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Recently the Gallup Organization released its findings about public opinion
Recently the Gallup Organization released its findings about public opinion
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2024-05-20
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Recently the Gallup Organization released its findings about public opinion on global warming. It’s not good news for activists, Fully 48% of respondents believe that the threat of climate change is exaggerated, up from 31% in 1999. In keeping with this wishful thinking, more Americans believe that scientists have greater doubts about climate change (not true) while fewer Americans think that the effects of global warming are already being felt. In sum, you can say that fewer Americans are worried about the environment when it really counts.
You can mark this down to crisis fatigue. We certainly are feeling that about the Gulf oil spill, where a general sense of gloom prevails over viable (可实施的) calls to action. Is the whole planet going to be like that one day,a state of perpetual disaster? Or are we seeing ourselves in Nature’s mirror? If it is the latter—and I think it is—we don’t have to feel so paralyzed.
For centuries,human beings looked at Nature as basically a source of endless abundance. We were supposed to be the stewards (管理员) of Nature .taking care of it as it provided for us. What did this say about human nature? That we were the favored species in Creation,that all other creatures were lesser, and that we had every reason to be optimistic about the future. Nature, like God, was infinite in its ability to sustain us.
Today all those beliefs have been seriously eroded. Few people seriously connect the ecology with a divine creation. The ecology is a vast system governed by finite laws. Rather than acting as stewards,we ruthlessly plunder (掠夺) the limited resources that remain. Even the threat of outright catastrophe doesn’t cause us to change our ways. Yet as we grab more and more from the feast table, people are not in a festive mood. They feel quite depressed and anxious about Nature. (In relation to the Gulf oil spill, for example, about half of Americans believe that the affected beaches will never return to their former clean state, while almost 60% believe that the damaged animal populations will never return to their old numbers. ) Clearly,the present state of belief can’t be endured forever—never-ending gloom can only lead to more numbness,denial,and helplessness.
The question, then, is whether a new set of beliefs about Nature can emerge. The old religious-based values are not going to return. The only answer is to look in the mirror again and see who we really are. We are also capable of empathy,bonded at a basic level, gifted with foreknowledge of the future , and imbued with love of the natural world. Finding God within ourselves offers a new way. Every step on that path reduces our destructive effect on Nature and brings us closer to loving union with her. [br] What do the Americans think of the Gulf oil spill?
选项
A、They believe the damage of Gulf oil spill can’t be repaired.
B、Most of them are optimistic about the future of the beach.
C、Their deep depression can last for quite a long time.
D、They haven’t realized and foreseen the potential harm.
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。本题考查的是美国人对墨西哥湾漏油事件的态度的理解,从原文中的never return这两个关键词中可以看出美国人悲观的情绪,A)“美国人认为漏油事件的危害是无法挽回的”,为本题答案。B)“美国人对海岸的未来持乐观的态度”,与原文说到的美国人感觉被污染的海岸再也无法回到当初的样子的观点相反,故排除;C)“现在沮丧的状态将会持续很长一段时间”,和原文中提到的“现在的低沉的状态不会持续很久”意思相反,故排除;D)“美国人根本没有意识和预见到潜在的灾难”,与原文中说明美国人悲观情绪的信息不符合,故排除。
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