大学英语视听说3听力原文翻译Unit2
经典荤段子-感恩父母的作文100字
Unit 2
II. Basic Listening
Practice
Script
M: Now we have satellite
and high-powered microscopes, it’s easy to think
we know everything
about the world; but we
still don’t understand EI Nino.
W: Right. Even
the scientists are uncertain about the exact cause
of the warm Pacific current that
brings storms
or drought—the mysterious EI Nino.
Q: Which of
the following is true according to the
conversation?
B) Even scientists cannot
understand EI Nino.
男：现在我们有卫星和高性能的显微镜，我们知道世界上的
一切是很容易的；但我们仍不了
解尼诺现象。
W：右。甚至科学家也不知道确切的原因温暖的太平洋洋流带来的风暴或干旱的神秘的尼诺。
问：根据对话，下列哪项是正确的？
B）连科学家们无法理解尼诺。
2.
Script
M: Everyone is talking about
environmental problem: acid rain, greenhouse
effect, holes in the
ozone layer. We should
think positively. What can we do to improve
things?
W: I agree. We could do a lot more to
harness the sun’s energy for heating and lighting
in our
homes. Millions of solar roofs are now
emerging in Japan, the U.S., Italy, and Germany.
Q: How do the man and the woman view the
environment?
D) Both the man and woman think
positively about it.
M：每个人都在谈论环境问题：酸雨，温室效应，臭氧层
的洞。我们应该积极地思考。我们
能做什么来提高呢？
W：我同意。我们可以做更多的事来利
用太阳的能量加热和在我们的家庭照明。太阳能屋顶
计现在出现在日本，美国，意大利，德国。
问：如何看待环境？
d）男女积极思考它。
3. Script
W:
We lived in Beijing some years ago. It was always
difficult to keep the house clean with the
wind from the north blowing sand from the
desert.
M: That’s why the Chinese government
has been encouraging people to plant trees along
the
edges of the Gobi Desert. Now those trees
act as wind barriers.
Q: What have the Chinese
people been encouraged to do?
To grow trees.
W：我们几年前住在北京。它是从北方吹来的，沙子吹来保持屋子干净很困难。
男：这就是为
什么中国政府一直在鼓励人们植树造林，在戈壁滩沙漠的边缘。现在那些树作
为风障。
问：有什么中国人被鼓励吗？
一）种树。
4. Script
M:
Many old refrigerators and cars are environmental
hazards because they contain CFCs that
destroy
the ozone layer.
W: Yes, but government
organizations are helping people to safely dispose
of old refrigerators or,
in the case of cars,
to upgrade their air conditioning.
Q: What are
government organizations helping people to do?
To treat old electrical appliances safely.
M：许多旧冰箱和汽车的环境危害，因为它们含有氯氟烃破坏臭氧层。
女：是的，现在政府机构帮助人们安全地处置旧冰箱或，以汽车为例，来升级自己的空调。
问：政府组织帮助人们做什么？
一）处理旧电器的安全。
5. Script
M: Hey. That’s an aerosol spray you’re using
on your hair! Build a bomb or set fire to the
apartment to kill us quickly instead of making
holes in the ozone, so we die of cancer.
W:
Cool it. This spray doesn’t contain CFCs. And
you’d better read a little more.
Q: What does
the man mean?
C) The woman should not use an
aerosol spray.
男：嘿。这是一个喷雾你对你的头发不好！等于建立一个炸弹，或充满
整个公寓快速杀死我
们，不利于臭氧洞，而且我们可能死于癌症。
W：冷静。这种喷雾不含氯氟烃。你最好多读一点。
问：这个男人是什么意思？
c）女人不应该使用喷雾。
III. Listening In
Task 1:
We should have proper respect for nature!
Script
Martha: Do you think most people in
your culture respect nature?
Ed: I think
so. Um… more now than before.
Martha: What do
you think is the most serious environment problem
in the world today?
Ed: Today…I think
damage to the ozone layer is a big problem, and
another problem is
pollution in big cities and
things like that.
Martha: How do you learn
about environmental problems?
Ed: Um…
through school. A lot of clubs promote
environmental safely, and some TV
programs,
too. They talk about environmental safely and
stuff like that.
Martha: Do you think
students should learn more about the environment
at school?
Ed: I think so. So, as they
grow older, they can be more aware of all the
problems that are
going on, and prevent more
problems from occurring.
Martha: If you
could create a new law to help the environment,
what would it be?
Ed: A new law for the
environment? Um…I’d probably say that when people
throw away
their cigarette butts, they have to
throw them into the garbage bin, not just throw
them
everywhere because it’s just littering
and I hate that. So they should be fined if they
throw them
on the floor on the ground.
Martha: That’s a good idea. What do you
personally do to help protect the environment?
Ed: I’ m so against littering. I never
litter. If I see somebody litter, I get really
angry. So I
always throw my trash into the
garbage bin.
玛莎：你认为在你的文化中人们尊重大自然？
艾德：我是这么认为的。嗯„„现在比以前更多。
玛莎：你认为什么是当今世界最严重的环境问题？
艾德：今天„„我想破坏臭氧层，是一个大问题，一个问题是在大城市的污染等等。
玛莎：你怎么了解环境问题？
艾德：嗯„„通过学校。很多俱乐部促进环境安全，和一些电视
节目，太。他们谈论环境安
全的东西。
玛莎：你认为学生应该在学校学会更多关于环境的问题吗？
艾德：我是这么认为的。所以，当
他们长大后，他们可以更清楚地了解所有的问题，要，并
防止更多的问题。
玛莎：如果你能创造新的法律帮助环境，它会是什么？
艾德：对环境的新法律？嗯„„我可能
会说，当人们扔掉的烟头，他们不得不把它们扔到垃
圾桶，不随便乱扔垃圾，我憎恨这种行为。所以他们
应该罚款如果他们扔在地板上。
玛莎：那是个好主意。那么个人的事怎么来帮助保护环境呢？
艾德：我非常反对乱扔垃圾。我从不乱扔垃圾。如果我看到有人乱扔垃圾，我真的生气了。
所以我总是
把我的垃圾扔进垃圾箱。
Key:
Nature environmental
problem pollution promote aware of
from
occurring law throw away fined trash
Task 2: River pollution
Script
If you
see dead fish floating on the river or notice that
the water is discolored and smelly, you
know
the river has been polluted, and there are four
main possible causes for it.
First, fertilize.
If large amount of fertilize or farm waste drain
into a river, the concentrations of
nitrate
and phosphate in the water increase considerably.
Algae use these substances to grow
rapidly,
turning the water green. This massive growth of
algae leads to pollution. When the algae
die,
they are broken down by the action of the
bacteria, which quickly multiply, using up all the
oxygen in the water and therefore causing the
death of fish.
Second, industrial waste.
Factories sometimes discharge chemical waste into
rivers. Examples of
such pollutants include
cyanide, lead, copper, and mercury. These
substances may enter the river
in such high
concentrations that fish and other animals are
killed immediately. Sometimes the
pollutions
enter the food chain and accumulate until they
reach toxic levels, eventually killing fish
and other animals.
Third, oil pollution.
If oil enters a slow-moving river, it forms a
rainbow-colored film over the
entire surface,
preventing oxygen from entering the water.
Fourth, warm water. Industry often uses water
for cooling processes, sometimes discharging
large quantities of warm water back into
rivers. A higher temperature of the water lowers
the
level of dissolved oxygen and upsets the
balance of life in the water.
如果你看到死鱼漂浮在河上或发现水
变色发臭，你知道那条河被污染了，和有四个主要的它
可能的原因。
第一，施肥。如果大量施
肥或农场废物排入河中的水，大大增加的硝酸盐和磷酸盐的浓度。
藻类利用这些物质的快速增长，将水绿
色。这种大规模的藻类生长导致污染。当藻类死亡，
他们打破了细菌的行动，并迅速繁殖，耗尽水中的氧
气，导致鱼类死亡。
第二，工业废水。工厂排放的化学废料排入河流有时。等污染物的例子包括氰化物
，铅，铜，
汞。这些高浓度物质进入河中可能立即杀死鱼类和其他动物。有时，污染物进入食物链积累<
br>到有毒水平，最终杀死鱼类和其他动物。
第三，石油污染。如果油进入流动缓慢的河流，它形成
了一个彩虹色膜的整个表面，防止氧
进入水。
第四，温水。行业经常采用水冷
却的过程，有时排出大量的温水回到河流。较高的水的温度
降低溶解氧水平，使生命的水平衡。
Question and key:
What is the passage
mainly about?
D) The causes of river
pollution.
2. Why does the river water turn
green?
A) Because nitrate and phosphate in the
water increase.
3. What harm does industrial
waste cause?
B) Poisoning..
4. Which of
the following is true of oil pollution?
C) It
prevents oxygen from entering the water.
5.
What harm can warm water in a river bring?
D)
Lack of oxygen.
1。本文的主要内容是什么？
d）河流造成污染。
2。为什么河水会变绿？
一）因为在水增加硝酸盐和磷酸盐。
3。工业废水造成什么危害？
b）中毒。
4。下列哪一项是油污染真的吗？
C）它阻止氧气进入水。
5。有什么可以温暖的河中的水带来什么？
D）缺乏氧气。
VI. Further Listening and Speaking
Task1: The environment and the development
Script
Li: Hi Professor Wang, I’m Li
Lin, a correspondent from the university
newspaper. The staff and
students here are
getting more and more interested in the
relationship between the environment
and
economic development. What do you think is the
most serious environmental problem at
present?
What measures should we adopt to improve the
environment and develop the
economy at the
same time?
Wang: There are many environmental
problems: air pollution, water pollution,
desertification,
overfishing, destruction of
natural habitats, acid rain, overconsumption of
wild animals and
plants, etc. But lying at the
center of all those problems, as I see it, is the
contradiction between
economic growth and the
environment.
Since the United Nations Earth
Summit in 1992, growing number of people and
governments
have adopted the new idea of
“sustainable development”. This means today’s
economic growth
should not wipe out the
resources and options for future generations.
Planning and development
should ensure not
only economic growth, but also social advancement
and environment health.
In other words, some
economic behavior must be restricted or
controlled. Instilling principles of
sustainable development into government
planning, resource management and economic policy
is the most important step China can take to
solve its environmental problems.
China has
already taken some remarkable steps to reduce
damage to the environment. For
instance, following the huge floods of
1998, the government banned logging in the upper
reaches
of the Yangtze River in order to
protect forests and reduce the risk of floods.
Still, the basic contradiction between
environment and development persists. Much work is
to be
done before we can achieve the aim of a
balance between economic growth and the
environment.
李：你好，王教授，我是李林，从大学报的记者。工作人员和这里
的学生越来越多，在环境
与经济发展之间的关系更感兴趣。你认为什么是目前最严重的环境问题？我们应
该采取什么
措施来改善环境，在发展经济的同时？
王：有很多环境问题：空气污染，水污染，
沙漠化，过度捕捞，自然栖息地的破坏，酸雨，
野生动植物的过度消费，而躺在这些问题中，我认为，是
经济增长和环境保护之间的矛盾。
联合国1992地球峰会以来，越来越多的人和政府都采取了“可持
续发展的新理念”。这意味
着今天的经济增长不应消灭的资源和未来的选择。规划和发展应确保的不仅是
经济增长，但
同时社会进步和环境健康。换句话说，一些经济行为必须受到制约。将可持续发展原则逐步
纳入政府规划，资源管理和经济政策是最重要的一步，中国可以解决环境问题。
中国已采取了
一些重大措施来减少对环境的破坏。例如，1998的大洪水后，政府禁止砍伐
长江上游为了保护森林和
减少洪水风险。
然而，环境与发展之间的基本矛盾依然存在。大量的工作是要实现经济增长与环境之间
的平
衡的目的了。
Key:
water pollution
overconsumption economic growth resources
social advancement restricted government
planning economic policy
remarkable steps
balance
Task2: Thick cloud of pollution
covering southern Asia
Script
A United
Nations study says that a thick cloud of pollution
covering southern Asia threatens the
lives of
millions of people. Scientists say the pollution
could increase lung disease and cause early
death. The cloud is also damaging agriculture
and affecting rainfall levels. It has affected
many
countries in southern Asia. The pollution
cloud is three kilometers high. Scientists say it
can move
halfway around the world in a week.
The cloud is the result of forest fires, the
burning of agricultural waste, and huge increases
in the
burning of fuels by vehicles,
industries and power stations.
Pollution from
millions of bad cooking stoves has made the
problem worse. Many poor people
burn fuels
like wood and animal waste in such stoves.
Scientists say the cloud of pollution appears
to cool the land and oceans by blocking sunlight.
They say it reduces the amount of sunlight
reaching the Earth’s surface by as much as 15
percent.
At the same time, heat inside the
cloud warms the lower parts of the atmosphere.
Scientists say this combination could be
changing winter rainfall levels in Asia. They say
rainfall
has increased over the eastern coast
of Asia. But it has dropped sharply over parts of
northwestern Asia. The report says the cloud
could reduce rainfall over northwestern Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and western China by up to 40
percent.
Harmful chemicals from the cloud are
mixing with rainfall. This acid rain damages crops
and trees
and threatens public health.
Scientists are concerned that the pollution will
intensify during the
next 30 years as the
population of Asia increases to an estimated 5,000
million people.
联合国的一项研究表示，厚厚的云层覆盖南亚的污染威胁着上百万人
的生命。科学家说，污
染可能会增加肺部疾病，导致过早死亡。云也会破坏农业和影响降
雨量。它已经影响了许多
国家在亚洲南部。污染云高三公里。科学家们说，它可以在一个星期半个世界移
动。
云是由于森林火灾，农业废弃物的燃烧，并在燃烧的燃料的车辆的大量增加，工业和发电站。
从坏的炉具，数以百万计的污染会使问题变得更糟。许多穷人燃烧燃料如木材、动物等炉废。
科学家说，污染云似乎冷静地阻挡阳光的海洋。他们说这可以减少多达百分之15的阳光到
达地球表面的
量。同时，云里面的热量温暖了低层的大气。
科学家说，这种组合可能会改变亚洲冬天的降雨量。他们
说的降雨量增加到东海岸的亚洲。
但它急剧下降在西北地区。报告说，这些云可能减少在巴基斯坦西北部
，阿富汗的降雨，和
高达百分之40的中国西部。
云中有害的化学物质混合与降雨。这个酸雨
危害农作物、树木和威胁公众健康。科学家担心
污染将加强在未来30年亚洲人口增长到约500000
0000人。
Question and key:
What is true of
the cloud of pollution?
D) It can move halfway
around the world in a week.
What is NOT the
cause of the cloud of pollution?
B)
Evaporation from the ocean.
What does the
cloud of pollution bring about?
A) It cools
the land and oceans.
Why will the pollution
intensify in the next 30 years?
C) Because the
Asian population will increase a lot.
What is
the main idea of the passage?
C) The causes
and results of a cloud of pollution.
1。什么是污染的云真的吗？
D）它能在一个星期半个世界移动。
2。什么是没有污染的云的原因？
B）从海洋蒸发。
3。什么是云计算带来的污染？
一）冷却了陆地和海洋。
4。为什么会污染在未来30年内加大？
C）由于亚洲人口会增加很多。
5。文章的主要观点是什么？
C）的云污染的原因和结果。
Unit 2
II. Basic
Listening Practice
Script
M: Now we have
satellite and high-powered microscopes, it’s easy
to think we know everything
about the world;
but we still don’t understand EI Nino.
W:
Right. Even the scientists are uncertain about the
exact cause of the warm Pacific current that
brings storms or drought—the mysterious EI
Nino.
Q: Which of the following is true
according to the conversation?
B) Even
scientists cannot understand EI Nino.
男：现在我们有卫
星和高性能的显微镜，我们知道世界上的一切是很容易的；但我们仍不了
解尼诺现象。
W：右。甚至科学家也不知道确切的原因温暖的太平洋洋流带来的风暴或干旱的神秘的尼诺。
问：根据对话，下列哪项是正确的？
B）连科学家们无法理解尼诺。
2.
Script
M: Everyone is talking about
environmental problem: acid rain, greenhouse
effect, holes in the
ozone layer. We should
think positively. What can we do to improve
things?
W: I agree. We could do a lot more to
harness the sun’s energy for heating and lighting
in our
homes. Millions of solar roofs are now
emerging in Japan, the U.S., Italy, and Germany.
Q: How do the man and the woman view the
environment?
D) Both the man and woman think
positively about it.
M：每个人都在谈论环境问题：酸雨，温室效应，臭氧层
的洞。我们应该积极地思考。我们
能做什么来提高呢？
W：我同意。我们可以做更多的事来利
用太阳的能量加热和在我们的家庭照明。太阳能屋顶
计现在出现在日本，美国，意大利，德国。
问：如何看待环境？
d）男女积极思考它。
3. Script
W:
We lived in Beijing some years ago. It was always
difficult to keep the house clean with the
wind from the north blowing sand from the
desert.
M: That’s why the Chinese government
has been encouraging people to plant trees along
the
edges of the Gobi Desert. Now those trees
act as wind barriers.
Q: What have the Chinese
people been encouraged to do?
To grow trees.
W：我们几年前住在北京。它是从北方吹来的，沙子吹来保持屋子干净很困难。
男：这就是为
什么中国政府一直在鼓励人们植树造林，在戈壁滩沙漠的边缘。现在那些树作
为风障。
问：有什么中国人被鼓励吗？
一）种树。
4. Script
M:
Many old refrigerators and cars are environmental
hazards because they contain CFCs that
destroy
the ozone layer.
W: Yes, but government
organizations are helping people to safely dispose
of old refrigerators or,
in the case of cars,
to upgrade their air conditioning.
Q: What are
government organizations helping people to do?
To treat old electrical appliances safely.
M：许多旧冰箱和汽车的环境危害，因为它们含有氯氟烃破坏臭氧层。
女：是的，现在政府机构帮助人们安全地处置旧冰箱或，以汽车为例，来升级自己的空调。
问：政府组织帮助人们做什么？
一）处理旧电器的安全。
5. Script
M: Hey. That’s an aerosol spray you’re using
on your hair! Build a bomb or set fire to the
apartment to kill us quickly instead of making
holes in the ozone, so we die of cancer.
W:
Cool it. This spray doesn’t contain CFCs. And
you’d better read a little more.
Q: What does
the man mean?
C) The woman should not use an
aerosol spray.
男：嘿。这是一个喷雾你对你的头发不好！等于建立一个炸弹，或充满
整个公寓快速杀死我
们，不利于臭氧洞，而且我们可能死于癌症。
W：冷静。这种喷雾不含氯氟烃。你最好多读一点。
问：这个男人是什么意思？
c）女人不应该使用喷雾。
III. Listening In
Task 1:
We should have proper respect for nature!
Script
Martha: Do you think most people in
your culture respect nature?
Ed: I think
so. Um… more now than before.
Martha: What do
you think is the most serious environment problem
in the world today?
Ed: Today…I think
damage to the ozone layer is a big problem, and
another problem is
pollution in big cities and
things like that.
Martha: How do you learn
about environmental problems?
Ed: Um…
through school. A lot of clubs promote
environmental safely, and some TV
programs,
too. They talk about environmental safely and
stuff like that.
Martha: Do you think
students should learn more about the environment
at school?
Ed: I think so. So, as they
grow older, they can be more aware of all the
problems that are
going on, and prevent more
problems from occurring.
Martha: If you
could create a new law to help the environment,
what would it be?
Ed: A new law for the
environment? Um…I’d probably say that when people
throw away
their cigarette butts, they have to
throw them into the garbage bin, not just throw
them
everywhere because it’s just littering
and I hate that. So they should be fined if they
throw them
on the floor on the ground.
Martha: That’s a good idea. What do you
personally do to help protect the environment?
Ed: I’ m so against littering. I never
litter. If I see somebody litter, I get really
angry. So I
always throw my trash into the
garbage bin.
玛莎：你认为在你的文化中人们尊重大自然？
艾德：我是这么认为的。嗯„„现在比以前更多。
玛莎：你认为什么是当今世界最严重的环境问题？
艾德：今天„„我想破坏臭氧层，是一个大问题，一个问题是在大城市的污染等等。
玛莎：你怎么了解环境问题？
艾德：嗯„„通过学校。很多俱乐部促进环境安全，和一些电视
节目，太。他们谈论环境安
全的东西。
玛莎：你认为学生应该在学校学会更多关于环境的问题吗？
艾德：我是这么认为的。所以，当
他们长大后，他们可以更清楚地了解所有的问题，要，并
防止更多的问题。
玛莎：如果你能创造新的法律帮助环境，它会是什么？
艾德：对环境的新法律？嗯„„我可能
会说，当人们扔掉的烟头，他们不得不把它们扔到垃
圾桶，不随便乱扔垃圾，我憎恨这种行为。所以他们
应该罚款如果他们扔在地板上。
玛莎：那是个好主意。那么个人的事怎么来帮助保护环境呢？
艾德：我非常反对乱扔垃圾。我从不乱扔垃圾。如果我看到有人乱扔垃圾，我真的生气了。
所以我总是
把我的垃圾扔进垃圾箱。
Key:
Nature environmental
problem pollution promote aware of
from
occurring law throw away fined trash
Task 2: River pollution
Script
If you
see dead fish floating on the river or notice that
the water is discolored and smelly, you
know
the river has been polluted, and there are four
main possible causes for it.
First, fertilize.
If large amount of fertilize or farm waste drain
into a river, the concentrations of
nitrate
and phosphate in the water increase considerably.
Algae use these substances to grow
rapidly,
turning the water green. This massive growth of
algae leads to pollution. When the algae
die,
they are broken down by the action of the
bacteria, which quickly multiply, using up all the
oxygen in the water and therefore causing the
death of fish.
Second, industrial waste.
Factories sometimes discharge chemical waste into
rivers. Examples of
such pollutants include
cyanide, lead, copper, and mercury. These
substances may enter the river
in such high
concentrations that fish and other animals are
killed immediately. Sometimes the
pollutions
enter the food chain and accumulate until they
reach toxic levels, eventually killing fish
and other animals.
Third, oil pollution.
If oil enters a slow-moving river, it forms a
rainbow-colored film over the
entire surface,
preventing oxygen from entering the water.
Fourth, warm water. Industry often uses water
for cooling processes, sometimes discharging
large quantities of warm water back into
rivers. A higher temperature of the water lowers
the
level of dissolved oxygen and upsets the
balance of life in the water.
如果你看到死鱼漂浮在河上或发现水
变色发臭，你知道那条河被污染了，和有四个主要的它
可能的原因。
第一，施肥。如果大量施
肥或农场废物排入河中的水，大大增加的硝酸盐和磷酸盐的浓度。
藻类利用这些物质的快速增长，将水绿
色。这种大规模的藻类生长导致污染。当藻类死亡，
他们打破了细菌的行动，并迅速繁殖，耗尽水中的氧
气，导致鱼类死亡。
第二，工业废水。工厂排放的化学废料排入河流有时。等污染物的例子包括氰化物
，铅，铜，
汞。这些高浓度物质进入河中可能立即杀死鱼类和其他动物。有时，污染物进入食物链积累<
br>到有毒水平，最终杀死鱼类和其他动物。
第三，石油污染。如果油进入流动缓慢的河流，它形成
了一个彩虹色膜的整个表面，防止氧
进入水。
第四，温水。行业经常采用水冷
却的过程，有时排出大量的温水回到河流。较高的水的温度
降低溶解氧水平，使生命的水平衡。
Question and key:
What is the passage
mainly about?
D) The causes of river
pollution.
2. Why does the river water turn
green?
A) Because nitrate and phosphate in the
water increase.
3. What harm does industrial
waste cause?
B) Poisoning..
4. Which of
the following is true of oil pollution?
C) It
prevents oxygen from entering the water.
5.
What harm can warm water in a river bring?
D)
Lack of oxygen.
1。本文的主要内容是什么？
d）河流造成污染。
2。为什么河水会变绿？
一）因为在水增加硝酸盐和磷酸盐。
3。工业废水造成什么危害？
b）中毒。
4。下列哪一项是油污染真的吗？
C）它阻止氧气进入水。
5。有什么可以温暖的河中的水带来什么？
D）缺乏氧气。
VI. Further Listening and Speaking
Task1: The environment and the development
Script
Li: Hi Professor Wang, I’m Li
Lin, a correspondent from the university
newspaper. The staff and
students here are
getting more and more interested in the
relationship between the environment
and
economic development. What do you think is the
most serious environmental problem at
present?
What measures should we adopt to improve the
environment and develop the
economy at the
same time?
Wang: There are many environmental
problems: air pollution, water pollution,
desertification,
overfishing, destruction of
natural habitats, acid rain, overconsumption of
wild animals and
plants, etc. But lying at the
center of all those problems, as I see it, is the
contradiction between
economic growth and the
environment.
Since the United Nations Earth
Summit in 1992, growing number of people and
governments
have adopted the new idea of
“sustainable development”. This means today’s
economic growth
should not wipe out the
resources and options for future generations.
Planning and development
should ensure not
only economic growth, but also social advancement
and environment health.
In other words, some
economic behavior must be restricted or
controlled. Instilling principles of
sustainable development into government
planning, resource management and economic policy
is the most important step China can take to
solve its environmental problems.
China has
already taken some remarkable steps to reduce
damage to the environment. For
instance, following the huge floods of
1998, the government banned logging in the upper
reaches
of the Yangtze River in order to
protect forests and reduce the risk of floods.
Still, the basic contradiction between
environment and development persists. Much work is
to be
done before we can achieve the aim of a
balance between economic growth and the
environment.
李：你好，王教授，我是李林，从大学报的记者。工作人员和这里
的学生越来越多，在环境
与经济发展之间的关系更感兴趣。你认为什么是目前最严重的环境问题？我们应
该采取什么
措施来改善环境，在发展经济的同时？
王：有很多环境问题：空气污染，水污染，
沙漠化，过度捕捞，自然栖息地的破坏，酸雨，
野生动植物的过度消费，而躺在这些问题中，我认为，是
经济增长和环境保护之间的矛盾。
联合国1992地球峰会以来，越来越多的人和政府都采取了“可持
续发展的新理念”。这意味
着今天的经济增长不应消灭的资源和未来的选择。规划和发展应确保的不仅是
经济增长，但
同时社会进步和环境健康。换句话说，一些经济行为必须受到制约。将可持续发展原则逐步
纳入政府规划，资源管理和经济政策是最重要的一步，中国可以解决环境问题。
中国已采取了
一些重大措施来减少对环境的破坏。例如，1998的大洪水后，政府禁止砍伐
长江上游为了保护森林和
减少洪水风险。
然而，环境与发展之间的基本矛盾依然存在。大量的工作是要实现经济增长与环境之间
的平
衡的目的了。
Key:
water pollution
overconsumption economic growth resources
social advancement restricted government
planning economic policy
remarkable steps
balance
Task2: Thick cloud of pollution
covering southern Asia
Script
A United
Nations study says that a thick cloud of pollution
covering southern Asia threatens the
lives of
millions of people. Scientists say the pollution
could increase lung disease and cause early
death. The cloud is also damaging agriculture
and affecting rainfall levels. It has affected
many
countries in southern Asia. The pollution
cloud is three kilometers high. Scientists say it
can move
halfway around the world in a week.
The cloud is the result of forest fires, the
burning of agricultural waste, and huge increases
in the
burning of fuels by vehicles,
industries and power stations.
Pollution from
millions of bad cooking stoves has made the
problem worse. Many poor people
burn fuels
like wood and animal waste in such stoves.
Scientists say the cloud of pollution appears
to cool the land and oceans by blocking sunlight.
They say it reduces the amount of sunlight
reaching the Earth’s surface by as much as 15
percent.
At the same time, heat inside the
cloud warms the lower parts of the atmosphere.
Scientists say this combination could be
changing winter rainfall levels in Asia. They say
rainfall
has increased over the eastern coast
of Asia. But it has dropped sharply over parts of
northwestern Asia. The report says the cloud
could reduce rainfall over northwestern Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and western China by up to 40
percent.
Harmful chemicals from the cloud are
mixing with rainfall. This acid rain damages crops
and trees
and threatens public health.
Scientists are concerned that the pollution will
intensify during the
next 30 years as the
population of Asia increases to an estimated 5,000
million people.
联合国的一项研究表示，厚厚的云层覆盖南亚的污染威胁着上百万人
的生命。科学家说，污
染可能会增加肺部疾病，导致过早死亡。云也会破坏农业和影响降
雨量。它已经影响了许多
国家在亚洲南部。污染云高三公里。科学家们说，它可以在一个星期半个世界移
动。
云是由于森林火灾，农业废弃物的燃烧，并在燃烧的燃料的车辆的大量增加，工业和发电站。
从坏的炉具，数以百万计的污染会使问题变得更糟。许多穷人燃烧燃料如木材、动物等炉废。
科学家说，污染云似乎冷静地阻挡阳光的海洋。他们说这可以减少多达百分之15的阳光到
达地球表面的
量。同时，云里面的热量温暖了低层的大气。
科学家说，这种组合可能会改变亚洲冬天的降雨量。他们
说的降雨量增加到东海岸的亚洲。
但它急剧下降在西北地区。报告说，这些云可能减少在巴基斯坦西北部
，阿富汗的降雨，和
高达百分之40的中国西部。
云中有害的化学物质混合与降雨。这个酸雨
危害农作物、树木和威胁公众健康。科学家担心
污染将加强在未来30年亚洲人口增长到约500000
0000人。
Question and key:
What is true of
the cloud of pollution?
D) It can move halfway
around the world in a week.
What is NOT the
cause of the cloud of pollution?
B)
Evaporation from the ocean.
What does the
cloud of pollution bring about?
A) It cools
the land and oceans.
Why will the pollution
intensify in the next 30 years?
C) Because the
Asian population will increase a lot.
What is
the main idea of the passage?
C) The causes
and results of a cloud of pollution.
1。什么是污染的云真的吗？
D）它能在一个星期半个世界移动。
2。什么是没有污染的云的原因？
B）从海洋蒸发。
3。什么是云计算带来的污染？
一）冷却了陆地和海洋。
4。为什么会污染在未来30年内加大？
C）由于亚洲人口会增加很多。
5。文章的主要观点是什么？
C）的云污染的原因和结果。