哭笑不得: 北京污染赶跑外国人_BEC初级作文

哭笑不得: 北京污染赶跑外国人

Although pollution levels have not yet returned to those seen during January’s “airpocalypse”, daily readings regularly hit levels considered hazardous and residents are advised to avoid going outdoors and to limit their activity even while inside.

虽然近期的污染程度没有反弹至1月份那种“空气末日”(airpocalypse)的水平，但日常读数经常达到被视为有害的水平，市民得到的建议是尽量避免外出、而且即使在室内也要减少活动。

On Sunday afternoon, the air pollution index in Beijing published by the US embassy gave a reading between “very unhealthy” and “hazardous”.

刚刚过去的这个周日的下午，美国大使馆发布的北京空气污染指数介于“很不健康”和“危险”之间。

Most environmental experts and Beijing residents assume the problem will only worsen as the government continues to encourage enormous expansion in industry, coal-fired power generation and car sales across the country.

多数环保专家和北京市民认为，随着中国政府继续鼓励全国各地大力发展工业和燃煤发电、鼓励汽车销售，空气污染问题只会变得更糟。

“Air pollution is becoming a bigger concern for our members and their families,” Adam Dunnett, secretary-general of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, told the Financial Times. “While members leave for all sorts of reasons, we inevitably hear nearly every time that one of the contributing reasons is the air pollution.”