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1、考研時(shí)文閱讀（18）?AttheWorldBankinWashington,officialshavepostedsomenew“helpwanted”signs.Thebankislookingforafewgoodspecialiststofocusonadaptingtoglobalwarming.It’sasmallstart,perhaps.Still,theadsrepresentonesignalthatadaptationisemergingfromthepoliticaldoghousetotakeitspla
2、ceamongthefront-rankoptionsfordealingwithclimatechange.?Atleastinthedevelopedworld,theideathatpeopleshouldstartfiguringouthowtodealwiththeprojectedeffectsofwarminghasbeenovershadowedbycallstoreducecarbon-dioxideemissions.Someenvironmentalistshaveviewedadaptationeithe
3、rasawhiteflagontheissueorasarefugeofcontrarianswhodespisethebroadconsensusthathumanactivityiswarmingtheclimate.?Butlastweek’sreleaseofareportonthescienceofglobalwarming----withitsprojectionsofwarmingbasedonemissionsalreadyintheair,aswellasonpotentialfutureemissionstr
4、ends----hashelpedunderscoretheneed.“Climatechangeishereandnow,”notesIanNoble,aseniorclimate-changespecialistattheWorldBank.“Wehavetoadapt.”?Insomecases,adaptationcanbepoliticallywrenching.Australia,forexample,isfacingtheworstdroughtinacentury.Thedrought’slengthandsev
5、erityisconsistentwithsomeprojectionsofglobalwarming,severalscientistsnote.Thenationalgovernmenthasproposedacontroversial,$2.5-billion(Australian)plantowrestcontrolofthewitheringMurray-Darlingriverbasin----thecountry’slargestriversystem---fromthefourstatesineasternAus
6、traliathatdrawwaterfromit.Meanwhile,QueenslandhasadoptedregulationsthatsincelastMarchhaverequiredeachnewhomeinthestatetodrawnearly40percentlesswaterthanpre-2006homes.Insometowns,buildingcodesspecifytheinstallationoflargeholdingtankstocaptureandstorerainforuseinthegar
7、densandtoflushtoilets.?IfAustraliarepresentsthedryendoftheadaptationspectruminthedevelopworld,NewOrleansandtheGulfCoastmaywellrepresentthewetend.TheregionisstillstrugglingtorecoverfromhurricanesKatrinaandRitain2005.Thetragedysurroundingthosetwostormsunderlinejusthowm
8、aladaptedmajorpopulationcentersintheregionaretotoday’sconditions,letalonethosethatmightholdin2050or2100,expertssay.?“Therealityisth
