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About four million people worldwide took to the streets on Friday, September 20, 2019, for the Globa...
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About four million people worldwide took to the streets on Friday, September 20, 2019, for the Global Climate Strike. The young protestors (抗议者), and their adult supporters, marched along city streets outside government buildings to urge leaders to take action against climate change.
The back-to- back protests are timed to coincide (与……一致) with the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York City on Monday, September 23, 2019. The meeting is designed to challenge world leaders from 69 countries to discuss steps to handle climate change. The UN hopes their actions will help reduce global carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 and, if all goes well, eliminate them altogether by 2050.
While the strikes are in long-standing anger about the changing environment, the worldwide call for action is closely linked to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. The 16-year-old got well-known a year ago after she began spending Fridays outside the Swedish Parliament (国会) building in Stockholm to convince officials to take action against climate change. Her protests have inspired young people worldwide to take action in their cities.
Thunberg, who came from Sweden to New York City in an emissions- free sailboat, was one of the key speakers at the UN Climate Change Summit. On Monday, September 23, the teenager told lawmakers, “You all come to us young people for hope. How dare you? You’ve stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words, and yet, I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are falling down. So you have to listen to scientists and take immediate measures to help stop climate change.”
While Thunberg and other young climate activists are calling the recent global Climate Strike a victory in terms of its size and reach, they realize it’ ll take time to convince lawmakers to create real change. However, the teenager is hopeful they’ll begin to pay attention as more people of all ages join in the call-to-action.
1.What can we know about the Global Climate Strike from the text?
A.It is to support the un climate Change Summit.
B.It is to raise teenagers environmental awareness.
C.It was led by adults but mainly included teenagers.
D.It was attended by millions of people in the world.
2.What does the underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Join. B.Improve.
C.Get rid of. D.Stay away from.
3.What is the third paragraph intended to show?
A.The role that Thunberg plays in the Strike.
B.Thunberg’s contributions to climate change.
C.The importance of the global climate Strike
D.Thunberg’s opinions on the Global Climate Strike.
4.What did Thunberg focus on expressing at the un climate Change Summit?
A.Humans’ carelessness is worsening climate.
B.Humans are suffering due to climate change.
C.Measures need taking to stop climate change.
D.Extreme climate change is drawing attention.
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