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天灾越来越多？红十字会与红新月会国际联合会在《2004年全球灾难报告》中指出，在过去十年，跟地球物理和天气有关的灾难增加了超过百分之60, 又说：“这表明了日后的趋向”。报告是在12月26日之前，即印度洋发生大海啸之前发表的。毫无疑问，如果高危险地区的人口继续增加，森林的面积又继续减少，前景就很难令人乐观了。此外，许多工业国家仍然不断把温室气体排放到大气去，而且程度比以前更加严重。《科学》周刊一篇社论说，各国迟迟不肯减少温室气体的排放，就像“人染了病，病情日益严重，但却不肯服药。可以肯定的是，日后要付出的代价一定比现在更大”。加拿大一份关于如何减轻灾情的报告谈到这些“代价”，说：“气候改变可说是国际间最普遍、影响最深远的环境问题。”  可是，对于人类的活动是否导致全球气温上升这个问题，目前各国意见仍未一致，更遑论采取补救行动了。圣经说得一点也没错：“世人……无法确定该走的方向。”（耶利米书10:23）虽然如此，下一篇文章会让我们明白，情况绝非无望。事实上，现今世界苦难重重，人类社会风雨飘摇，正好表明解救将至，纾解在望。海洋各区域吸收的太阳能并不一样。水会从暖水域流向冷水域，形成海流，把热能转移到较冷的区域去。上帝拯救列国免遭灾殃。饥荒是一种天灾。在古埃及发生的大饥荒，是史上最早的饥荒之一，当时雅各（以色列）的儿子约瑟也正在埃及。这场大饥荒历时七年，范围遍及埃及、迦南地以及其他地区。虽然当时受饥荒影响的范围很广，却没有很多人挨饿，因为上帝在事发前七年已经预告会有饥荒出现。他还启示人在这场饥荒出现之前，埃及会有七年丰收。上帝甚至指引事态，让敬虔的约瑟成为埃及的宰相兼粮政大臣。在约瑟的管理下，埃及人贮存的谷物多得“无法计量”。所以，埃及人不但没有挨饿，而且还有粮食养活“各地的人”，包括约瑟的所有家人。（创世记41:49,57；47:11,12）

The text above is composed by a total of 656 characters. 589 of them (89%), highlighted in yellow, belong to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters -
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English translation:

Will Natural Disasters Increase? In their World Disasters Report 2004, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies states that during the past decade, geophysical and weather-related disasters have increased by over 60 percent. "This reflects longer-term trends," says the report, which was published before the catastrophic December 26 tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. To be sure, if populations in high-risk areas continue to climb and forests continue to decline, there is little cause for optimism. Additionally, many industrialized countries continue to pump ever more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. According to an editorial in the journal Science, procrastinating on emissions reduction "is like refusing medication for a developing infection: It guarantees that greater costs will have to be paid later." Pointing to those costs, a Canadian report on disaster mitigation stated: "Climate change can be argued to be the most pervasive and far-reaching environmental issue ever dealt with by the international community." At present, however, the international community cannot even agree on whether human activities contribute to global warming, let alone how to manage it. This situation calls to mind the Biblical truth: "It does not belong to man . . . even to direct his step." (Jeremiah 10:23) Yet, as we shall see in the following article, the situation is not hopeless. In fact, the present woes, including the stormy conditions in human society, add to the evidence that relief is near. The uneven distribution of solar heat also causes ocean currents to form and transfer energy toward cooler regions. WHEN GOD SAVED NATIONS FROM DISASTER. FAMINE is one form of natural disaster. One of the earliest recorded famines occurred in ancient Egypt during the time of Joseph, son of Jacob, or Israel. The famine lasted for seven years and affected Egypt, Canaan, and other lands. But it did not lead to mass starvation because Jehovah foretold the famine seven years in advance. He also revealed that those intervening years would be years of plenty in Egypt. Under the oversight of God-fearing Joseph, who, providentially, had been made prime minister and food administrator, the Egyptians stored so much grain that "they gave up counting it." Thus, Egypt was able to feed not just itself but also "people of all the earth," including Joseph’s family.—Genesis 41:49, 57; 47:11, 12.

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天灾越来多红十字会与新月国际联合在年全球难报告中指出过去跟地物理和气有关的增加了超百分之又说这表明日后趋向是前即印度洋发生大海啸毫无疑问如果高危险区人口继续森林面积减少景就很令乐观此外许工业家仍然不断把温室体排放到而且程比以更严重科学周刊一篇社论各迟肯像染病情益但却服药可定要付代价现拿份于何轻谈些候改变间最普遍影响深远环境题对类活动否导致上升个目意见未遑采取补救行圣经得点也没错世法确该走方耶利米书虽下文章让我们白况绝非望事实今界苦风雨飘摇正好解将至纾域吸收太阳能并样水从暖流冷形成热转移较帝拯列免遭殃饥荒种古埃及史早当时雅色儿子约瑟场历七范围迦南其他受广挨饿因为已预还启示丰甚引态敬虔宰相兼粮政臣管贮存谷计量所食养包括创记

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