1. Maldives is an archipelago country, which consists of 1,200 islands, in the Indian Ocean. It is best-known for its picturesque scenery:　White beach, swaying palm trees, colorful corals and abundant sunshine.

　　80 percent of average elevation of Maldives is lower than one meter. If the sea level keeps on rising for global climate change, this beautiful paradise might disappear underneath the sea water sooner or later.

作為一個島國，馬爾代夫由分布在印度洋的1200個小島組成。它以風光如畫著稱：白沙灘，搖擺的棕櫚樹，多彩的珊瑚，充足的陽光。

　　2. Cherrapunji, India, 1,290 meters above sea level, receives the most largest annual rainfall in the world. But 98 percent of the local rainfall comes from March to October every year, and the left four months only the climate will become rather dry. There is no reservoir for the rainwater storage there. Also for recent global climate change, environmental pollution, deforestation and soil erosion, the locals even can’t get enough water for life in the dry season.

印度的乞拉朋齊，海拔高度1290米，每年的降水量全球最高。但每年98%的降水量集中在三月到十月期間，剩下的四個月氣候非常干燥。哪里沒有水庫可以存水。同樣也無法應對最近全球的氣候變化，環境污染，過度砍伐，水土流失，當地人在干旱時期甚至得不到足夠水來維持正常生活。

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