voa标准英语2008-Scotland Promotes Whiskey as a Weapon Against Po
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)
Scotchmen stand as they wear traditional dress behind the first bottles in the world of Scotch Whiskey Royal Salute 3 38 Years Old (File)
A wee dram of whiskey - it is Scotland's national drink and locals say it cures the common cold.
But there is another Scottish DRAM that has even greater health implications. It is a water-cleaning technology invented by scientists at Aberdeen University.
This DRAM is derived 4 from a scotch by-product and it can cure contaminated groundwater. Its clever name, DRAM, stands for Device for the Remediation and Attenuation 5 of Multiple pollutants 6.
Soil toxicologist Graeme Paton says it can take chemically polluted water and make it clean.
"We are making something that fish can survive in, that plants, that can be used for washing and irrigation, that is the objective of this project," said Paton.
DRAM is far quicker and more cost effective than current clean-up techniques. It can remove multiple pollutants simultaneously 8, such as pesticides 9 or heavy metals, making once-tainted water safe enough to go back into the environment.
The scientists have conducted field tests around Britain, from toxic 7 sites to water treatment facilities. The university research team considers the trials so successful it is keeping the by-product secret and Graeme Paton says they are contemplating 10 setting up a company to exploit the commercial potential to a global market.
"Part of our ambition is not just to deal with the West and developed world, but also other very under developed countries, like Pakistan and Bangladesh and West Africa, where much of our tanneries are carried out to produce our leather and the by-product that produces is horrifically toxic to local areas," added Paton. "We can actually deploy 12 this as a very sustainable option to help those people as well. Water, clean water is the right of every human being that we should expect in the Western world."
The inventors say it is also an environmentally friendly solution. Unlike current methods, DRAM does not use potent 11 chemicals to clean the water - the pollutants simply get trapped in the organic DRAM material.
Leigh Cassidy came up the idea of using the whiskey by-product as a groundwater cleaner. She credits her profound knowledge of Scotch.
"I started doing a check list of the ideal properties, and as I ticked off the list I thought, 'Ohhh, I know what has got that in it," said Cassidy.
Paton and Cassidy say they are thrilled with their scientific discovery of an environmentally friendly water-cleaning solution. Well, it is certainly a idea worth toasting.
- Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
- Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景，真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。
- Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.自由是经济盈余的副产品。
- The raw material for the tyre is a by-product of petrol refining.制造轮胎的原材料是提炼汽油时产生的一种副产品。
- Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
- The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。
- Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The attenuation distance and transmittance are connected together, they influence each other. 衰减距离attenuation)和能见度(transmittance)是联系在一起的，并相互影响。 来自互联网
- Attenuation of light is in the form of absorption. 光是以吸收的形式衰减。 来自辞典例句
- Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
- The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- 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。
- The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
- The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
- 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》
- You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
- She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
- The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
- We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。