue to adapt to thechanging climate in both ordinary and astonishing ways. But the most sensibleform of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbonpollution. After all, if we adapt in the way, we may avoid the need to changein so many others.

65. The underlined part in Paragraph 2 implies        .

A. adaptation is an ever-changing process

B. the cost of adaptation varies with time

C. global warming affects adaptation forms

D. adaptation to climate change ischallenging

66. What is special with regard to Rezwan’s project?

A. The project receives government support.

B. Different organizations work with eachother.

C. His organization makes the best of a badsituation.

D. The project connects flooded roads andhighways.

67. What did the Ice Man do to reduce the effect of global warming?

A. Storing ice for future use.

B. Protecting the glaciers from melting.

C. Changing the irrigation time.

D. Postponing the melting of the glaciers.

68. What do we learn from the Peru example?

A. White paint is usually safe forbuildings.

B. The global warming tread cannot bestopped.

C. This country is heating up too quickly.

D. Sunlight reflection may relieve globalwarming.

69. According to the author, polluting industries should       .

A. adapt to carbon pollution

B. plant highly profitable crops

C. leave carbon emission alone

D. fight against carbon pollution

70. What’s the author’s preferred solution to global warming?

A. setting up a new standard.

B. Readucing carbon emission.

C. Adapting to climate change.

D. Monitoring polluting industries.