Unit7Pollution020304EffectsofpollutionKillfishandshrimpGiveoffbadsmellsMakewaternotdrinkableProduceacidrain050501Causepeopletogetdisease下一頁(yè)上一頁(yè)WaterpollutionWhitepollution下一頁(yè)上一頁(yè)CarpollutionAirpollution上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)SmoginMyCityWhenIwakeupinthemorning,Ipausebrieflybeforeopeningmycurtains,andwhatIseeoutofmywindowislikelytosetthetonefortherestoftheday.

我早晨起來(lái)，在打開(kāi)窗簾前稍作停頓，看到窗口我很可能會(huì)將一天基調(diào)定為休息。下一頁(yè)上一頁(yè)Iamnotcheckingupontheweather.Instead,Iwanttoknowexactlyhowbadthepollutionisgoingtobe.Onsomemornings,itistrulyhorrible.Itisasifthewholecityhasbeenturnedintoasmokers’roomwithayellowishcolorstaining

thesky.我沒(méi)有查詢過(guò)天氣。相反，我想知道到底將會(huì)有多糟糕污染。在一些早晨，這真是太可怕了。整個(gè)城市天空被染成黃色，好像已經(jīng)變成了一個(gè)吸煙者房間。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)Andthismonth,pollutioninmycitywentfrombadto...well,dangerous.Thehospitalswerefilledwithpatients,oldandyoung,sufferingfrombreath-relatedproblems.Peoplewerewarnedtostayindoorsandthestreetswereunusuallyquiet.本月，在本市污染壞到…好吧，糟糕。醫(yī)院人滿為患，年老和年輕患有呼吸相關(guān)疾病問(wèn)題。人們被勒令呆在室內(nèi)，街道異常平靜。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)Salesofairpurifiersforhomes,aswellasfacemasks,rocketedandsomestoressimplyranout.Evenforacitythatisusedtopollution,thiswasanemergency.家用空氣凈化器，口罩銷量飛速上升，商店賣完了僅剩貨物。這是一個(gè)緊急情況，即使是一個(gè)用于污染城市。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)Foryears,thelocalauthoritiesoftenplayeddownthepollutioninthecity,insistingitwasfoginmostcases,despiteevidencetothecontrarythatwasplainforalltosee.多年來(lái)，地方政府往往對(duì)城市污染輕描淡寫，在大多數(shù)情況下堅(jiān)稱這是霧，盡管有證據(jù)能夠清楚得表明相反情況。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)Facedwithpublicpressure,thelocalauthoritiesstartedpublishingthehourlyair-qualityreadingsthisyear.Andwhentherecentunusuallyheavysmoghit,thestatemedia,forthefirsttimeonthisissue,madeitsvoiceheard.面對(duì)公眾壓力，地方政府今年開(kāi)始公布每小時(shí)空氣質(zhì)量匯報(bào)。近期，異常沉重?zé)熿F襲來(lái)，國(guó)家媒體首次在這個(gè)問(wèn)題上，發(fā)出了自己聲音。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)

Thepollutionstoryledthecountry’smaineveningTVnewsprogram.Eventhemajornationaldailynewspaperranaheadlineasking“What’swrongwithourair?”.Well,theanswerisnotfartoseek.Theproblemiscausedbythecountrydevelopingataspeedandscaleunheard-ofinhistory.Ithasbeengrowthatallcosts,resultinginwidespread

environmentalworsening.污染事件主導(dǎo)了該國(guó)主要晚間電視新聞節(jié)目標(biāo)內(nèi)容。國(guó)家主要新聞日?qǐng)?bào)提了一個(gè)標(biāo)題問(wèn)：“我們空氣有什么問(wèn)題？”答案是在不遠(yuǎn)處尋找。該問(wèn)題是由該國(guó)發(fā)展速度和規(guī)模在歷史上是空前而造成。它一直增加，不惜一切代價(jià)，造成廣泛環(huán)境惡化。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)

Coal-burningenergyplantspowerthecountry’sfactories;theyprovidetheheatforhundredsofmillionsofhomes,buttheyalsoemit

poisonous

gasesintotheair.Inmycityalone,severalmillioncarschoke

thestreets,anillustration

ofthecountry’sgrowingprosperity.Butallthesevehicles,normallybumpertobumper,arealsoasignofacountrythatisnotcomingtotermswithpollution.Anditisnotjusttheairquality.Lakes,riversandundergroundwatersupplieshaveallbeenbadly

pollutedbylightlyregulated

industry.Almostnooneinthecitytruststhewaterthatcomesoutoftheirtaps.燃煤發(fā)電廠為全國(guó)工廠供電;它們?yōu)閮|萬(wàn)家庭提供熱量，但它們也在空氣中散發(fā)有毒氣體。僅僅是在我城市，幾百萬(wàn)汽車使街道堵塞，這說(shuō)明國(guó)家日益繁榮。不過(guò)，這些車通常一輛接一輛，這也是一個(gè)國(guó)家是否有污染標(biāo)志。不只是空氣質(zhì)量。湖泊，河流和地下水供給都受到那些監(jiān)管寬松行業(yè)嚴(yán)重污染。在城市里幾乎沒(méi)有些人信任自來(lái)水。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)

Somaybethegreatsmogofthiscityinrecentdayswillmarkaturningpoint.Atimewhenthepeoplesay:‘‘Weneedtoputqualityoflifebeforeeconomicgrowth.”Inrecentmonths,therehavebeenseverallarge-scaleprotests

againstfactoriesbeinginvariouscities.所以，可能這個(gè)城市最近幾天大霧霾將標(biāo)志著一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn).一時(shí)間人們?cè)谡f(shuō)“我們需要把生活質(zhì)量放在經(jīng)濟(jì)增加前面”近幾個(gè)月來(lái)，在各個(gè)城市有過(guò)幾次針對(duì)工廠大規(guī)?？棺h活動(dòng)。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)

Butahugeseaofchangelooksunlikely——fornow,anyway.Economicgrowthremainsthecity’stoppriority.Withoutit,largenumbersofpeoplecouldbeleftunemployed.Therearestillmillionsofpeoplewhowantthekeystotheirfirstcar,theirfirstair-conditioner,evenafridge.Whoisgoingtobetheonetodenythemtheirdream?Forthatreason,cleanairislikelytoremainararityinmycityforyearstocome.SomewealthypeoplearetakingtheirkidstoliveinCanadaorAustralia.Butformost,thatisnotanoption.

但改變大海看起來(lái)不太可能——就當(dāng)前而言。經(jīng)濟(jì)增加依然是城市重中之重。假如沒(méi)有它，大量人可能會(huì)失業(yè)。仍有數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)人想要他們第一輛車，第一臺(tái)空調(diào)，甚至是一臺(tái)冰箱全部權(quán)。什么會(huì)否定他們夢(mèng)想？答案是多年來(lái)在我城市潔凈空氣依然是罕見(jiàn)。一些有錢人正帶著他們孩子住在加拿大或澳洲。但對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，這不是一個(gè)選擇。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)

Asforme,afteraboutfiveyearsoflivinghere,Ihaveorderedmyfirstairpurifier.AndInowwearafacemaskforormybikeridetowork.Andeverymorning,beforeopeningmycurtains,Ipauseandhopethatthewindhasblownthepollutionaway.至于我，在這里住了五年，我買了我第一個(gè)空氣凈化器。我現(xiàn)在戴口罩、騎自行車去上班。天天清晨，在打開(kāi)我窗簾之前，我停下來(lái)，希望風(fēng)吹走了污染。上一頁(yè)下一頁(yè)tonen.[語(yǔ)]聲調(diào)，語(yǔ)氣;

[畫]色調(diào)，色澤，明暗;

[樂(lè)]樂(lè)音，全音，全音程;

[醫(yī)]（正常）健康狀態(tài);

vt.使更健壯;

定調(diào);

使變調(diào)子;

[攝影術(shù)]給…上色;

vi.帶有某種腔調(diào);

展現(xiàn)某種色彩;

（顏色）調(diào)和（與with連用）eg：The

tone

borders

on

snarky

but

never

crass.

文章語(yǔ)氣近乎惡聲惡氣，但從來(lái)都不愚蠢。返回pollutionn.污染（作用）;

腐敗;

墮落;

沾污;

eg:Bremmer

isn't

saying

pollution

isn't

a

problem.

布萊默意思并不是說(shuō)污染不是問(wèn)題。返回stainvt.玷污，染污;

敗壞（名聲）;

給…染色;

n.污點(diǎn);

瑕疵;

著色劑;

色斑;

vi.弄臟;

污染;

被玷污;

eg：Sprinkle

a

thick

layer

of

borax

over

the

stain.

向污漬上面灑一層厚厚硼砂。返回emergencyn.

緊急情況；突發(fā)事件；非常時(shí)刻

adj.

緊急；備用

in

an

emergency

在緊急情況下

emergency

response

應(yīng)急響應(yīng)

in

emergency

在緊急情況下

emergency

treatment

急診；急癥治療

emergency

room

急診室

eg:They

were

held

together

to

deal

with

emergency.

他們團(tuán)結(jié)一致以應(yīng)付緊急情況。

返回evidencen.證據(jù)，證實(shí)；跡象；顯著vt.證實(shí)

give

evidence

作證

empirical

evidence

試驗(yàn)性證據(jù)

strong

evidence

有力證據(jù)；真憑實(shí)據(jù)

substantial

evidence

確實(shí)證據(jù)

eg：Letmeadducemoreevidence.讓我舉出更多證據(jù)。返回powern.

功率；力量；能力；政權(quán)；勢(shì)力；[數(shù)]

冪

vt.

激勵(lì)；供以動(dòng)力；使…有力量

vi.

快速前進(jìn)

adj.

借影響有權(quán)勢(shì)人物以操縱權(quán)力

n.

(Power)人名；(英、葡)

in

power

執(zhí)政；掌權(quán)；當(dāng)權(quán)

power

supply

電源；電源供給器

electric

power

電力；電功率

power

plant

發(fā)電廠；動(dòng)力裝置

power

system

電網(wǎng)，電力系統(tǒng)；動(dòng)力系統(tǒng)

eg：Itiswithinmypower.那是在我權(quán)力以內(nèi)。返回choke

vt.

嗆；使窒息；阻塞；抑制；撲滅

vi.

窒息；阻塞；說(shuō)不出話來(lái)

n.

窒息；噎；chokepoint瓶頸；妨礙chokeoff使悶死；勸阻，阻止chokecoil抗流線圈chokeupv.悶?。灰?；阻塞chokedown強(qiáng)咽下去；抑制eg:Thesmokealmostchokedme.煙嗆得我?guī)缀跬覆贿^(guò)氣來(lái)。Thepipewaschokedbycotton.管道被棉花堵住了。

返回illustrationn.例證；說(shuō)明，表明實(shí)例，例證，例子，例釋，示例eg：He

used

photographs

as

illustration

for

his

talk.

他用照片為他演講作圖片說(shuō)明。

返回prosperityn.1.繁榮；興盛；幸福；成功2.茂盛；茁壯成長(zhǎng)變形：sperities

common

prosperity

共同繁榮；共同富裕

economic

prosperity

經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮；發(fā)展生產(chǎn)

growing

prosperity

越來(lái)越欣欣向榮eg:There

can

be

no

durable

development

and

prosperity

without