奧巴馬出訪北極 呼籲立即應對氣候變化

　　9月2日CNN聽力：奧巴馬出訪北極 號令立刻應答氣象變更

　　On the first day of September,CNN STUDENT NEWSstarts in the largest and northernmost U.S.state.

　　Welcome to the show.I'm Carl Azuz.

　　Today,we're taking you to Alaska.

　　In his journey to the state known as "The LastFrontier",President Obama becomes the first sittingU.S.president to visit the Arctic.

　　One reason for his trip,his administration is renaming Mount McKinley.

　　The tallest mountain of the U.S.will be known as Denali.

　　Native Alaskans have pushed for the name change for decades.

　　Denali is the mountain's name in their native Athabascan language.

　　It was named McKinley in 1896 for the man who'd become America's 25th president.

　　Several lawmakers from his home state of Ohio say the landmark's name was a testament toPresident McKinley's service and that they'll fight the plan to change it.

　　Other thing President Obama wants to do is draw attention to a controversial issue.

　　He says melting ice,shrinking glaciers,rising sea levels and wildfires in Alaska are all tied toclimate change.

　　While environmentalists support the president's focus on the climate,some disagree with hisdecision to allow oil drilling off Alaska's Arctic coast.

　　And while the Obama administration and most scientists say human activities are causingEarth's average temperatures to warm up,some disagree,saying temperature changes arenatural or are caused by factors people can't control.

　　Opposing views reflected by some of the 2016 presidential candidates.

　　Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agrees with the Obama administration on the issue.

　　The Democratic Party's current frontrunner has discussed her plan to shift more of America'selectricity to renewable sources.

　　Meanwhile,businessman Donald Trump says the viewpoint that people are causing globalwarming is a hoax.

　　The Republican Party's current frontrunner says the Obama administration has wasted billionsof dollars in green energy projects that have failed.

　　President Obama and I and our administration are making climate change a central focus ofour foreign policy.

　　We don't doubt the urgency or the magnitude of the problem.

　　Climate change is real and climate change is caused by human activities.

　　Climate change is real and it also happens to be the greatest business opportunity to come toour country for 100 years.

　　I do believe that climate change is real.

　　I want a business solution to that problem.

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