2006年VOA标准英语-Malaysia Issues Alert in Malacca Strait as Haze
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
By Nancy-Amelia Collins
Jakarta
09 October 2006
Malaysia has issued a hazard warning for ships sailing in the Malacca Strait because of a thick haze 1 from bush fires in Indonesia that is blanketing parts of the region, and cutting visibility.
Strait of Malacca
Malaysia on Monday warned ships plying 2 the to be careful of accidents because haze has greatly cut visibility.
The haze has enveloped 3 much of the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, as well as Singapore and parts of western Malaysia.
The haze comes from fires started illegally, mainly in Kalimantan and Sumatra. Agricultural companies and private farmers use the fires to clear land for planting.
Over the past few weeks, the smoke has been so bad in some areas that governments have issued health warnings, and urged people with respiratory illnesses to stay indoors.
The fires occur mainly during the dry season, so they spread quickly, and are hard to extinguish.
Yuri Thamrin, the director of East Asia Pacific at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, says the problem will not be easy to solve.
"The problem is really the traditional method of slash 4 and burn. We need to do things in long-term perspective, for instance, how to change the dangerous culture, how to give incentive 5, how to give dissemination 6, encouragements not to slash and burn, but to make a mechanism 7, for instance, to produce compost, things like that," noted 8 Thamrin. "So, it's really a comprehensive approach that we need to invest in this."
But environmental groups say not enough is being done to keep the fires from being started in the first place.
Rully Sumanda from the Indonesian environmental group WALHI says laws must be enacted 9 to hold the big plantation 10 owners accountable for fires on their property.
"I've already talked to the minister of environment, and we offered some draft for the law. In this draft, we need to push the responsibility of the company, if there is fire in their concessions 11, no matter who put the fire in this area, maybe with administrative 12 punishment, something like that," said Sumanda. "That's what the Indonesian government needs to implement 13."
While slash and burn clearing is illegal in Indonesia, the law is seldom enforced and few have ever been prosecuted 14.
- I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
- He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。
- All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It was rather Mrs. Wang who led the conversation, plying Miss Liu with questions. 倒是汪太太谈锋甚健，向刘小姐问长问短。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
- She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里。
- Smoke from the burning house enveloped the whole street. 燃烧着的房子冒出的浓烟笼罩了整条街。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
- Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
- Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
- He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。
- The dissemination of error does people great harm. 谬种流传，误人不浅。
- He was fully bent upon the dissemination of Chinese culture all over the world. 他一心致力于向全世界传播中国文化。
- The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
- The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
- 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。
- legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
- Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
- The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
- He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
- Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
- The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
- The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
- The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。