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W: Professor Henderson could you give us a brief overview of what you do, where you work and your main area of research?
女：亨德森教授，您能简单跟我们说一下您的工作、工作地点和研究领域吗？
M: Well, the Center for Climate Research where I work links the science of climate change to issues around economics and policy. Some of our research is to do with the likely impacts of climate change and all of the associated risks.
男：嗯，我在气候研究中心工作，它是把气候变化的科学性和经济政策联系起来。我们有些研究是处理气候变化的影响和相关风险。
W: And how strong is the evidence that climate change is happening? That it's really something we need to be worried about.
女：那么气候变化的症状有多明显呢？这真是我们应高关心的问题。
M: Well most of the science of climate change particularly that to do with global warming is simply fact. But other aspects of the science are less certain or at least more disputed. And so we're really talking about risk. What the economics tells us is that it's probably cheaper to avoid climate change, to avoid the risk than it has to deal with the likely consequences.
男：多数气候变化的科学性——尤其是涉及全球变暖的——是不争的事实。但是其他方面还不太确定或至少还有争议。所以我们在讨论的是风险。经济学告诉我们的是，躲避气候变化、躲避风险比处理气候变化的后果更便宜。
W: So what are we doing? What can we do about it?
女：那么我们要做什么呢？我们能做什么？
M: Well I would argue that we need to develop the science specifically to understand the likely impacts of climate change in different contexts. As I said we need to understand the best ways of avoiding climate change and this will involve a huge transition to low carbon energy systems and the transition is a tremendous priority. And for this to happen, we may need action on a global scale. From a political perspective, we need to understand the terms on which major countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement because at the moment we don't have that consensus.
男：我觉得我们应该具体发展科学，了解气候变化在不同情况下可能出现的后果。就像我说的，我们得知道避免气候变化的最佳方式，这就需要我们转变成低碳能源系统，而这个转变是应该优先考虑的大事。为了实现这一点，全球都应该开始行动。从政治角度来说，我们需要了解诸如中国和美国这样的大国可能会签订的全球协议中的条款，因为现在我们还没有那种共识。
W: Right.
女：是的。
M: And we also need to plan ahead so that we're in a position to deal with the likely levels of climate change which are already inevitable and even more so to for the levels that are likely if we don't get those global agreements.
男：我们也需要提前计划，为无可避免的气候变化做准备，如果我们无法达成全球协议，那就更要做准备了。
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题1-4是基于刚才你所听到的那段对话。
Question 1. What does Professor Henderson say about his main area of research?
问题1：关于主要研究领域，亨德森教授说了什么？
Question 2. What does Professor Henderson say about climate change?
问题2：关于气候变化，亨德森教授说了什么？
Question 3. What does Professor Henderson say is a top priority in combating climate change?
问题3：在对抗气候变化中，亨德森教授什么是第一要务？
Question 4. What does Professor Henderson advise us to do to better deal with climate change?
问题4：为了更好地应对气候变化，亨德森教授建议我们做什么？
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