经济学人:空气污染来袭 如何保护我们的肺(上)

Science and technology: Air-pollution: Breathtaking 科学与技术：空气污染：屏气吞声 Air-quality indices make pollution seem less bad than it is. 空气质量指数粉饰了空气污染情况。 Smoking a whole packet of cigarettes in a

波兰工程师研发空气净化设备

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. From Asia to Europe to North America, poor air quality is making people sick and, in some cases, killing them at an early age. Air pollution causes six million premature deaths every yea

印度发明家把污染转变成墨水

Indian Inventors Turn Pollution into Ink Workers at an Indian start-up company are busy cutting up pieces of metal and using them to make unusual devices. Company officials say these devices will capture smoke from diesel generators and turn it into

数据预测北京还要再呼吸16年雾霾

A trickle of statements from Chinese leaders in recent months have given hope to some residents of Beijing and other smog-choked Chinese cities that they might regularly breathe clean air within a few years. Prime Minister Li Keqiang in March declare

VOA标准英语2010年-Long-Term Study of Gulf Oil Spill Heal

This week, the British oil company BP issued a controversial report on the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico four months ago. Regardless of who was at fault, the release of an estimated four million barrels of oil had a major envir

钟南山：中国治霾十年可见成效

3月5日在京召开的十二届全国人大三次会议开会间隙，著名呼吸道疾病专家，全国人大代表钟南山接受媒体采访。[魏晓昊/中国日报] It might take China a decade to tackle its notorious smog problem, said Zhon

我国沈阳遭遇历史最严重雾霾污染

Chinese state media and netizens have decried high pollution levels in the northeast city of Shenyang, which activists have said could be the worst ever air quality seen in the country. 中国官方媒体和网民们对中国东北部沈阳市的重度

报告显示 我国161座城市空气质量得到改善

Effective pollution controls adopted in 161 major Chinese cities have greatly improved air quality, a green organization said last Monday. 一家绿色环保组织上周一表示，中国161座主要城市采取的有效的污染防治措施使空气质

世卫:低收入国家空气质量低

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- More than 80 percent of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), a UN spokesman said here Thursday.

CCTV9英语新闻：试图限制北京的雾霾

The Chinese government says it is trying to cut air pollution in Beijing ahead of the APEC summit of world leaders, which opens November 8. The Ministry of Environmental Protection has warned that central and southern parts of the Beijing municipalit

研究称空气污染可能加速大脑衰老

Exposure to air pollution may hasten brain aging, a new study has found. 一项新研究发现，暴露在空气污染中可能会加速大脑衰老。 Researchers studied 1,403 women without dementia who were initially enrolled in a large health stu

Rio more polluted than NY, Paris or London

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Rio de Janeiro has the highest level of air pollution in Brazil, and is more polluted than many other world metropolis like New York, London and Paris, a World Health Organization (WHO) study said Monday. Accordin

北京市计划将雾霾纳入气象灾害种类

Beijing is considering listing smog as a meteorological disaster, but the move has been questioned. 北京正考虑将霾列为气象灾害，但此举引发了质疑。 The legal committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress started work on t

China vows more transparency in pollution control

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental watchdog said on Thursday that it will work to promote the prompt disclosure of air quality reports and monitoring results for other types of pollution. The disclosure of information on major pollut

China mulls BBQ ban in major cities

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The pressures of severe air pollution have prompted China's environmental watchdog to consider pushing forward a legal ban on barbecues in densely populated urban areas. Barbecues should be strictly controlled in cities t

托福阅读：雾霾相关内容收集

中国雾霾，近几年不仅仅成为国人议论的热点话题，更是成为了国际议论的热点话题。在托福阅读中，我们可以将中国雾霾的一些知识作为托福阅读背景知识来了解。小编搜集了一些关于中国

WHO: Diesel Exhaust Causes Cancer

The World Health Organization, upgrading a previous warning, said June 12 that diesel exhaust causes cancer and called for tighter emissions standards, comparing the risk of exhaust to second-hand cigarette smoke. Tuesdays announcement comes after in

China strives to reduce air pollutants

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will make more efforts to reduce PM 2.5 pollutants, as well as other pollutants, a government official said Tuesday. A national obligatory target will be set to limit PM 2.5 emission, which is a fine particulate matt

经济学人305:空气污染 呼吸不易

Air pollution 空气污染 Not breathing easy 呼吸不易 A Supreme Court ruling forces the government to deal with dirty air 英国最高法院的裁决迫使政府出策解决空气污染问题 BRITISH air is much clearer than it once was: in 1952

与空气污染有关的托福词汇

雾霾 haze; 烟雾 smog; 空气污染指数 air pollution index; 橙色预警 orange alert; 悬浮颗粒物 airborne particulate matter; 可吸入颗粒物 inhalable particle; 有毒物质 toxic substance; 空气质量检测 air quality monitoring; 实