环保•Recycle•Recover•Outstrip•Hazardous•Gasoline•Urbanization•Industrialization•Drought•Hurricane•Geneticengineering•Geneticmodification•Organicfood•Alternativefuel•Tropicalrainforest•Eco-agriculture•Aharmonioussociety•Globalwarming•Environmentalbenefits•Peoplefromallwalksoflife•可再生资源renewableenergies•森林覆盖率forestcoveragerate•森林砍伐率rateofdeforestation•保护生态系统conservationofecosystems•保护物种conservationofspecies•土地沙漠化desertification•过度捕捞over-fishing•砍伐森林deforestation(afforestation)•水土流失soilerosion•水土保持conversationofwaterandsoil•资源枯竭exhaustionofresources•臭氧层破坏thedamagestotheozonelayer•生态恶化thedeteriorationoftheecosystem•物种灭绝theextinctionofbio-species•草场退化grasslanddegradation•污染物排放emissionofpollutants•温室效应thegreen-houseeffect•污染防治topreventandtreatpollution•可持续发展sustainabledevelopment•科学发展观scientificoutlookondevelopment•资源节约型社会resource-conservingsociety•环境友好型社会environment-friendlysociety•珍稀濒危野生动植物rareandendangeredspecies•生物多样性biodiversity•环境容量environmentalcapacity•生态文明ecologicalcivilization•酸雨acidrain•有害废物hazardouswastes•退耕还林returningfarmlandtoforests•退耕还草returningfarmlandtopastures•一氧化碳carbonmonoxide/dioxide•世界环境日WorldEnvironmentDay•世界自然基金会WWF(WorldWildFundforNature)•国家环保总局StateEnvironmentProtectionAdministration(SEPA)•当今世界,环境保护已经成为各国政府和各界人士共同关心的问题。•Nowadays,environmentalprotectionhasbecomeanissueofcommonconcernforgovernmentsofallcountriesandpeoplefromallwalksoflife.•我国是一个发展中国家,目前正面临着发展经济和保护环境的双重任务。•Asadevelopingcountry,Chinaisnowconfrontedwiththedualtaskofdevelopingitseconomyandprotectingitsenvironment.•在解决环境问题时,不仅要考虑各国的眼前利益,还要考虑全世界的长远利益。•Whenworkingontheenvironmentalproblems,allcountriesshouldgiveconsiderationsnotonlytotheirimmediateinterestsbuttheworld’slong-terminterestsaswell.•用更清洁的能源代替传统的能源,我们能够减缓并改善全球变暖和气候变化造成的伤害。•Byreplacingtraditionalenergysourceswithcleanerenergies,wecanhelptoalleviatetheharmofglobalwarmingandclimatechange.•Thereareclearsignsthatenvironmentalscarcitiescouldcontributetoviolentconflictsinmanypartsoftheworld.•各种迹象清晰地表明,环境资源的缺乏可能是引发许多地区冲突的原因之一。•Conservationofecosystemsandthespecieswithinthemwouldhelptomaintainthenaturalbalancesdisruptedbyrecenthumanactivity.•保护生态系统,保护物种将有助于维持自然界的平衡,而这样的平衡已经被近年来的人类活动打破。•Ethanol,analternativefuelmadefromgrainorplantmaterials,haslongbeenconsideredoneofthemostpromisingalternativestogasoline.•乙醇是以谷物和其他植物为原料生产的燃料,长期以来,它一直被认为是可替代汽油的最佳燃料。•从国情出发,中国把环境保护作为一项基本国策,把实现可持续发展作为一个重大战略,在全国范围内开展了大规模的污染防治和生态环境保护。•Proceedingfromitsnationalconditions,Chinahasmadeenvironmentalprotectiononeofitsfundamentalnationalpoliciesandhasbeenregardingtherealizationofsustainabledevelopmentasanimportantstrategy.Large-scalemeasureswillbetakennationwidetopreventandtreatpollutionaswellastoprotecttheecologicalenvironment.•生态恶化、物种灭绝、臭氧层破坏、“温室效应”、酸雨、土地沙漠化等一系列环境问题已经严重影响到人们的生存环境和身体健康。环境问题已经成为人类最大的威胁。•Aseriesofenvironmentalproblems,suchasthedeteriorationoftheecosystem,theextinctionofbio-species,thedamagestotheozonelayer,theGreen-houseEffect,acidrainanddesertification,haveseverelyaffectedourhealthandlivingconditions.Theyhavebecomeoneofthebiggestthreatstohumanbeings.•Environmentalpollutionisatermthatreferstoallthewaysbywhichmanpolluteshissurroundings.环境污染是指人们用各种方式污染周围环境的一个术语。•Mandirtiestheairwithgasesandsmoke,poisonsthewaterwithchemicalsandothersubstances,anddamagesthesoilwithtoomanyfertilizersandpesticides.人们通过气体和烟雾来污染空气,用化学物质以及其他物质污染水源,还用大量的化肥和杀虫剂破坏土壤。•Manalsopolluteshissurroundingsinvariousways.Forexample,peopleruinnaturalbeautybyscatteringjunkandlitteronthelandandinthewater.Theyoperatemachinesandmotorvehiclesthatfilltheairwithdisturbingnoise.人们还通过其他方式污染着他们的环境。例如,总有人在地面上和水里扔垃圾,破害自然美。人们使用的一些机器和交通工具噪音很大。•Nearlyeveryonecausespollutioninsomeway.Environmentalpollutionisoneofthemostseriousproblemsfacingmankindtoday,andbadlypollutedaircancauseillness,andevendeath.几乎每个人都在某种程度上对周围的环境造成了污染。环境污染是当今人们所面对的一个非常严重的问题。被严重污染的空气会引起疾病甚至死亡。•1992年联合国地球峰会以来,越来越多的人和政府接受了“可持续发展”的观念。SinceUnitedNationsEarthSummitin1992,moreandmorepeopleandgovernmentshaveadoptedtheideaof“sustainabledevelopment”.•这一观念认为,现今的经济发展不能以子孙后代的资源和选择作为代价,规划和发展不仅仅要确保经济增长,还要保证社会进步和环境健康,这就是说一些经济行为必须受到制约。Thisistheideathattoday’seconomicgrowthshouldnotbeattheriskoftheresourcesandoptionsforfuturegenerations.Planninganddevelopmentneedtoensurenotonlyeconomicgrowth,butalsosocialadvancementandenvironmentalhealth,andthismeansthatsomeeconomicbehaviorsmustberestrictedorcontrolled.•中国面临着很多严峻的环境问题:空气污染,水污染,沙漠化,过渡捕捞,对自然栖息地的破坏,酸雨,对野生动植物的过渡消费等等。所有这一切的背后都是经济增长和环境保护之间的矛盾。TherearemanyseriousenvironmentalproblemsinChina:airpollution,waterpollution,desertification,overfishing,destructionofnaturalhabitats,acidrain,over-consumptionofwildanimalsandplants,etc.Behindthemall,isthecontradictionbetweeneconomicgrowthandenvironmentalprotection.•将可持续发展原则逐步融入到政府规划,资源管理和经济政策中去,这是中国解决环境问题所能够采取的最重要的一步。Instillingprinciplesofsustainabledevelopmentintogovernmentalplanning,resourcesmanagementandeconomicpolicyisthemostimportantstepChinacouldtaketosolveitsenvironmentalproblems.•Vocabulary双重任务dualtask从国情出发proceedingfromitsnationalconditions行为准则codeofconduct自然保护区NatureReserves覆行国际义务tofulfillinternationalo