新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 3-7

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MODEL2   Things are a bit out of balance.
Script
John: The seventh straight day of rain. It’s too much. Things are a bit out of balance.
Susan: Yeah, too much rain here, too little there. Last summer firestorms destroyed many parts of the globe.
John: Firestorms are a pretty interesting phenomenon. They generate¹ so much heat that they create their own weather. Nothing you can do about it.
Susan: Once a fire developed into a firestorm, there’s no stopping it. Some people think we shouldn’t try.
John: You mean, just let the forests burn? How can we watch people’s homes on fire with folded arms?
Susan: Some experts argue that forest fires are part of nature, and that we shouldn’t try to interfere², except, of course, to save homes and lives.
John:  It seems wrong to let all good timber³ burn. What a waste that would be!
Susan: But that’s nature’s way of cleaning up the debris⁴ that collects on the forest floor and creating new kind of growth.
John: Maybe so, but it still seems wrong to just let fires burn.
Susan: After all, there have been verdant⁵ forests for millions of years without man’s help fighting the fires.
John: That may be true, but I still think it’s wrong to not put out forest fires