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8关于使用汽车的讨论
ADiscussionAbouttheUseofCars
RelatedVocabulary
●交通工具meansoftransportation
轨道交通railtransportation
地铁undergroundrailway;underground;subway
乘地铁totaketheunderground;totakethesubway
公共交通;公交publictransportation
公共交通工具publictransport;publiccarrier
车辆vehicle
汽车automobile;car
私人汽车;私车privatecar
进口车importedcar
国产车home-madecar
污染严重的汽车heavy-pollutingcar
低污染的汽车low-pollutingcar
无污染汽车environmentally-soundcar
环保型汽车carofenvironmentalprotectiontype
电动汽车power-drivencar;electricity-operatedcar
太阳能汽车solar-energy-drivencar
汽车产业carindustry
发动机engine
排气管exhaustpipe;exhaust
轮胎tire;tyre
部件part
汽车制造商carmanufacturer;automanufacturer
汽车销售商carsalesman
司机driver
乘客passenger
驾车者motorist
非驾车者non-motorist
步行者pedestrian;walker
驾车todriveacar
违章行驶todriveagainstthetrafficregulations
酒后开车todriveunderinfluenceofalcohol;
todrivewhenintoxicated
无照驾驶todrivewithoutlicence/license
酿成道路事故tocausearoadaccident
停放汽车toparkthecar
出行travel;totravel;togoout
城市间公路Iinter-cityhighway;inter-cityhighroad
交通发达tohaveadvancedtransportfacilities
穿行如梭tocomeandgolikeshuttlesmovingbackandforth
急驰如towhirlpast;towhirlaway
像蜗牛一样爬行tomoveatasnail'space
高峰时间rushhours
交通阻塞trafficblock;trafficjam;
Trafficclogs.
Trafficisjammedup.
Trafficisheldup.
Trafficislaidup.
到处是汽车tobecongestedwithcars
汽车洪流streamsofcars
络绎不绝的汽车长流endlessstreamofcars
车水马龙incessantstreamsofcars
大街小巷streetsandlanes
步行区traffic-freezone;pedestrianarea
全封闭型步行completelyclosedtraffic-freezone
设置步行tosetupatraffic-freezone
步行街traffic-freestreet;streetexclusivelyforpedestrians
开辟步行街toopenupatraffic-freestreet
能源energy
替代能源substitutionalenergy;substituteenergy
节能的energy-saving
燃料;燃油fuel
石油oil;petroleum
汽油petrol;gasoline;gas
柴油dieseloil;diesel
燃油消耗量amountoffuelconsumption
燃烧状况combustion
高能电池high-energybattery
太阳能电池solar-energybattery
●经济学家economist
toimprovetheenvironment
支柱产业mainstayindustry
物质生活materiallife
发达国家developedcountry
人类生存humanexistence;humansurvival
科学分析scientificanalysis
公共资源publicresources
公共财政publicfinance
●治理环境toimprovetheenvironment
环境污染environmentalpollution'
减少环境污染toreducetheenvironmentalpollution
防止环境污染topreventtheenvironmentalpollution
大气污染atmosphericpollution
空气污染airpollution
加剧空气污染toaggravatetheairpollution
白色污染whitepollution
污染物pollutant
一氧化碳carbonmonoxide
碳氧化合物oxycarbon
氮氧化合物oxynitride
污染源sourceofpollution
使环境恶化toworsentheenvironment;
todeterioratetheenvironment
尾气tailgas
有毒气体toxicgases;toxicfumes
有害气体noxiousgases;noxiousfumes;
harmfulgases;harmfulfumes
有害物质noxioussubstance;harmfulsubstance
气体物质gassubstance
废气wastegases;wastefumes
排出的废气exhaustfumes';exhaust
排出废气todischargewastegasesintotheair;
tosendoutwastegases;togiveoutwastegases;
toexpelwastegases;toemitwastegases
排放污染物todischargepollutants
过度排放污染物todischargeexcessivepollutants
可吸入颗粒物inhaleableparticle
排放量dischargevolume;discharge;
volumeofemission;emission
减少有毒气体排放量toreducetoxicemissions
减少燃油消耗toreducefuelconsumption
造成噪声tomakenoises
扬起尘土toraisedust
扬起一片尘土toraiseacloudofdust
碰撞knocking
摩擦friction
伤亡人数casualties
●政府官员governmentofficial:
城市当局municipalauthorities
新闻工作者journalist
普通老百姓ordinaryfolks
居民inhabitant;resident;dweller
各行各业的人peoplefromallwalksoflife
支持者supporter
反对者thosewhooppose
●关注topayattentionto;tofollow;tobeconcernedabout;
toshowconcernfor;toexpressconcernfor;
tofollowwithconcern;tofollowwithinterest;
tomonitorwithinterest
密切关注topaycloseattentionto;topaycareful
attentionto;tofollowclosely;tobeverymuch
concernedabout;toshowsolicitudefor
严重关注tofollowwithserious/graveconcern;
toshowserious/graveconcernfor;
toexpressserious/graveconcernfor
引起普遍关注todrawgeneralattention
发表意见toexpressone'sopinion
持相反意见tohaveacontraryopinion;
toholdacontraryopinion
满足需求tosatisfyone'sdemand
把A比做BtocompareAtoB
离不开can'tdowithout;can'tdispensewith
对…有很大影响tohavegreateffectson
对…产生不良影响toaffectsthdetrimentally;
toproduceunfavourableinfluencesuponsth
奏效toproveeffective;togetdesiredresults;
tobesuccessful
收效甚微tomakeverylittleeffect;toproduceverylittleeffect
规定标准tofixthestandards
日益普遍tobecomeincreasinglywidespread
流连忘返tolingerontoenjoyoneself
将星期日规定为“无汽车日”tosetasideSundayas'NoCar-DrivingDay'
将每年的9月16日至22日规定为“欧洲无汽车日”
tosetaside16thto22ndeverySeptemberas'European
NoCar-DrivingWeek'
●诸多不便greatinconveniences
头痛事headache;nuisance
研制researchanddevelopment
概念conception;concept
保留地reservation
天堂paradise
胜地placeofinterest
瓶颈bottle-neck
滑旱冰roller-skating
●挥剑towieldasword;towaveasword;
tobrandishasword;toflourishasword
双刃剑double-edgedSword
种植树木toplantatree
修建喷泉tobuildupafountain
竖立雕像toerectastatue
安放长椅toplaceabench
●无可替代的irreplaceable
流动的mobile
令人恐惧的horrifying
取之不尽的inexhaustibleinsupply
用之不竭的alwaysavailableforuse
无害的harmless;innocuous
有害的harmful;noxious
势不可挡的irresistible
刻意规划的deliberately-planned
专门建设的specially-constructed
从理论上讲theoreticallyspeaking
据不完全统计accordingtoincompletestatistics
●流泪toshedtears
流鼻涕tohavearunningnose
喉咙肿痛toswellupandacheinthethroat
胸闷tofeelsuffocatedinthepitofthestomach
胸口pitofthestomach
气短togetshortofbreath;togetbreathless
呼吸困难tohaverespiratorydifficulty;
tofinditdifficulttobreathe
患病tosufferfromadisease
呼吸系统疾病respiratorydisease
心脏病heartattack;heartdisease;heartfailure;
猝死todieasuddendeath
癌症cancer
恶性肿瘤malignanttumour
致癌物质cancer-generatingsubstance
不可医治的incurable
损害健康toimpairone’shealth
震耳欲聋的deafening
让人头晕目眩tomakepeopledizzyofheadanddimofeyesight
●立法机构law-makingbody
制定法律tomakealaw;topassalaw;tolaydownalaw;
toenactalaw
●商业街commercialstreets,
购物中心shoppingcentre
超级市场supermarket
百货公司departmentstore
连锁店chainstore
专卖店franchisedstore;exclusiveagency
商业化气息flavourofcommercialization
购物者shopper
●列支敦士登公国PrincipalityofLiechtenstein
国境线boundaryline
欧盟EuropeanUnion;EU
欧盟理事会EuropeanUnionCouncil
A:
Iremembertherewasalarge-scaledebateabouttheuseofcarsinourcountryattheendofthe20thcentury.Astheuseofcarshadgreateffectsontheenvironment,thedevelopmentofthecarindustrydrewgeneralattention.Peoplefromallwalksoflife,includinggovernmentofficials,economists,expertsofenvironmentalprotection,carmanufacturers,carsalesmen,journalistsandordinaryfolks,expressedtheiropinions.Someofthemwereinfavourofthedevelopmentofthecarindustrywhileothersheldacontraryopinion.Thesupportersthoughtthatcarindustrywasoneofthemainstayindustriesinournationaleconomy.Toproducemorecarswouldpromotetheeconomicgrowth,satisfythe'demandofasectionofpeopleintheirmateriallife,andmaketheirtravelfasterandmoreconvenient2Thosewhoopposedthoughtthatprivatecarscouldonlymakethemotoristsmoreconvenient,butwouldbringaboutgreatinconveniencestothenon-motorists.Theywereafraidthattheincreasingnumberofcarswouldnotonlycausetrafficblocks,butalsogiverisetoenvironmentalpollution.SoIcomparethedevelopmentofcarindustrytotheflourishingofadouble-edgedsword,whichwillworsentheenvironmentarounduswhilethehumankindisrealizingtheirdreamsofmovingforwardatahighspeed.
B:
Youareright.Overthelastfewyears,therehavebeenmoreandmorecarsinourcountry.Whatismore,thenumberofprivatecarshasbeenincreasingingreatrange.Inthebigandmedium-sizedcitiestheroadsandstreetsareovercrowdedwithrunningcars,amongwhichtherearebothimportedonesandhome-madeones.Duringtherushhours,astrafficislaidup,itisdifficultforthecarstomoveforwardevenonestep.on'manyinter-cityhighroads,longlinesoftrucksmoveatasnail'space.Allthishasmadethetravelaheadachetoallthepeople.Astherearelargernumbersofcarsbeingused,theyaredischargingmoreandmorewastegasesintotheair,makinglouderandloudernoises,andraisingmoreandmoredust.Allthishasdeterioratedtheenvironmentforhumanexistencewitheachpassingday.
A:
Canyougiveadetailedaccountoftheinfluencesmadebycarsontheenvironment?
B:
Inmodernsociety,thecarisanirreplaceablemeansoftransportation.Inthedevelopedcountries,drivingacarhasbecomeanindispensablecontentofdailylifeformostpeople,justasmanyinhabitantsinourcountrycan'tdowithoutthebicyclewhentheygoout.Indeed,ridingacarmaybringgreatconveniencetopeoplewhentheytravel.Butasamobilesourceofpollution,thecarcanalsodetrimentallyaffecttheenvironmentforhumansurvival.Thenoxiouscomponentsofthepollutantsintheairmainlycomefromthetaftgasesdischargedbythecars.Accordingtoscientificanalysis,thepollutantsexpelledbythecarscontainover1,000kindsofgassubstances,amongwhichcarbonmonoxide,oxycarbonandoxynitridearemostdetrimentaltohumanhealth.Theseharmfulsubstancescanmakepeopleshedtears,havearunningnose,swellupandacheinthethroat,feelsuffocatedinthepitofthestomach,getshortofbreath,andhaverespiratorydifficulty,thusmakingpeoplesufferfromarespiratorydiseaseoraheartdisease,andevencausingthemtodieasuddendeath.Sometoxicgasescontaincancer-generatingsubstancesandwhenenteringintohumanbodycancausealmostincurablemalignantt