2007年VOA标准英语-Climate Study Calls for Alternative Technologie
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
Washington
04 May 2007
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Friday plans to issue a third report on ways to offset 1 global warming. Scientists and government administrators 2 from more than 120 countries have been hammering out the text of the report this week in Bangkok, Thailand. Early drafts indicate that countries that start now to back away from fossil fuels, will not have to wait generations to see benefits. VOA's Paul Sisco has more.
The climate change panel studied how a united world can avert 3 the worst effects of global warming.
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele is with the delegation 4 from Belgium. "Probably the most important thing is to improve energy efficiency. There's a lot of energy wastage everywhere in the world and that's probably one of the first things to do. The other thing to do is to understand that in the long term we won't have fossil fuel anymore. So we have to improve on the way we use renewable energy."
The report says emissions 5 can be cut below current levels if the world shifts away from carbon heavy fuels like coal, significantly reduces deforestation and moves towards widespread energy efficiency requirements and practices.
The European Union's Tom van Ierland said, "If you say the kind of commitments we ask from India China and Brazil, let's be very clear, we don't ask them to do the same things we ask from developed countries which are taking kind of binding 6 targets to reduce their emissions. But indeed we would like to cooperate with them better to ensure we can find the kinds of technologies -- introduce them into their markets that does see a reduction of the goal of emissions.
Lalith Chandrapala, a delegate from Sri Lanka stated his position. "Cleaner technologies developed by the developed countries should be transferred to the developing nations because we do not have the funds to develop these technologies."
The U.N. report's overall message is that the worst consequences of global warming can be averted 7 if a united world embraces alternative technologies and is willing to change.
- Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
- He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
- He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
- Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
- He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
- I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
- The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
- We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
- 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。
- The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
- Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。