Unit five中英文对照翻译.doc

Unit five中英文对照翻译Text A Yes, We Can Support Mother Earth 1 Turning off the lights for an hour on March 26 is just a step to recognize that mother earth needs our help. Together we can protect earths precious resources by conserving developing, and spreading the word. How can you conserve this year? 在 3 月 26 日熄灯一小时只是我们认识到地球母亲需要我们帮助的一步。 我们可以通过节约、开发、宣传这一信息来共同保护地球珍贵的资源。 熄灯一小时就是你对地球母亲的支持。除了熄灯,你今年还能怎样保护资源呢? 2 Earth Hour was first started in Australia in 2007 as a way to bring community together to acknowledge the importance of reducing consumption of earths natural resources. Turning off the lights for an hour helps us see the impact we have on the environment. 2007 年澳大利亚最先发起“地球一小时”活动,目的在于让全社会认识到减少地球自然资源消耗的重要性。 熄灯一小时让我们看到人类对环境的影响。 3 Just one year after the first Earth Hour in Sydney, Australia, it became a widespread phenomenon, now spreading globally with a movement reaching more than 50 million people that participate in more than 35 countries. Sydney set a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 5%. Recent estimates show 1 billion supporters in 4,100 cities from 87 countries located on seven different continents joined in turning off their lights for Earth Hour. Earth Hour hopes encourage consumers, businesses, and governments to be thoughtful in action plans to carry out practical ways to reduce emissions 在澳大利亚悉尼举行过第一次“地球一小时”之后仅一年,这场活动就掀起一阵热潮。 现在这个活动在全球传播,超过三十五个国家的五千多万人参与进来。 悉尼的目标是降低 5%的二氧化碳排放量。 在美国,估计八千万人加入 2009 年的“地球一小时”运动。 最新的评估显示,来自七大洲87 个国家4100 个城市的10 亿支持者加入到了“地球一小时”活动的队伍中。 “地球一小时”的活动希望能鼓励消费者、商人、政府深思熟虑,提出实际可行的减排行动计划。 4 Lets go beyond the light switch! Look at what some are doing to save energy to conserve precious fossil fuels: 让我们不仅仅是关灯吧! 看看人们在保护珍贵的矿物燃料和节约能源方面在做什么吧! 5 “For me it starts early Im trying to teach my kids to conserve electricity by turning off lights when not in use. We try to make it a game!” “对我来说,我着手比较早,我正努力教孩子节约电,让他们不用的时候关掉灯。 我们设法把它弄成个游戏。” 6 “I just bought a bunch of energy-conserving light bulbs and replaced my old Watt Guzzling light bulbs. I dont always remember to turn off the lights, so at least Im now using less energy when I forget. “我刚买了一批节能灯泡,换下了之前功率极大的旧灯泡。 我经常不记得关灯,现在至少在我忘记关灯的时候,浪费的能源比以前少一点。” 7 “We removed the old single pane windows and upgraded to the double pane lo-e glass. Now my house is less drafty and it helps a bit with the gas bill.” “我们把旧的单片玻璃窗升级成双片玻璃窗。 现在我的房子不像以前那么漏风了,燃气费也比以前少了。” 8 “We should all get rid of the old outdated CRT monitors and upgrade to LCD monitors. My work office just did this and we all love the new screens. Plus, its nicer on the eyes.” “我们都该把过时的 CRT 升级成 LCD 显示屏。 我的办公室就这么做了,我们都很喜欢新的屏幕。 而且,它对眼睛更好。” 9 “It seems like every time I go to a large city I find over half of the businesses leave their lights on after hours. I guess they do it for security, but theres got to be a better solution. Maybe they could install some low energy video cameras.” “似乎我每次去大城市都会发现超过一半的商户在下班后还亮着灯,我猜想他们这样做是为了安全,但总该有个更好的解决办法。 或许他们可以安装节能的摄像头。” 10 “Maybe we should all buy mini scooters! at least take the bus a couple of times.” “或许我们都该买个迷你踏板车,或者至少坐几次公交车。” 11 “For new years I made a goal to lose weight and save energy. So, now I take the stairs in my 5-story apartment building instead of using the elevator.” “在新的一年中,我给自己定的目标是减肥和节能。 所以,现在我都是爬楼梯上五楼回到我的公寓,不再乘电梯了。” 12 “Since I couldnt afford to do many upgrades to the house, my husband and I agreed to turn down the heat 2 degrees. Surprisingly we adjusted to the drop in temperature without any problem. Immediately we noticed a drop in our heating bill.” “因为我没钱重新装修房子,我丈夫和我同意把暖气温度调低两度。 令人惊讶的是,我们居然一点问题都没有就适应了调低的温度。 很快,我们就注意到暖气费用下降了。” 13 “My family took a trip to the home improvement store and asked a clerk what affordable product we could buy to save energy cost. He quickly showed us a thermal blanket that was designed to be wrapped around a water heater. We bought it for less than thirty bucks.” “我和家人去了家庭装潢商场,问店员有什么我们买得起又节约能源费用的商品。 他很快给我们拿来一个电热毯,这个电热毯可以裹在热水器的外面。 我们马上买了,用了不到30 美元。” 14 “In summer we open the window more and dont run our air-conditioner nearly as much.” “夏天我们多开窗,不像以前那样常开空调了。”Text BEffects of Nuclear Power on Public Health and EnvironmentFrom Three Mile Island, Chernobyl to Fukushima 1 Since the beginning of the Atomic Age, the use of nuclear energy technologies has been accompanied by many crises and public health concerns. Nowadays, nuclear power has become an essential part in the search for alternative energy sources. By January 2011, 422 nuclear power plants operated globally to supply a total of 400,000 megawatts of energy, or roughly 14% of the total global energy supply. 原子时代开始以来,核能技术的利用一直伴随着许多危机和公共健康问题。 如今,核能已成为替代能源中不可缺少的部分。 到 2011 年 1 月为止,全球在运行的核电站有 442 家,它们提供的能量总计达 40 兆瓦,约占全球能源供应的 14% 2 Yet with the expansion of nuclear power, the impact of potential nuclear power plant breakdowns on public health, in particular due to radiation exposure for people living near plants, has been key concerns for governmental agencies and citizens alike. In the past 40 years, the world has seen three terrible nuclear accidents. The short and long-term health risks associated with such disasters and the following environmental remediation efforts all serve as important lessons and warnings for future developments in nuclear power. 然而,随着核能应用的扩大,潜在的核电站故障对公众健康的影响,特别是居住核电站附近人们的辐射暴露,一直是政府机构和平民百姓关注的焦点。 在过去的 40 年里,世界目睹了三次灾难性的核事故。 这些灾害所导致的短期和长期的健康风险以及随后整治环境需付出的努力都是对核电未来发展的重要经验教训和警告。 3 Proper education of civilians living near nuclear power plants to enhance their disaster responses could help reduce short-term death rate and long-term risks of cancer from radiation exposure from a major accident. A 2003 health study conducted in the Three Mile Island region revealed that cancer-related death rates of babies, young children, and the elderly increased quickly in the two years after the accident. Similarly, only four years after Chernobyl, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported over 5,000 cases of thyroid cancer among children aged 18 and younger in the Russian Federation, Belarus, and Ukraine. 对核电站附近居民开展必要的教育以提高他们对灾难的反应能力,可以帮助减少重大事故造成的短期死亡率和核辐射暴露致癌的长期风险。 2003 年在三哩岛地区进行的健康研究表明,核事故发生后的两年里,该地区婴儿、幼儿和老人与癌症相关的死亡率大幅度上升。同样,切尔诺贝利核事故发生仅四年后,世界卫生组织报道,俄罗斯联邦、白俄罗斯和乌克兰在18 岁及以下儿童中发现超过 5000 例甲状腺癌患者。 4 Even with existing technologies in nuclear waste disposal, clean-up following a nuclear disaster still occurs at a slow rate. Three Mile Island took 14 years (1979-1993); Chernobyl will take 79 years (1986-2065). Fukushima Daiichi? Besides huge human health impacts, nuclear accidents can also cause permanent damage to the environment. Several years after the accident, the Soviet government succeeded in removing most populations near Chernobyl but did not make a clear effort towards environmental cleanup. In turn, the nearby ecosystem was permanently disrupted, with several species vanishing completely. Nearby water sources were also dammed to prevent outflows of radioactive silt that would pollute surrounding groundwater foundations. Today, similar concerns for the groundwater foundations near Fukushima beckon for rapid environmental cleanup. 即使运用现有的核废料处理技术,核灾难之后的清理工作的速度仍然是缓慢艰难的。三哩岛花了14 年(1979-1993);切尔诺贝利将要花 79 年(1986-2065)。 福岛第一核电站呢? 除了对人类健康的巨大影响,核事故对环境也会造成永久的损害。 核事故发生数年后,苏联政府成功地撤离了切尔诺贝利附近的大部分人口,但对环境清理并没有做出明确的努力。 结果,附近的生态系统被永久破坏,好几个物种完全消失了。 附近的水源也被截流,以防止放射性泥沙流出,污染周围地下水地基。 当今,对福岛附近的地下水地基的担忧呼 5 Chernobyl and Fukushima hence offer valuable warnings to nuclear experts in the future selection of power plant sites. The impact of nuclear accidents on human health and the environ