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"We have been ignoring the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." This was the message spelled out in a report launc
"We have been ignoring the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." This was the message spelled out in a report launc
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2017-01-16
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"We have been ignoring the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." This was the message spelled out in a report launched by doctors and climatologists (气候学家) in London.
Over the coming century, climate change will worsen virtually every health problem we know of.
"The health sector has in the past not only underestimated but completely neglected and ignored the issues," said Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet. "This has not been an issue on the agenda of any professional body in health over the last 10 years in any significant way." The Lancet commissioned the report from a panel of specialists at University College London.
The doctors said they felt the tide was turning, however. "It is true that the health sector is beginning to wake up to this," said Hugh Montgomery, director of UCL’s Institute for Human Health and Performance. He cited the UK’s Royal College of Physicians, whose president has made climate change "pretty much its number one priority".
Anthony Costello, director of UCL’s Institute for Global Health, said that helping to write the report had been a personal wake-up call. "Eighteen months ago, I felt there were other priorities," he said. "I thought infant deaths were a much more immediate risk to the developing countries I visited." The report alerted him up to the fact that the world is facing a global crisis. "I want to retain some optimism. If we do act now, we can hold back this crisis."
The doctors and researchers listed shortages of water and food, along with war and ecological collapse, as the most pressing health threats posed by climate change. The message does not appear to have filtered through to the family doctors and health policy-makers whose job is to save lives.
"Think of the average general practitioner," said Mark Maslin, a climatologist at UCL. Between short appointments and struggling to keep up with medical journals, they have little time to factor climate change into their long list of responsibilities.
"This report says the medical profession has to wake up," said Maslin. "Pulling our hair out, saying we’re all going to die horribly does not save lives."
The phrase "the average general practitioner" (Line 1, Para. 7) most probably refers to _______.
选项
A、the doctor of average ability
B、the medical research specialist
C、the ordinary family doctor
D、the busy practical nurse
答案
C
解析
由该段可知,the average general practitioner有两个特点:需“出诊”(short appointments)和追踪医学期刊上的最新进展(keep up with medical journals),并且没有时间关注climate change,这与第6段末提到的family doctors的情况类似(该句指出气候变化的严重性还没有被家庭医生所知晓),据此,可以确定C最符合文意,为正确答案。
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