Philosophy and Science together. How far should we go technologically to prepare to save the planet in a worst case climate change scenario?
Stephen Gardiner: Associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Program on Values in Society at the University of Washington, Seattle, and author of A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change.
重點詞匯：
1、Sulphate：硫酸鹽
2、on the table：floating around, out there, available
3、traction：power of pulling something 牽引力
4、particles：tiny little things, particulate matters
5、stratosphere：an area in the sky which is above the atmosphere 平流層
6、incoming：coming in
7、sunlight：light from the sun
8、mechanism：how a machine works 機制
9、volcanoes：a fire mountain
10、erupt：a mountain breaks open
11、temporarily：in just a short time
問題：
1、Where are the really amazing ideas for dealing with climate change?
2、What does the most popular idea have more of than the others?
3、Whereabouts do we shoot the sulphate particles?
4、Why do scientists think the sulphate particles will work?
5、Will the solution be long term or short term?
答案:
1、The really amazing ideas for dealing with climate change are a number of things on the table as possibilities to explore .
2、The most popular idea, which has the most traction with scientists is shooting sulphate particles into the stratosphere to block incoming sunlight so as to cool down the surface of the planet.
3、We shoot the sulphate particles in to the stratosphere.
4、Scientists think the sulphate particles will work because its basic mechanism is similar to that when a volcano erupts.
5、The solution will be short term just temporarily because sulphate particles will wash out over a couple of years.