英语杂谈：68 The earth hour
China participated for the first time in the World Earth Hour campaign Saturday night by switching off all unnecessary lighting 1 in residential 2, business and public venues 3, including iconic Olympic landmarks 4 such as the Bird's Nest Stadium and Water Cube.
The event, an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund is designed as a call to action on climate change. The WWF wants every non-essential light to go dark for one hour on the last Saturday of March each year.
Yang Fuqiang is director of global climate change solutions at the WWF.
"Our goal is to call one billion people to take part in the event. This event aims to raise the public's awareness 5 on climate change. We are calling people to take various measures to reduce carbon dioxide emission 6, save energy resources and protect the environment."
Yang adds that if one billion people participate in the event, carbon dioxide emissions 7 could be reduced by one million tons.
Zong Simeng, an office worker in Beijing says companies should take steps beyond Earth Hour. For example, lights should be turned off in offices with enough sunlight.
"Maybe Earth Hour is just a symbolic 8 act. We should take more action to save energy so as to protect the earth."
Besides Beijing, other cities and regions in China including Shanghai, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Macao also participated in Earth Hour.
- The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
- The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
- The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
- Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
- The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
- 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。
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。