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1、ThedayaftertomorrowYouseehowit'sdone?Yeah,IthinkIgotthehangofit.Youbetter.Thebosswillchewmyheadoffifthesecoresgetmessedup.Don'tworry.We'reat26feet.YouletJasonoperatethedrill?Yeah,hecanhandleit.Ididn'tdoanything.Givemeyourhand!Letgoofthedrill!Forgetit,Jack!It'stoolate!You'r
2、enotgonnamakeit!Jack!Jack!Givemeyourhand!I'vegotyou!Whatwereyouthinking?-What'shappening?-Thewholedamnshelfisbreakingoff!That'swhat'shappening!Wefoundevidenceofacataclysmicclimateshift,whichoccurred10,000yearsago.Theconcentrationofthesenaturalgreenhousegasesintheicecores..
3、....indicatesthatrunawaywarmingpushedEarthintoaniceage......whichlastedtwocenturies.I'mconfused.Ithoughtyouweretalkingaboutglobalwarming,notaniceage.Yes,itisaparadox,butglobalwarmingcantriggeracoolingtrend.Letmeexplain.TheNorthernHemisphereowesitsclimatetotheNorthAtlanticC
4、urrent.Heatfromthesunarrivesattheequatorandiscarriednorthbytheocean.Butglobalwarmingismeltingthepolaricecapsanddisruptingthisflow.Eventuallyitwillshutdown.Andwhenthatoccurs......theregoesourwarmclimate.Excuseme.Whendoyouthinkthiscouldhappen,professor?When?Idon'tknow.Maybei
5、n100years,maybein1,000.ButwhatIdoknowis......thatifwedonotactsoon,ourchildrenandgrandchildrenwillhavetopaytheprice.Andwho'sgoingtopaythepriceoftheKyotoAccord?Itwouldcosttheworld'seconomyhundredsofbillionsofdollars.Withallduerespect,Mr.VicePresident,thecostofdoingnothingcou
6、ldbeevenhigher.Ourclimateisfragile.Attheratewe'reburningfossilfuelsandpollutingtheenvironment......theicecapswillsoondisappear.ProfessorHall......oureconomyiseverybitasfragileastheenvironment.Perhapsyoushouldkeepthatinmindbeforemakingsensationalistclaims.Well,thelastchunko
7、ficethatbrokeoff......wasaboutthesizeofRhodelsland.Somepeoplemightcallthatprettysensational.Stopglobalwarming!Stopglobalwarming!I'mattheGlobalWarmingConferenceinNewDelhi......where,ifyoucanbelieveit,it'ssnowing.Thecoldestweatheronrecordhasthrownthecityintochaos......withnu
8、mbersofhomelesspeoplefreezingtodeath.Taxi!Ienjoyedyourtestimony,professor.Itwasveryspirit