To lottery-obsessed Taiwan, rising seas swallowing Pacific island nations, the greenhouse effect melting Antarctic ice, and a thinning ozone layer may seem distant prospects. However, Taiwanese may recall the devastation wrought on thousands of homes by the record-breaking rains generated by last year's string of typhoons.
海平面升高、遙遠的太平洋島國消失，或者溫室效應造成南極冰山融化、臭氧層稀薄，對沈浸於樂透彩的台灣，或許遙不可及；那可以看看去年接連幾個颱風帶來的破紀錄雨量，如何蹂躪了上千個家庭。