VOA标准英语2012--India's Surging Vehicle Count Creates Public Health Hazards
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
India's Surging Vehicle Count Creates Public Health Hazards
Respiratory pediatrician S.K. Kabra has busy Saturdays. His outpatient waiting area at this New Delhi hospital teems 1 with parents whose children complain of breathing difficulties.
Kabra says poor air quality is a key component 2 in a grim U.N. statistic 3: 13 percent of Indian children under five years of age, who are hospitalized for respiratory infections, die.
"Pollution increases the morbidity 4, increases the frequency, increases the severity. If a mother and a baby are exposed to some pollutant 5, that will increase respective morbidity," noted 6 Kabra.
A recent U.S. study using satellite data gave India the lowest air quality rating in the world, citing concentrations of particulates 7 five times higher than those deemed safe for human health.
For poor and rural Indians, a significant danger comes from cooking with wood and other biomass. But the fastest-growing source of dangerous pollution is actually related to India's increasing wealth.
Anumita Roychowdhury is an executive director at the Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment. She speaks of a "toxic 8 spiral" with the growing number of vehicles on India's streets.
"Imagine a city with more than 5.6 million vehicles, adding nearly 1,200 to 1,300 vehicles a day," said Roychowdhury. "The pace of the problem is growing faster than our ability to deal with it."
Roychowdhury says diesel 9 fuel subsidies 10 for freight and agriculture are being misused 11 by private car owners who buy diesel vehicles for savings 12 at the fuel pump.
"Now your diesel emissions 13, which are several times more carcinogenic, because of the subsidized fuel, their numbers are galloping 14 today and adding to the toxic risk in our cities," Roychowdhury explained.
Akshay Mani, a specialist in sustainable transportation with the consultancy Embarq India, calls for taxing vehicles more to reflect their environmental cost.
"Then you can also find solutions of how you use that money," said Mani. "You put it into a fund and use that fund to improve public transport and use it to create a more equitable 15 system where you are taxing people who are driving while you're using that money to actually provide good public transport for other sections of society."
While the subway system here in New Delhi has won praise for its efficiency, Mani says, a lingering problem is the so-called "last mile" to the traveler's door.
"How do you provide with the right kind of coverage 16 given that public transport can't reach all parts of the city? How do you make sure all parts of city are accessible to public transport? Because you have these feeder systems in place which can then make those stations accessible to all corners of the city," Mani added.
Some hope a humble 17 mainstay of Indian transportation may play a key role in reducing traffic and clearing the skies. Newer autorickshaws run on low-emission natural gas. Entrepreneurs hope new dispatch networks will attract passengers to quickly summon rides with just a phone call or text message.
- The swamp teems with mosquitoes. 这片沼泽地蚊子多极了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- That book teems with blunders. 那本书错误不少。 来自辞典例句
- Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
- Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
- Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
- There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。
- MC's also significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality induced by honeybee venom. 肥大细胞同样也能显著降低蜜蜂毒液诱发疾病的发病率和死亡率。 来自互联网
- The result shows that incidence of myopia morbidity is 44.84%. 结果表明:近视眼的发病率为44.84%。 来自互联网
- Coal itself is a heavy pollutant.煤本身就是一种严重的污染物。
- Carbon dioxide may not be a typical air pollutant.二氧化碳可能不是一种典型的污染物。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- Techniques for controlling particulates include filtering, washing, centrifugal separation, and electrostatic precipitation. 控制颗粒污染物的技术包括过滤、洗涤、离心分离、静电沉降。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Only micronic particulates penetrate to the depth of the lung. 只有微细粒子穿透到肺深部。 来自辞典例句
- The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
- There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
- We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
- My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。
- 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》
- He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
- By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
- 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。
- This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
- Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。