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09
年
passage 4
Americans don't like to
lose
输掉
wars
战争
. Of
course
当然
, a lot depends
on
依赖于
how
you
define
定义
just
what
a
war
is.
There
are
shooting
射击
wars-
the
kind
种类
that
test
测试
patriotism
爱国主义
and
courage
勇气
-and those are the
kind at
which
the
U.S.
excels
精湛
.
But
other
struggles
挣扎
test
those
qualities
品质
too.
What else
其他的
was
the Great Depression
大萧条
or
the space race
太空竞赛
or the
construction
建造
of
the
railroads
铁路
?
If
American
indulge
in
沉溺于
a
bit
of
flag
旗帜—
when the
job is done, they earned
赢得
it.
Now
there
is
a
similar
类似的
challenge
挑战
.
Global
warming
全球变暖
.
The
steady
稳定的
deterioration(
恶化
)of the very
climate
气候
of this very
planet
星球
is
becoming
a
war
of
the
first
order
顺序
,
and
by
any
measure
以任何标准衡量
,
the
U.S.
Produces
制造
nearly
几乎
a quarter1/4 of the
world's greenhouse
温室
gases
气体
each
year
每年
and
has
stubbornly
固执
made
it
clear
使。
。
清晰
that
it
doesn't
intend
to
打算
do a
whole
全部
lot about it.
Although
尽管
174
nations
国家
approved
赞同
the
admittedly
承认的
flawed
有缺陷的
Kyoto
京都议定书
accords
to
关于
reduce
减少
carbon
碳
levels
水平
,
the
U.S.
walked
away
from
them.
There
are
vague
模糊
promises
承诺
of
manufacturing
制造
fuel
燃料
from
herbs
草
or
powering cars with
hydrogen
氢
.
But for a country that
tightly
紧紧的
cites
引用
patriotism as one of
its core
核心
values
价值观
,
the
U.S.
is
taking
a
pass
on
忽略
what
might
be
the
most
patriotic
爱国的
struggle of all. It's hard to
imagine
想象
a bigger fight
than one for the
survival
生存
of a
country's coasts
海滨
and
farms
农场
, the health of its
people
and
stability
稳定
of its
economy
经济
.
The
rub
is,
if
the
vast
大量
majority
多数
of
people
increasingly
agree
同意
that
climate change is a
global
全球的
emergency
危机
, there's
far
（形容程度）
less
agreement
on
how
to
fix
解决
it.
Industry
工业
offers
提供
its
pans,
which
too
often
would
fix
little.
Environmentalists
环保者
offer
theirs,
which
too
often
amount
to
变成，增加到
naive
天真的
wish
愿望
lists
单子
that could
weaken
削弱
American's
growth
增长
. But
let's assume
假设
that those
interested
利益相关
parties
党派
and
others will always
bent
弯腰
the
table
桌子
and will always
demand
要求
that their
voices
声音
be
heard
听见
and
that
their
needs
需求
be
addressed
提到
.
What
would
an
aggressive
有攻击性的
,
ambitious
有抱负的
,
effective
有效地
plan
计划
look
like-
one
that would leave the U.S. both
environmentally
环境的
safe
安全
and
economically
经济的
sound
优秀
?
Halting
停止
climate change
will be far harder. One of the more
conservative
保守的
plans for
addressing
解决
the problem
calls for
要求
a reduction
降低
of 25
billion
tons
吨
of
carbon
碳
emissions
排放
over the next 52
year. And yet
但是
by
devising
设想
a
consistent
持续的
strategy
策略
that
mixes
混合
and
blends
混合
pragmati
sm(
实用主义
)with
ambition
抱负
,
the
U.S.
can,
without
major
damage
破坏
to
the economy, help halt the
worst
最坏
effects
影响
of climate change
and ensure
保证
the survival of
its way of life for future
generations
后代
.
Money
钱
will do
some
of
the
work,
but
what's
needed
most
is
will
决心
.
not
saying
the
challenge
isn't
almost
over
whelming
难缠的
,
says
Fred
Krupp.
this
is
America,
and
America
has
risen
升起
to these challenges
before.
56. What does the passage mainly
discuss
讨论
?