Reducing Carbon Emissions
Upper-Intermediate - Reducing Carbon Emissions(D2914) A:
早啊，又來鍛煉啊。 zǎo ā， yòu lái duànliàn ā。 Good morning, you've come to train again.
B:
是啊，每天早上出來運動一下，鍛煉鍛煉身體。 shì a， měitiān zǎoshang chūlái yùndòng yīxià， duànliàn duànliàn shēntǐ。 Yeah, I come every morning to do some exercise, to train up my body.
A:
時間過得真快，轉眼秋天就要過去了，冬天又要來了。氣溫越來越低， 出來鍛煉可要多穿點衣服了。 shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài， zhuǎn yǎn qiūtiān jiùyào guòqù le， dōngtiān yòu yào lái le。 qìwēn yuèláiyuè dī， chūlái duànliàn kě yào duō chuān diǎnr yīfu le。 Time really flies, autumn will be over in the blink of an eye, and winter will be here again. The temperature will get lower and lower, so you'll have to wear more clothes when you come out to train.
B:
天氣冷倒不擔心，就怕一入冬，討厭的霧霾天氣又要來了。 tiānqì lěng dào bù dānxīn， jiù pà yī rù dōng， tǎoyàn de wùmái tiānqì yòu yào lái le。 I am not that worried about cold weather, I'm just afraid that as soon as winter comes, the horrible smog will come again.
A:
別擔心了，我剛看了氣象台的報告，說今年的霧霾天氣預計比往年要少 很多，市政府為了改善人居環境，在環境保護上還是做了不少工作的。 bié dānxīn le， wǒ gāng kàn le qìxiàngtái de bàogào， shuō jīnnián de wùmái tiānqì yùjì bǐ wǎngnián yào shǎo hěn duō， shìzhèngfǔ wèile gǎishàn rénjūhuánjìng， zài huánjìng bǎohù shàng háishì zuò le bùshǎo gōngzuò de。 Don't worry, I just saw a report on the weather channel which said that there will be a
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lot less smoggy weather this year. To improve quality of life, the city government has done quite a lot of environmental protection work.
B:
是嗎？你倒是說說看都做了哪些工作啊？ ma？ nǐ dàoshì shuō shuo kàn dōu zuò le nǎxiē gōngzuò ā？ Really? Then tell me what exactly they've done?
A:
首先是節能減排，大力發展低碳經濟。 shǒuxiān shì jiénéng jiǎnpái， dàlì fāzhǎn dītàn jīngjì。 First of all they cut down on energy use, reduced emissions and made a big effort to develop a low-carbon economy.
B:
你指的是淘汰那些占用資源多、經濟效益差、環境污染嚴重的企業。 nǐ zhǐ de shì táotài nàxiē zhànyòng zīyuán duō、 jīngjì xiàoyì chà、 huánjìng wūrǎn yánzhòng de qǐyè。 Are you talking about getting rid of the heavy-polluting industries which use a lot of resources and aren't very economically effective?
A:
沒錯，這些企業不但生產方式落後，投入產出比例失衡，而且是以破壞 生態環境為代價來換取經濟效益。 méicuò， zhèxiē qǐyè bùdàn shēngchǎn fāngshì luòhòu， tóurù chǎnchū bǐlì shīhéng， érqiě shì yǐ pòhuài shēngtàihuánjìng wèi dàijià lái huànqǔ jīngjì xiàoyì。 That's right, these firms not only have backward production methods, an imbalance between input and output, they also pursue financial efficiency at the price of destroying the environment.
B:
說的是啊，那些重污染的企業，每天排放那麼多污水、廢氣，把原本的 藍天綠水污染得這麼嚴重，早就該整治了。 shuōdeshì ā， nàxiē zhòng wūrǎn de qǐyè， měitiān páifàng nàme duō wūshuǐ、 fèiqì， bǎ yuánběn de lántiān lǜshuǐ wūrǎn de zhème yánzhòng， zǎo jiù gāi zhěngzhì le。 That's right, those heavy-polluting firms release so much polluted water and waste gas every day, seriously polluting what was once the blue sky and crystal-clear water, should have been dealt with long ago.
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A:
其次就是大力發展公共交通，減少私家車的碳排量，倡導低碳生活。 qícì jiùshì dàlì fāzhǎn gōnggòng jiāotōng， jiǎnshǎo sījiāchē de tànpáiliàng， chàngdǎo dītàn shēnghuó。 Next is to actively develop public transport, to reduce the carbon emissions from private cars and promote low-carbon lives.
B:
這個我有體會，現在城市的公交車遍布各個角落，班次也排得滿滿的， 到哪都能公交出行，還有幾條地鐵線也開通了，生活確實方便了很多。 zhè ge wǒ yǒu tǐhuì， xiànzài chéngshì de gōngjiāochē biànbù gègè jiǎoluò， bāncì yě pái de mǎnmǎn de， dào nǎ dōu néng gōngjiāo chūxíng， háiyǒu jǐ tiáo dìtiěxiàn yě kāitong le， shēnghuó quèshí fāngbiàn le hěn duō。 I've had experience of that, now the city has public transport spread through every corner, and the schedules are really packed, you can go anywhere by public transport, and even some subway lines have now opened, so life is a lot more convenient.
Key Vocabulary 鍛煉
duànliàn
physical training
轉眼
zhuǎn yǎn
in the blink of an eye
入冬
dōng
to go into winter
霧霾
wùmái
smog
預計
yùjì
to forecast
往年
wǎngnián
in previous years
節能
jiénéng
fuel-efficient
減排
jiǎnpái
to reduce emissions
大力
dàlì
to make a big effort
低碳經濟
dītàng jīngjì
low-carbon economy
淘汰
táotài
to eliminate
失衡
shīhéng
to lose equilibrium
整治
zhěngzhì
to fix
碳排量
tànpáiliàng
carbon emissions
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倡導
chàngdǎo
to propose
遍布
biànbù
to permeate
開通
kāitong
to open (of a transport method)
Supplementary Vocabulary 入秋
rùqiū
to enter spring
開春
kāichūn
beginning of spring
水草
shuǐcǎo
water plants
青山綠水
qīngshānlǜshuǐ
green hills and clear water; pleasant country scene (idiom)
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早啊，又來鍛煉啊。 zǎo ā， yòu lái duànliàn ā。 Good morning, you've come to train again.
B:
是啊，每天早上出來運動一下，鍛煉鍛煉身體。 shì a， měitiān zǎoshang chūlái yùndòng yīxià， duànliàn duànliàn shēntǐ。 Yeah, I come every morning to do some exercise, to train up my body.
A:
時間過得真快，轉眼秋天就要過去了，冬天又要來了。氣溫越來越低， 出來鍛煉可要多穿點衣服了。 shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài， zhuǎn yǎn qiūtiān jiùyào guòqù le， dōngtiān yòu yào lái le。 qìwēn yuèláiyuè dī， chūlái duànliàn kě yào duō chuān diǎnr yīfu le。 Time really flies, autumn will be over in the blink of an eye, and winter will be here again. The temperature will get lower and lower, so you'll have to wear more clothes when you come out to train.
B:
天氣冷倒不擔心，就怕一入冬，討厭的霧霾天氣又要來了。 tiānqì lěng dào bù dānxīn， jiù pà yī rù dōng， tǎoyàn de wùmái tiānqì yòu yào lái le。 I am not that worried about cold weather, I'm just afraid that as soon as winter comes, the horrible smog will come again.
A:
別擔心了，我剛看了氣象台的報告，說今年的霧霾天氣預計比往年要少 很多，市政府為了改善人居環境，在環境保護上還是做了不少工作的。 bié dānxīn le， wǒ gāng kàn le qìxiàngtái de bàogào， shuō jīnnián de wùmái tiānqì yùjì bǐ wǎngnián yào shǎo hěn duō， shìzhèngfǔ wèile gǎishàn rénjūhuánjìng， zài huánjìng bǎohù shàng háishì zuò le bùshǎo gōngzuò de。 Don't worry, I just saw a report on the weather channel which said that there will be a
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lot less smoggy weather this year. To improve quality of life, the city government has done quite a lot of environmental protection work.
B:
是嗎？你倒是說說看都做了哪些工作啊？ ma？ nǐ dàoshì shuō shuo kàn dōu zuò le nǎxiē gōngzuò ā？ Really? Then tell me what exactly they've done?
A:
首先是節能減排，大力發展低碳經濟。 shǒuxiān shì jiénéng jiǎnpái， dàlì fāzhǎn dītàn jīngjì。 First of all they cut down on energy use, reduced emissions and made a big effort to develop a low-carbon economy.
B:
你指的是淘汰那些占用資源多、經濟效益差、環境污染嚴重的企業。 nǐ zhǐ de shì táotài nàxiē zhànyòng zīyuán duō、 jīngjì xiàoyì chà、 huánjìng wūrǎn yánzhòng de qǐyè。 Are you talking about getting rid of the heavy-polluting industries which use a lot of resources and aren't very economically effective?
A:
沒錯，這些企業不但生產方式落後，投入產出比例失衡，而且是以破壞 生態環境為代價來換取經濟效益。 méicuò， zhèxiē qǐyè bùdàn shēngchǎn fāngshì luòhòu， tóurù chǎnchū bǐlì shīhéng， érqiě shì yǐ pòhuài shēngtàihuánjìng wèi dàijià lái huànqǔ jīngjì xiàoyì。 That's right, these firms not only have backward production methods, an imbalance between input and output, they also pursue financial efficiency at the price of destroying the environment.
B:
說的是啊，那些重污染的企業，每天排放那麼多污水、廢氣，把原本的 藍天綠水污染得這麼嚴重，早就該整治了。 shuōdeshì ā， nàxiē zhòng wūrǎn de qǐyè， měitiān páifàng nàme duō wūshuǐ、 fèiqì， bǎ yuánběn de lántiān lǜshuǐ wūrǎn de zhème yánzhòng， zǎo jiù gāi zhěngzhì le。 That's right, those heavy-polluting firms release so much polluted water and waste gas every day, seriously polluting what was once the blue sky and crystal-clear water, should have been dealt with long ago.
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A:
其次就是大力發展公共交通，減少私家車的碳排量，倡導低碳生活。 qícì jiùshì dàlì fāzhǎn gōnggòng jiāotōng， jiǎnshǎo sījiāchē de tànpáiliàng， chàngdǎo dītàn shēnghuó。 Next is to actively develop public transport, to reduce the carbon emissions from private cars and promote low-carbon lives.
B:
這個我有體會，現在城市的公交車遍布各個角落，班次也排得滿滿的， 到哪都能公交出行，還有幾條地鐵線也開通了，生活確實方便了很多。 zhè ge wǒ yǒu tǐhuì， xiànzài chéngshì de gōngjiāochē biànbù gègè jiǎoluò， bāncì yě pái de mǎnmǎn de， dào nǎ dōu néng gōngjiāo chūxíng， háiyǒu jǐ tiáo dìtiěxiàn yě kāitong le， shēnghuó quèshí fāngbiàn le hěn duō。 I've had experience of that, now the city has public transport spread through every corner, and the schedules are really packed, you can go anywhere by public transport, and even some subway lines have now opened, so life is a lot more convenient.
Key Vocabulary 鍛煉
duànliàn
physical training
轉眼
zhuǎn yǎn
in the blink of an eye
入冬
dōng
to go into winter
霧霾
wùmái
smog
預計
yùjì
to forecast
往年
wǎngnián
in previous years
節能
jiénéng
fuel-efficient
減排
jiǎnpái
to reduce emissions
大力
dàlì
to make a big effort
低碳經濟
dītàng jīngjì
low-carbon economy
淘汰
táotài
to eliminate
失衡
shīhéng
to lose equilibrium
整治
zhěngzhì
to fix
碳排量
tànpáiliàng
carbon emissions
Visit the Online Review and Discussion (text version) © 2016 ChinesePod Ltd.
倡導
chàngdǎo
to propose
遍布
biànbù
to permeate
開通
kāitong
to open (of a transport method)
Supplementary Vocabulary 入秋
rùqiū
to enter spring
開春
kāichūn
beginning of spring
水草
shuǐcǎo
water plants
青山綠水
qīngshānlǜshuǐ
green hills and clear water; pleasant country scene (idiom)
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