In the given set of information, both the reading passage and the lecture deal with the global warming. The lecture casts doubt on the author’s assertion that there are several key contributing factors about the global warming problem by presenting three compelling counterarguments.
First of all, according to the reading passage, the creation of landfills is one of the factors that cause the global warming. This is because of methane that organic waste produces produces organic waste. However, the lecturer refutes the author’s claim by stating that it is disputable. This is because the warming issue has more something to do with human activities rather than landfills. Also, the effect of the organic waste is only 1% which is too low amount to affect global warming.
Next, the author claims that deforestation increases global temperatures because of the lack of trees. If trees are cut down, they can not absorb carbon dioxide and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere traps heat. Regarding this point, the lecturer indicates that this idea is unconvincing. He points out that it is not a contributable factor and the real cause must be something else.
Lastly, the lecturer contradicts the author’s claim that the cause of the rising global temperatures has something to do with a cycle of climate change. He argues that it is just a natural cycle and has nothing to do with the global warming by giving an example. There was a warm period of time in the history, but it means in other periods of time there was also cool one so the average of temperatures was even cooler.
Good: 24~30
점수: 25
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