（本節目使用的音頻資源于2023年3月下旬發表。）

聯合國秘書長安東尼奧·古特雷斯將一份有關氣候變化的重要新報告稱為 “人類生存指南”。

There is some good news in today's report. The scientists point out that the costs of many key, low-carbon technologies: solar power, wind turbines, and batteries have fallen dramatically in just the last decade.

今日發布的這份報告中有一些好 消息：科學家們在報告中指出，太陽能、風力發電機和電池等許多關鍵低碳技術的成本在過去十年中大幅下降。

And they say, we can all take action on climate: eating a bit less meat, and walking and cycling a bit more will cut our emissions and make us healthier, they say.

科學家們表示，我們每個人都可以采取行動幫助應對氣候問題。比如，少吃一點肉、多走路、騎自行車可以減少溫室氣體排放，同時也有益健康。

But for many observers, the really worrying aspect of today's report is the reliance it places on new technologies to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The scientists say these will be needed to keep temperatures down in virtually all the scenarios they looked at.

但對許多觀察家來說，這份報告中提出的一個應對氣候變化的方法著實令人擔憂，即依賴新技術吸除大氣中的二氧化碳。科學家們表示，在他們研究的、幾乎所有可能發生的情況下，都需要這些新技術來控制氣溫的升幅。

The problem is these technologies are at a very early stage of development and are still very expensive. Given the urgency of the challenge the report says we face, that is not encouraging.

問題是這些技術還處于開發的早期階段，依然非常昂貴。鑒于報告中提到我們所面臨的氣候挑戰迫在眉睫，新技術依然昂貴的現狀并不容樂觀。

詞匯表

dramatically 明顯地，夸張地
emissions 排放
reliance 依賴
suck 抽，吸
virtually 幾乎
scenarios 局面，可能發生的情況

閱讀理解：請在讀完上文后，回答下列問題。

1. Which key, low-carbon technologies have dropped dramatically in cost over the last decade?

2. What examples of action people can take to help the climate are mentioned in the report?

3. What new technologies are needed to keep temperatures down?

4. What is the problem with these new carbon dioxide sucking technologies?

答案

1. Which key, low-carbon technologies have dropped dramatically in cost over the last decade?

The costs of solar power, wind turbines, and batteries have fallen dramatically in just the last decade. 

2. What examples of action people can take to help the climate are mentioned in the report?

The report says we can all eat a bit less meat, and walk and cycle a bit more.

3. What new technologies are needed to keep temperatures down?

New technologies to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are needed to keep temperatures down in virtually all the scenarios scientists looked at.

4. What is the problem with these new carbon dioxide sucking technologies?

The problem is these technologies are at a very early stage of development and are still very expensive.