时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   雾霾爆表。今天我们聊空气质量、环境、新能源这些关乎民生的大事。也看看美国曾经如何治理洛杉矶雾霾。


  关键词:
  Air quality issue: 空气质量问题
  Paris Environment Conference: 巴黎环境大会
  COP21: 第21届联合国气候变化大会
  COP(Conference of the Parties): 缔约方
  Environmental protection: 环境保护
  There're good days. There're bad days: 有些时候比较好,有些时候情况很差
  Smog: 雾霾 (就是smoke+fog)
  Smoke: 烟
  Fog: 雾
  Mask, face mask: 口罩
  To bike: 骑自行车
  Skeptical 1: 怀疑的、持怀疑态度
  I don't think it's gonna do anything: 我不觉得它有用
  Cancer: 癌
  Lungs: 肺
  PM2.5 (Particulate Matter):颗粒物
  AQI (Air Quality Index): 空气质量指数
  It can get into your blood stream: 它会进入你的血液
  Air purifier:空气净化机
  I keep my windows closed: 保持窗户关闭
  It smells like gas: 闻起来像煤气的味道
  It smells like burning coal:闻起来像烧煤的味道
  Central heating: 中央供暖
  It takes a few generations to fix the environment: 治理环境需要几代人的努力
  美国曾经也有雾霾
  To peak: 达到峰值、限制
  Greenhouse gas emission 2: 温室气体排放
  Clean energy/alternative energy: 清洁能源
  Natural gas: 天然气
  Fuel: 燃料
  Petrol: 石油
  Electric cars: 电动车
  Hybrid 3: 混合动力车
  Tesla: 特斯拉
  Electric car subsidies 4: 电动车补贴
  Public buses:公交车
  Global warming:全球气候变暖
  Climate change: 气候变化
  Temperature: 温度
  Celcius:摄氏度
  Fahrenheit 5: 华氏度
  It's not the best solution: 并不是最好的解决办法
  Developmental stage: 发展阶段
  Feasible: 可操作性、可能性
  Consensus 6: 共识
  Something needs to be done to save the environment: 一定要采取措施,保护环境
  L.A. had a big smog problem in the 70's: 洛杉矶70年代也有过雾霾问题
  It's situated in a valley surrounded by mountains: 洛杉矶地处山谷中,被群山环绕
  The smog gets trapped inside the city: 雾霾都凝结在城里,散不掉
  Visibility: 能见度
  Research: 研究
  Emission: 尾气排放
  Leaded fuel: 含铅汽油
  Polluted: 被污染的

adj.怀疑的,多疑的
  • Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
  • Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。
n.发出物,散发物;发出,散发
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施,降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后,指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
n.(动,植)杂种,混合物
  • That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
  • The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
n.补贴,津贴,补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
  • European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
  • Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n./adj.华氏温度;华氏温度计(的)
  • He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
  • The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。
n.(意见等的)一致,一致同意,共识
  • Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗?
  • What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么?
学英语单词
a-type boiler
abiding places
accelerating conductor or relay
act up to one's opinion
adamantoids
AG out
amplidyne control unit
amplitude-squeezed light
AMVER
Archaeozoon
asymbiotic nitrogen fixation
atomic packing factor
autocap
bachem
Bergerocactus
black nationalist,Black Nationalist
calate
call signal
carpenter ants
cathode ray gun
chemical fastness
citizen's advocate centre
coal briquette
count against sb
delessio
descent orbit insertion
dittogrphy
dolores vagi
dreamina
earth-eater
emergency bilge suction valve
environmental pharmacology
eye tracking unit
fara
fe-s protein
font type
generation of trip
genuine turpentine oil
goods in bulk
grandiflora
gross start-stop distortion
guest rooms
have somebody by the short hairs
illtyd
intermodel
joffes
kill the enemy
macro directory
media globalization
meningoencephalitides
minimum deflection angle
mobile-river
moon face
mutual most-favored-nation clause
nemery
neoplatin
Nerdwallet
nominal size of pipe
norbert wieners
nuclear design calculations
once-dilapidated
open the way for
orthochronous
panchetti
peloponnesos (morea)
phonon coupled level
phytoclimate
plugged steel
potential capillarity
premium digital content
prester
previous-carry digit
program manager
psychotherapy in dermatological non-disease
pulsed ring
pursuers
r.s
racial stereotype
reflecting component
science and applications
Scourge of God
self-learners
set column markers
sheep maggot
sischanensis
slaved system
snetterton
sodium cooled valves
square of Pegasus
stop-over
storified
super-long stroke crosshead diesel engine
sustained transfer rate
the victims of the earthquake
triangular plug
Trogontherium
undercut trimmer saw
unhinged
value add
voltage overshoot
with the speed of
writable control storage programming