时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   雾霾爆表。今天我们聊空气质量、环境、新能源这些关乎民生的大事。也看看美国曾经如何治理洛杉矶雾霾。


  关键词:
  Air quality issue: 空气质量问题
  Paris Environment Conference: 巴黎环境大会
  COP21: 第21届联合国气候变化大会
  COP(Conference of the Parties): 缔约方
  Environmental protection: 环境保护
  There're good days. There're bad days: 有些时候比较好,有些时候情况很差
  Smog: 雾霾 (就是smoke+fog)
  Smoke: 烟
  Fog: 雾
  Mask, face mask: 口罩
  To bike: 骑自行车
  Skeptical 1: 怀疑的、持怀疑态度
  I don't think it's gonna do anything: 我不觉得它有用
  Cancer: 癌
  Lungs: 肺
  PM2.5 (Particulate Matter):颗粒物
  AQI (Air Quality Index): 空气质量指数
  It can get into your blood stream: 它会进入你的血液
  Air purifier:空气净化机
  I keep my windows closed: 保持窗户关闭
  It smells like gas: 闻起来像煤气的味道
  It smells like burning coal:闻起来像烧煤的味道
  Central heating: 中央供暖
  It takes a few generations to fix the environment: 治理环境需要几代人的努力
  美国曾经也有雾霾
  To peak: 达到峰值、限制
  Greenhouse gas emission 2: 温室气体排放
  Clean energy/alternative energy: 清洁能源
  Natural gas: 天然气
  Fuel: 燃料
  Petrol: 石油
  Electric cars: 电动车
  Hybrid 3: 混合动力车
  Tesla: 特斯拉
  Electric car subsidies 4: 电动车补贴
  Public buses:公交车
  Global warming:全球气候变暖
  Climate change: 气候变化
  Temperature: 温度
  Celcius:摄氏度
  Fahrenheit 5: 华氏度
  It's not the best solution: 并不是最好的解决办法
  Developmental stage: 发展阶段
  Feasible: 可操作性、可能性
  Consensus 6: 共识
  Something needs to be done to save the environment: 一定要采取措施,保护环境
  L.A. had a big smog problem in the 70's: 洛杉矶70年代也有过雾霾问题
  It's situated in a valley surrounded by mountains: 洛杉矶地处山谷中,被群山环绕
  The smog gets trapped inside the city: 雾霾都凝结在城里,散不掉
  Visibility: 能见度
  Research: 研究
  Emission: 尾气排放
  Leaded fuel: 含铅汽油
  Polluted: 被污染的

adj.怀疑的,多疑的
  • Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
  • Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。
n.发出物,散发物;发出,散发
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施,降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后,指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
n.(动,植)杂种,混合物
  • That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
  • The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
n.补贴,津贴,补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
  • European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
  • Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n./adj.华氏温度;华氏温度计(的)
  • He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
  • The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。
n.(意见等的)一致,一致同意,共识
  • Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗?
  • What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么?
学英语单词
a nice pass
absolutise
adenoma polsposum
Aedurid
aging time
akbari
alc (automatic level control)
alstonisidine
Anona squamosa L., sweet sop
augmentin
automaker
Bachte-Maria-Leerne
cabinet panel distribution board
cjtf
class management
coumarine
counter spetum
data logging-recording equipment
decapacitation factor
double-precision operation
dropshot
edge generalization
Edmonde
erosion-protection shield
experiment study
explosive oil
file clerks
flank moraine
focus-to-film distance (ffd)
foreboard
freitags
gleek
gotten started
gyro-frequency plasmon
hammer control logic
harge memory
Hauterive
have good taste in sth
Heard and McDonald Islands
high-speed parallel channel
hunka
hypocentres
implementation library
individual clutch
instantaneous reaction rate
laceration of eye
lait
life course approach
Lipmann
local-access
loopfull
maazel
make something up
malacothamnuss
matched sample
mechanical rotational resistance
meteorological balloons
microparts
N girder
Nernst body
nitrapyrin
non-histone
normal test output
normal wave
nyssopsora formosana
one throw crankshaft
patta
pollution-related
powder kegs
power services
Pryors
psycho-soma
radio-electronic metrics
rainwater leader
ramtil
ratchet screw jack
re enumerate
return vehicle
Scottie dog
seed blanket
Sen In
simple numerical system
sinaechinocyamus mai
sinningia speciosas
sliding-filament theory
slot quadrant
slouk
sodian microcline
souvlaki
spignet
Stachys betonica
strength parameter
strong dysentery
tennison
terminal implant
us borne
valve in valve prosthetic valve implantation
walking about
water hemlocks
weirdies
wood anniversaries
zerubavel