时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(五月)


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President Barack Obama has announced Tuesday the toughest-ever fuel efficiency and emissions 1 standards for vehicles sold in the United States. It is the first U.S. national limit on greenhouse gas emissions.
 
President Barack Obama at the White House, 18 May 2009


By the 2016 model year, cars and trucks sold in the U.S. may have to pollute less and use fuel more efficiently 2 than any other vehicles in history.


New standards announced by President Obama would require automakers selling vehicles in the U.S. to achieve an average fuel efficiency of about 15 kilometers per liter [6.6 liters per 100 kilometers] by the 2016 model year. "For the first time in history, we have set in motion a national policy aimed at both increasing gas mileage 3 [fuel efficiency] and decreasing greenhouse gas pollution for all new trucks and cars sold in the United States of America," he said.


Details of the plan need to be worked out within the U.S. government before it can take effect.


The initiative would raise the cost of the average vehicle by as much as $1,300, but Mr. Obama says drivers would save money in the long term by buying less fuel.


"Consumers pay less for fuel, which means less money going overseas and more money to save or spend here at home. The economy as a whole runs more efficiently by using less oil and producing less pollution. And companies like those here today have new incentives 4 to create the technologies and the jobs that will provide smarter ways to power our vehicles," he said.


The president says his initiative would save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of vehicles sold in the next five years, which he says would have the same effect as taking 58 million cars off the road. "Just to give you a sense of magnitude, that is more oil than we imported last year from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya and Nigeria combined," he said.


The plan would end a years-long dispute involving automakers, states and the U.S. government. The agreement gives states the tougher emissions standards they wanted, while giving car companies a single national standard and more time to make the changes.


Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Jennifer Granholm of Michigan attended the announcement with Mr. Obama. Granholm has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the open seat on the U.S. Supreme 5 Court. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, when asked, has not denied the possibility that the president would interview her for the position during her visit.



排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • 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。
adv.高效率地,有能力地
  • The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
  • Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。
n.里程,英里数;好处,利润
  • He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
  • What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里?
激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 ); 刺激; 诱因; 动机
  • tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
  • Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者,提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
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5-methyl-2-furoic acid
abdominizer
accustom to
Acmella brachyglossa
adsorbed gas
all bottom
amlong
Anaphalis surculosa
antiglobalists
atrioventricular septum
autolipophagosomes
band suction
bandpass optical filter
bar-crested antshrikes
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energy auditor
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himantura undulata
horse mine
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Ibis ibis
implicit enumeration
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leakoff-type shaft seat
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P orbital
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Poa wardiana
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steeliest
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stringlet
student recommended for admission
Tarim River
TESSA-only Individual Savings Account
topped his part
toxicity radiation
union pacific locomotive
unordinal
vc (vitrual channel)
wheat flag smuts
Wiemerstedt
yozoes