1 . As a child, I had spent my holidays travelling our village in Bangladesh — running across the rice fields or farms and fishing in lakes. But, this had started to wear off as a teen. One thing I remember about that trip was when we were only about half an hour from our village, we had to get out of our car. The road in front of us was completely under water. We all got on a bamboo boat for another two or three hours.
That was 15 years ago — the last time I visited our village. One by one, many other villagers left there. But my father has been working hard to build it up. He doesn’t want it to be lost.
Yes, we should protect our home. But there is something else to think about: climate crisis (气候危机). Bangladesh is at the centre of the climate crisis — it is hit by floods, droughts, storms and other natural disasters. “I jokingly say, Bangladesh is God’s laboratory for natural disasters,” says Prof Ainun Nishat, an expert on climate change from Bangladesh.
The period from June to October sees heavy rains. But the rainfall time is becoming more erratic (无常的). In 2020, Sylhet, my hometown, was hit by huge floods that affected thousands of families, whose homes were swept away. In fact, over a quarter of the country was flooded. Nearly 1.3 million homes were damaged, and hundreds of people died.
The weather is getting more extreme (极端的). It is getting too hot. And the supply of water can’t be relied upon, leaving the land getting drier.
Although people have worries about droughts and floods, unlike in the past, the country is well-prepared to deal with them. Prof Nishat says, “Maybe 20, 30 years back we depended on external (外部的) support to return to normal from any natural disaster, but now it’s different. The country has developed, and we suffered these disasters many times, so the people are one of the most prepared.”
1. What do the underlined words “wear off” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A.Advance. | B.Make sense. |
C.Disappear. | D.Lose control. |
A.It is affected by many disasters. |
B.It needs more people to build it up. |
C.People living there lead an unhappy life. |
D.Experts are studying why the climate changes there. |
A.To prove floods are difficult to avoid. |
B.To show the effects of climate change. |
C.To prove floods are frequent in Bangladesh. |
D.To show the great damage caused by floods. |
A.People in Bangladesh think the external support is unnecessary. |
B.People in Bangladesh try to rebuild their homes on their own. |
C.Bangladesh needs more support to aid its development. |
D.Bangladesh is trying hard to deal with climate change. |
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