▶ Your Answer :
In the reading passage, there is ample support for the author’s
claim that red colored rain In India is caused by regional characteristics.
However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a rebuttal to
the author’s point.
First, the professor contends that red rain could not have been
caused by blood of bat. If red rain occurred, there would be vast death of
bats. However, there still remain a lot of bats in India Thus it is not
probable. Additionally, researchers who study red rain can’t find bone of bats
in India. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim that red rain would
have been caused by blood of bat, due to the fact that there are lots of bat in
India. Also scientists found the DNA of bat in the rain sample at that time.
Next, the professor argues that volcanic eruption is not proven
as the cause of red rain. If the eruption of Mount Mayon was really the cause
of the event, there might have been the same phenomenon in near countries such
as Vietnam. However, even in the Philippine, there wasn’t red rain. This
refutes the reading passage’s argues that volcanic eruption in the Philippine would account for red rain. Acidic dust
from the mountain was sent by prevalent winds, and dust would have been
combined with rain. As a result, the compound was seen like red.
Finally, the professor says that it is not fact that chemical
pollution resulted red colored rain. There were few factories in India, so
there was few pollutants from regional factory. Also, red rain didn’t occur in city
which has factories, and Kelera didn’t have the factory when it occurred. This
debunks the reading passage’s claim that chemical pollution from factories in
the region could result the rain. Factory without filters can outlet chemicals
directly to clouds. |