▶ Your Answer :
The passage and the lecture discuss about
the cause of the reddish-brown rain in Kerala,
a state of India. The author argues that
there are rational reasons on this phenomenon.
However, the lecturer counters this that
the explanations are unreasonable.
The article insists that the red color of
the rain is blood of bats. Large number of bats
migrates to India every certain period. But
when they are hit by thunderstorm or meteor,
they are collapsed into pieces. Therefore,
the blood from the dead bats mixed into the
atmosphere, which results in the red color
in rain. However, the lecturer counters this
argument that this explanation is
farfetched. According to the scientists, five million of
bats should be hit at once in order to make
the rain red with their blood. Moreover, no
pieces of bats like wings are found in the
rained area. For this reason, bats cannot be the
cause of the red color.
The article also mentions that a volcanic
eruption in Philippines made the red rain. The
volcano Mount Mayon had erupted from June
to July in 2001, and burst huge amount of
acidic volcanic substances into the air.
When the wind carries these dust above Kerala, this
acidic materials created the red rain due
to its low pH. In contrast, the lecturer insists that
the theory presented by the article is not
proved. He argues that if the volcano in
Philippine is responsible for the red rain,
other regions influenced by the volcano should
experience same phenomenon. However, only
India, especially Kerala had the red rain.
Also, the other countries between Philippines
and India such as Vietnam, Thailand, and
Malesia did not have the red rain. This
fact makes the theory unreasonable.
Moreover, the passage declares that
pollution made by factories in Kerala is the cause of
the red rain. When the factories exude
harmful chemicals into the air through unfiltered
chimney, the pollutant and rain are mixed.
And this mixture becomes red rain. However,
the lecturer contends that since there are
not many factories in the region where Kerala is
located, not much chemicals are exposed to
the atmosphere. Moreover, although
factories with poor chimney are much more
in big cities in India, those cities do not
experience the red rain.
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