经济学人:空气污染来袭 如何保护我们的肺(上)

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step by step 第四册 lesson 137

UNIT 69 POPULAR SCIENCE (Ⅱ) Lesson 137 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises Instruction-following: Square or Circle? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Score: _______ Part Ⅱ Preserving The Environment Vocabu

减肥有一个严重的副作用

According to the Newscientist of September 7, weight loss has a serious downside: it leads to the release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which may have a significant impact on health. POPs are man-made chemicals which enter the food chain f

北京新空气污染应急预案

The Beijing Municipal Heavy Air Pollution Emergency Response Program includes a four-tier color alert system. A Red alert, the highest, will be issued for heavy pollution that is expected to last more than 3-days. An air quality index of over 200 wil

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工作状态不佳？都怪二氧化碳

You might think it's your colleagues or the pressures of work that's getting you down at the office, but new research suggests it could well be the air you're breathing instead. Scientists in the US have found that the concentration of carbon dioxide

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大气污染来自汽车尾气

According to the latest research, vehicles, coal-burning, airborne dust and industrial production account for 85 to 90-percent of the major airborne pollution sources in most Chinese cities. Vehicles are the biggest polluters in Beijing, Hangzhou, Gu

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

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

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Melting Ice In Greenland Could Expose Serious Pollutants From Buried Army Base

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研究人员开发新技术应对雾霾

Researchers from Xian Jiaotong University in Northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province have developed a way to eliminate air pollutants during the coal-burning process, which they hope would significantly address the countrys smog problems. 来自中国西北的

科学家将污染物变成打印机墨水

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保护环境，不要空气污染英语对话

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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

研究称减肥可能会污染血液

According to the Newscientist of September 7, weight loss has a serious downside: it leads to the release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)， which may have a significant impact on health。 POPs are man-made chemicals which enter the food cha

At Least One-Third of Himalayan Ice to Disappear by 2100

At least one-third of the ice in the Himalayan Mountains will disappear by the end of this century because of rising temperatures, scientists said this week. This will threaten river flows that provide water resources for 1.9 billion people. Huge gla

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