时间:2019-02-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力广播—Listening


英语课

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Less use of air conditioners would be better for us all A strict no-air-conditioning ban was enforced for 87,000 Taiwanese students taking the college entrance examinations this month despite temperatures in many areas reaching 34 to 36 degrees Celsius 1.
Although this long-term practice is being promoted as a pragmatic means to ensure fairness, since air conditioning is not available at all exam locations, rather than for environmental reasons, it nevertheless offers a good opportunity for the country to reconsider its addiction 2 to air conditioning.
If students can manage without A/C in the heat of examinations, could not the rest of the population go cold turkey once in a while? If not 'Off,' then 'Down,' since air conditioners consume energy and contribute to climate change in proportion to each degree they are set below ambient temperature.
Vehicle A/C systems can be a cause of sinusitis in some people, while poorly maintained air conditioning may lead to the proliferation of micro-organisms such as Legionella pneumophila, the cause of Legionnaires' disease.
The problem with new high-tech 3 machines is that they present a sizable contribution to man-made climate change. Cooling agents such as CFCs and their modern replacements 4 are greenhouse gases with far more global-warming potential than carbon dioxide should they leak into the atmosphere.
It is everyone's responsibility to minimize his or her own contribution to the problem.

adj.摄氏温度计的,摄氏的
  • The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
  • The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。
n.上瘾入迷,嗜好
  • He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
  • Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
adj.高科技的
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展,这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
n.代替( replacement的名词复数 );替换的人[物];替代品;归还
  • They infiltrated behind the lines so as to annoy the emery replacements. 他们渗透敌后以便骚扰敌军的调度。 来自辞典例句
  • For oil replacements, cheap suddenly looks less of a problem. 对于石油的替代品来说,价格变得无足轻重了。 来自互联网
学英语单词
accept nomination
akana
amino electro static spraying baking varnish
andromonecious
annealing-in-line process
austs
autoregression model
be certain that
candida balanitis
chrome-formate tanning
come up to the mark
communication coprocessor
confederal
contravariant tensor field of order r
d'eux
development of reservoir zone
dl-laudanidine
durda
ecodefence
ethylic
extrinsic coagulation system
flow cell
formal infinite sum
friar's-cowl
genetic gain
GIed
giornelli
global positioning satellite
gross rainfall
haemolysis
Haloxylon persicum
hip-pocket
Hirvaskangas
individual air
interactive marketing
internally mounted mechanical seal
intrinsic toughness
isoschizomer
Jannat
julus
Lakeba (Lakemba)
lawiss
learning by experience
left recursive
leguminous forage
leiomyoma of trachea
longitudinal modification device
lunomancy
mcilvain
memexes
mineral constituents
model of compiler
moire method
Montagnol
morphea
mycomyringitis
nanny cams
Nansen Sd.
nectin
nervus ganglii occipitalis
nonphysical primary colour
operate under capacity
opted-out
parous
pittura
play merry hell
plush bar
pointed drill
postschism
preset input line
presulcal part
pubotibial
pulse echo method
reenterabilty
reform Church
reichmann
renormalised
robatayaki
rubber molding
runner stone
salon music
sensor panel
shear height
short-circuit impact
SMX (submultiplexer unit)
spongioplasm
ST_finance_costing-too-much
subthreshold spectra
Tamaron
tape music
technical services group
the pink of health
third-time
Tristan I.
tropic behavior
trotter theorem
two-wire circuit
unextendible
unrattled
Volta, L.
whisked off
white circuit