VOA常速英语2007-French Leaders Hold Summit to Launch 'Green Revo
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Paris
24 October 2007
France is hosting a high-level environmental summit Wednesday and Thursday, aimed to turn the country from laggard 1 to leader in the fight against global warming and pollution. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the summit will end with proposed government measures to launch a "green revolution" in France.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised to make the environment a top issue for his center-right government. The Paris summit is his opportunity to do so. He has already created a super-ministry of environment and development. He has also urged developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 2 by 50 percent by 2050.
Thursday, Mr. Sarkozy will deliver a key speech at the meeting. The government is expected to unveil a series of proposals to launch a "green revolution" in France, following months of meetings with environmental activists 3, farmers and businesses.
It is unclear just what the measures will be, but observers say they will likely include efforts to make buildings energy efficient by 2020 and to introduce labels on products showing their carbon footprints - how much heat-trapping carbon dioxide has been generated to produce them.
Yannick Jadot, spokesman for the environmental non-governmental "Alliance for the Planet," says he hopes the summit will produce radical 4 decisions for France, which has been considered an environmental laggard in Europe.
In an interview on Radio France International, Jadot said he hoped the French government will offer strong measures, including a moratorium 5 on genetically 6 modified products and a reduction in the use of pesticides 7. However, some environmental groups are less optimistic. And, Mr. Sarkozy's government is unlikely to budge 8 on one highly controversial issue - nuclear energy, which supplies 80 percent of France's electricity.
- In village,the laggard living condition must be improved.在乡村落后的生活条件必须被改善。
- Businesshas to some degree been a laggard in this process.商业在这个进程中已经慢了一拍。
- 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。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.政府已要求暂停武器试验。
- We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验。
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
- vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
- There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》