365个英语简短小故事-335. The Vacuum Cleaner Filter(2)

But the HEPA filter for Olivers Vibe got dirty very quickly. And, it was not cleanableit was simply replaceable. When it turned filthy brown, Oliver went back to Target to buy a new filter. Oddly, Target sold the F15 belt for the Vibe, but not the fi

印度发明家把污染转变成墨水

Indian Inventors Turn Pollution into Ink Workers at an Indian start-up company are busy cutting up pieces of metal and using them to make unusual devices. Company officials say these devices will capture smoke from diesel generators and turn it into

Indian Scientists Invent Nose Filter to Protect Against Air Pollution

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In parts of India, it is not uncommon to see people wearing a mask over their nose and mouth. The capital, New Delhi, has some of the world's dirtiest air. The pollution was a call for a

数据预测北京还要再呼吸16年雾霾

A trickle of statements from Chinese leaders in recent months have given hope to some residents of Beijing and other smog-choked Chinese cities that they might regularly breathe clean air within a few years. Prime Minister Li Keqiang in March declare

2006年VOA标准英语-US Port Partners with Cruise Ship Operators to

By Meredith Buel Washington 24 August 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan meets with European foreign ministers Friday in Brussels where he is expected to encourage them to send armed forces to southern Lebanon to help enforce the truce

VOA标准英语2010年-Long-Term Study of Gulf Oil Spill Heal

This week, the British oil company BP issued a controversial report on the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico four months ago. Regardless of who was at fault, the release of an estimated four million barrels of oil had a major envir

U.S. firm says it can "grow" diesel

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A biotechnology(生物技术) company says it can produce diesel using the same ingredients(配制成分) that make grass grow, media reported on Monday. The Massachusetts company Joule Unlimited has created a genetica

钟南山：中国治霾十年可见成效

3月5日在京召开的十二届全国人大三次会议开会间隙，著名呼吸道疾病专家，全国人大代表钟南山接受媒体采访。[魏晓昊/中国日报] It might take China a decade to tackle its notorious smog problem, said Zhon

2007年VOA标准英语-Water Filter Wins Developer Engineering Prize

By Tabinda Naeem Washington, D.C. 21 May 2007 Two years ago, the National Academy of Engineering established the Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability. This $1 million award was designed to challenge the world's scientists to develop a practica

报告显示 我国161座城市空气质量得到改善

Effective pollution controls adopted in 161 major Chinese cities have greatly improved air quality, a green organization said last Monday. 一家绿色环保组织上周一表示，中国161座主要城市采取的有效的污染防治措施使空气质

CCTV9英语新闻：2013北京空气质量没有改善

Despite pledges in the last year to fight pollution, Beijing saw barely any improvement in air quality in 2013. The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau says the intensity of major air pollutants remained much the same in 2013 as they were in the

China vows more transparency in pollution control

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental watchdog said on Thursday that it will work to promote the prompt disclosure of air quality reports and monitoring results for other types of pollution. The disclosure of information on major pollut

China mulls BBQ ban in major cities

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The pressures of severe air pollution have prompted China's environmental watchdog to consider pushing forward a legal ban on barbecues in densely populated urban areas. Barbecues should be strictly controlled in cities t

夏说英语新闻晨读 第289期:新型汽油发动机

本期内容： One of the world's largest automotive firms has hailed a technological breakthrough for the petrol engine, in an engineering twist for an industry racing to embrace the electric car. Japanese car manufacturer Mazda claims to have desi

托福阅读：雾霾相关内容收集

中国雾霾，近几年不仅仅成为国人议论的热点话题，更是成为了国际议论的热点话题。在托福阅读中，我们可以将中国雾霾的一些知识作为托福阅读背景知识来了解。小编搜集了一些关于中国

WHO: Diesel Exhaust Causes Cancer

The World Health Organization, upgrading a previous warning, said June 12 that diesel exhaust causes cancer and called for tighter emissions standards, comparing the risk of exhaust to second-hand cigarette smoke. Tuesdays announcement comes after in

China strives to reduce air pollutants

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will make more efforts to reduce PM 2.5 pollutants, as well as other pollutants, a government official said Tuesday. A national obligatory target will be set to limit PM 2.5 emission, which is a fine particulate matt

经济学人305:空气污染 呼吸不易

Air pollution 空气污染 Not breathing easy 呼吸不易 A Supreme Court ruling forces the government to deal with dirty air 英国最高法院的裁决迫使政府出策解决空气污染问题 BRITISH air is much clearer than it once was: in 1952

经济学人267:空气污染 英国需要采取更多措施来净化污浊的空气

Air pollution 空气污染 The big smoke 雾都 Britain needs to do more to clean up its dirty air 英国需要采取更多措施来净化污浊的空气 VISITING Oxford Street, a road teeming with tatty shops and overcrowded with people, is plainly

与空气污染有关的托福词汇

雾霾 haze; 烟雾 smog; 空气污染指数 air pollution index; 橙色预警 orange alert; 悬浮颗粒物 airborne particulate matter; 可吸入颗粒物 inhalable particle; 有毒物质 toxic substance; 空气质量检测 air quality monitoring; 实