公共英语三级学习笔记Unit4Environment_公共英语经验交流

公共英语三级学习笔记Unit4Environment

　　其中的over相当于on,就是关于的意思。

　　9、That means making use of renewable resources for the task, say wind and solar resources.

　　PS:翻译这句话，重点解析say在这句话的意思。

　　==那意味着该任务是要利用可再生资源，比如风能和太阳能。

　　其中的say是副词，比如，相当于for example.

　　10、Whitman assured the public that the air was safe before testing was conclusive. In addition, all EPA statements were required to be screened by the White House.

　　PS:翻译这句话

　　==惠特曼向公众保证在测试下结论之前空气是安全的。而且，所有的EPA(美国环保署)申明都要求经过白宫的筛选。

　　screen：动词，筛选/过滤。

　　11、But New York Sen .(senator,参议员。) Hillary Clinton is calling for an investigation, saying somebody surely leaned on the EPA to lie, which Whitman strongly denies.

　　PS:翻译这句话

　　==但是纽约的科学家希拉里.克林顿要求调查此事，说某些人明显的偏向于EPA(美国环保署)而说谎，对于这个，惠特曼坚决否认。

　　call for:相当于demand,require，

　　lean on:偏向于。

　　Passage:

　　When it comes to air pollution, the simple life isn't necessarily the safest. The most poisonous atmosphere in Asia is found not in rapidly modernizing cities like New Delhi or Beijing but inside the kitchens of homes in rural Asia . Millions of families in the countryside heat their abodes and cook with open fires using cheap fuels that belch carbon monoxide and other noxious fumes at level up to 500 times international safety limits. Rural women and children often spend hours each day in poorly, ventilated kitchens, breathing this putrid air. This is a problem that has been around forever, as long as humankind has existed, but it's been ignored, says Eva Rehfuess, a World Health Organization expert on indoor air pollution. If you walked into these kitchens, your eyes would start tearing and you would find it difficult to breathe. It's terrible.