英語長文。自然・環境

(Global Doubters.)

Global Doubters.

(A:Professor Davies, we've been studying global warming in class, right?)

A:Professor Davies, we've been studying global warming in class, right?

(But last night I heard a scientist on a radio show denying that climate change is happening.)

But last night I heard a scientist on a radio show denying that climate change is happening.

(B:There used to be quite a lot of skepticism about climate change among scientists,)

B:There used to be quite a lot of skepticism about climate change among scientists,

(but there is much less now. There are still some stubborn critics of the idea, though.)

but there is much less now. There are still some stubborn critics of the idea, though.

(A:Yes, this scientist was pretty scornful of the notion.)

A:Yes, this scientist was pretty scornful of the notion.

(He said it was mere speculation, based on exaggeration and unreliable statistics.)

He said it was mere speculation, based on exaggeration and unreliable statistics.

(B:Critics of global warming use a lot of ingenuity to cast doubt on the idea,)

B:Critics of global warming use a lot of ingenuity to cast doubt on the idea,

(but you should be careful not to be seduced by their seemingly scholarly arguments.)

but you should be careful not to be seduced by their seemingly scholarly arguments.

(One of their commonest tactics is to use statistics in a selective way.)

One of their commonest tactics is to use statistics in a selective way.

(A:Why do they do that?)

A:Why do they do that?

(B:well,we have to be suspicious of the sincerity of those who are funded by the oil industry.)

B:well,we have to be suspicious of the sincerity of those who are funded by the oil industry.

(They use every conceivable argument to get people to underestimate the evidence just so that we will not)

They use every conceivable argument to get people to underestimate the evidence just so that we will not

(try to break our addiction to fossil fuels.)

try to break our addiction to fossil fuels.

(I guess they want people just to shrug their shoulders and forget about what's happening to the environment.)

I guess they want people just to shrug their shoulders and forget about what's happening to the environment.