时间:2019-02-04 作者:英语课 分类:CCTV9英语新闻2013年11月


英语课


Joining us now is reporter Tang Bo to tell us more about the measures the Chinese government has taken to cope with the air pollution.


Tang: Poor air quality in Beijing and the “Beijing cough” has repeatedly embarrassed the country in the international arena 1. In the latest example, American Grammy winner Patti Austin was forced to cancel her performance in the city on October the 18th after she suffered from asthma 2 and a respiratory infection. Environmental problems in China have triggered serious policy changes. A 1.75 trillion-yuan (284.2 billion US dollars) plan was sanctioned by the Chinese government in September to tackle the air quality problem. It is aimed at improving air quality within five years, decrease the number of days of heavy pollution and improve air quality in major cities. The government wants to cut the density 3 of inhalable particulate 4 matter by at least 10 percent in major cities nationwide and reduce PM 2.5 by about 25 percent from the 2012 level in Beijing and its surrounding areas by 2017. To better monitor air quality, environmental authorities have set up 668 monitoring spots in 114 cities and release the data daily through media and on the Internet. They also plan to pilot an air quality warning system this month.


 








Chinese cities wrapped in haze.



 


Zack: China has introduced many measures to cope with the air pollution, and climate change. What are the major challenges the world is facing in terms of cooperation?


Tang: There have been wide-ranging discussions over the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters: China and the United States. The debate is over whether countries need a new impetus 6 to push towards a global deal to curb 7 climate change at the upcoming UN climate change conference in Warsaw. Analysts 8 say as negotiators start hammering out a new 2015 deal to tackle climate change, China is going to set the level of ambition of the agreement. But there are problems, from a lingering economic slowdown across many parts of the world to failure to build a widespread sense of urgency to act on climate change. This means negotiators may struggle to find backing for an agreement that is both ambitious and quick enough to halt the worst impacts of global warming. People have been complaining that the Climate change conversation so far has not been about urgency. Like Qatar last year, Poland’s leadership of the upcoming talks in Warsaw has raised many questions about whether it can drive them forward at the speed required.

 


 






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1
arena
Yv4zd
  
 


n.竞技场,运动场所;竞争场所,舞台


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She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。












2
asthma
WvezQ
  
 


n.气喘病,哮喘病


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I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。












3
density
rOdzZ
  
 


n.密集,密度,浓度


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The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。
The region has a very high population density.该地区的人口密度很高。












4
particulate
4mMzPG
  
 


adj.微小的;n.微粒,粒子


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A special group was organized to dig up the particulate of the case.成立了一个专门小组来查明该案件的各个细节。
Lungs retain relatively insoluble particulate material.肺脏内留有不溶解的颗粒物质。












5
haze
O5wyb
  
 


n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊


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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。












6
impetus
L4uyj
  
 


n.推动,促进,刺激;推动力


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This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。












7
curb
LmRyy
  
 


n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制


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I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。












8
analysts
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分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )


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City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。













n.竞技场,运动场所;竞争场所,舞台
  • She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
  • He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
n.气喘病,哮喘病
  • I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
  • Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。
n.密集,密度,浓度
  • The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。
  • The region has a very high population density.该地区的人口密度很高。
adj.微小的;n.微粒,粒子
  • A special group was organized to dig up the particulate of the case.成立了一个专门小组来查明该案件的各个细节。
  • Lungs retain relatively insoluble particulate material.肺脏内留有不溶解的颗粒物质。
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊
  • 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。
n.推动,促进,刺激;推动力
  • This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
  • Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。
n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制
  • I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
  • You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
学英语单词
a streaker
a.m.
adenanthrea microsperma l.
AGA,A.G.A.
air cleaner
annual ring density
Bayerbach bei Ergoldsbach
Bence-Jones protein
blacklers
cagewashes
cartographic design
cerebral irritation
chief executives
ciprofibrate
clutter rejection
coherent brittle stage
commutator-controlled weld
cryogenic technology
digital to image conversion
discipleships
double faced hammer
dress
drewe
Dunnet
eeps
efficiency factor
enthalpy of swelling
equatorial system
exterior varnish
exult over
farigue
Fat Analysis Committee colour
flat billet
get his
Gojra
graynet
Guaranteed Death Benefit
half-binding
hexaquarks
high-sulphur fuel
improvement by lessee
injector feed
interaction volume
intoxilyzer
IP fragmentation IP
key variable
korahl
leakage spectrum
lenslets
linolenate
logolepsy
long - term care
loop termination
lql
lutnick
malgwyn
material for test
Medveditskiy
Metroval
mintels
miscellaneous asbestos product
Neolitsea pinninervis
newbattles
non-dividend payee
operational technical manual
penetration of grease
pole setting
pretell
primary mother-tree selection
production strategies
psauoscopy
Qarshi
random noise level
reference oscillator muting
reservoir sensitivity evaluation
reversible code
roller-ball
runners
salty milk
scarifie
see sth with half an eye
sentenceable
shilt
Shimabara-hantō
simple radical
special transfer paper
steinhausers
sulphur cement mortar anchor
superefficiency
temperature classification
thelephoid
theory of growth
thermal processes
thrash over
tooth abscess
USB stick
velascas
vermilions
voltaic irritability
wad hamid
with expedition
zygoplast