万花筒 2009-12-14&12-16 消失于海水中的太平洋小岛

The everyday things we do mean people on the other side of the world have everyday battle to survive. The L island in the middle of Pacific appeared xx, but on the ground it is the hellish kind of paradise¹.

It looks like the aftermath of S, but this is normal because of climate change. T village was built on good land, but rising sea level means it regularly floods. L the first real victim of global warming.

We have house like xx on the ground but it is built up and water going through and for me, I was worrying like it is gonna fall xx and everything is gonna disappear.

Their homes look more like boats than houses. Some predict the island could be uninhabitable in just twenty years. But it not just flood homes that leaving this island with a crisis². This whole area used to be great for growing coco trees, vital for the economy and vital for the local diet. But now you can see, salt water is everywhere, that’s killing³ off the trees and leaving the people here with a whole new range of problems.

At the island hospital I, E had just had a leg apitated. A couple of decades ago, a xx of people have diet BTs, now a fifth of the populations have the illness. He tells me because crops no longer grown, the island import food, introduced to announced healthy diet, he became addict⁴ to sugar and got diet BTs.

Banking⁵ xx, the tides gone out. Before it returns, there are a few precious hours to rebuild homes. I am taken to where the sea wall has again collapsed⁶, they are trying to shore it up, but know it is a battle they can’t win.

This island has done almost nothing to damage the environment, yet because of others they are the world’s first human casualties⁷ of climate change.

1 paradise   

n.伊甸乐园，天堂

参考例句：

• My house had a small backyard,the paradise of children.我那幢房子有一个小后院，那是孩子们玩耍的乐园。
• On a hot day a dip in the sea is sheer paradise.热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。

2 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

5 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

6 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

7 casualties   

n. 伤亡人员

参考例句：

• Two casualties were airlifted to safety . 两名伤亡人员已空运到安全地区。
• The army were still fighting in spite of heavy casualties. 尽管伤亡人员众多，军队仍在继续战斗。