​Local Climate Change Film

Local Climate Change Film Launched to Raise Awareness

正负二度 C 首映　正视地球暖化事实

A locally produced documentary meant to warn people of the threats climate change poses to Taiwan and the world premiered in Taipei on February 22. Ahead of the preview of her new documentary, Plus or Minus 2 Degrees Celsius, Taiwan's first documentary on the impact of climate change on Taiwan, Sisy Chen told reporters she hoped that climate change issues would be made a top government priority. Chen also explained that the title came from the conclusion of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, which stated that the key to the survival of the human species in the future is to limit the range of temperature change to plus or minus two degrees Celsius.

Chen said she has watched many foreign films on climate change, none of which has covered the situation in Taiwan. "I thought this meant Taiwan would be lucky enough to avoid damage from climate change," she added. After talking with experts, however, she said she came to realize that Taiwan would be among the first group of climate change victims. She explained that by the time low-lying countries like the Maldives and Kiribati are inundated by rising sea levels, many parts of Taiwan will also be underwater.

She also said Taiwan's biggest environmental problem is its thermal power plants. Chen added that encouraging people to adopt a vegetarian diet would be a good way to help reduce global warming, as the livestock industry has been blamed for creating much of the world's carbon dioxide emissions.

1.  What is Chen's new documentary about?

(A) How rising sea levels are affecting the Maldives.

(B) The threat of thermal power plants on the livestock industry.

(C) The impact global warming is having on Taiwan.

(D) What happened at the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

2.  How did Chen come up with the title of her documentary?

(A) By compiling other documentary names about climate change.

(B) From the results of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

(C) She imitated the trend of naming Taiwanese films in English.

(D) Through a survey on a popular Taiwanese website.

3.  According to Chen, which is NOT contributing to Taiwan's environmental problems?

(A) Vegetarians that consume a lot of agricultural products.

(B) Rising sea levels that threaten to submerge parts of Taiwan.

(C) Greenhouse gases which are produced by the livestock industry.

(D) Thermal power plants that are detrimental to the environment in Taiwan.

　一部台湾自制的纪录片于 2 月 22 日在台北首映，这部纪录片旨在警告大众气候变迁对台湾及全球所造成的威胁。《正负二度 C》是台湾首部纪录气候变迁对本土影响的纪录片，监制该片的陈文茜在试映会前对媒体表示，她希望气候变迁能成为政府优先正视的议题。陈文茜还解释，这部纪录片的片名源自于哥本哈根举行的 2009 年联合国气候变迁会议的结论，即未来人类的生存关键，在于将温度变化控制在正负摄氏两度以内。

　　陈文茜说她看过很多有关气候变迁的外国纪录片，没有任何一部提到台湾的情况。她接着说：『我原本以为这代表台湾够幸运能逃过气候变迁的灾害。』但在与专家对谈后，她表示她渐渐明白，其实台湾会是全世界第一批气候难民之一。她解释说，等到像马尔地夫和吉里巴斯等地势较低的国家被上升的海平面淹没时，台湾的许多地方也将沉入水底。

　　陈文茜表示，台湾最严重的环境问题是火力发电厂。另外，她说由于畜牧业是全球二氧化碳排放的大宗来源，因此鼓励人们茹素是帮助减缓全球暖化的好方法。

   1.  陈文茜的新纪录片是关于什么？

(A) 上升的海平面如何影响马尔地夫。

(B) 火力发电厂对畜牧业造成的威胁。

(C) 全球暖化对台湾的影响。

(D) 在哥本哈根举行的 2009 年联合国气候变迁会议上所发生的事。

题解:   文章第一段提到《正负二度 C》旨在警告大众气候变迁对台湾及全球所造成的威胁，可知应选 (C)。

   2.  陈文茜如何想出她这部记录片的片名？

(A) 藉由搜集其他气候变迁纪录片的片名。

(B) 来自于在哥本哈根举行的 2009 年联合国气候变迁会议的结论。

(C) 模仿用英文取台湾影片片名的潮流。

(D) 经由某个台湾热门网站上所做的调查。

题解:   根据文章第一段，陈文茜解释，这部纪录片的片名源自于哥本哈根举行的 2009 年联合国气候变迁会议的结论，即未来人类的生存关键，在于将温度变化控制在正负摄氏两度以内，故选 (B)。

   3.  根据陈文茜的说法，何者不是造成台湾的环境问题？

(A) 食用大量农产品的素食者。

(B) 威胁淹没台湾部分地区的海平面上升。

(C) 畜牧业制造的温室气体。

(D) 对台湾环境造成危害的火力发电厂。

题解:   根据文章第三段，陈文茜说由于畜牧业是全球二氧化碳排放的大宗来源，因此鼓励人们茹素是帮助减缓全球暖化的好方法，可知吃素反而会对环境有帮助，故选 (A)。

标准答案: 1. (C)2. (B)3. (A)

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