高中英语 老外最想聊的100个口语话题（95）环境保护素材.doc

the environment 环境保护dialogue 1g: look at these pictures: darkdensesmoke rolling up to the sky, chemicals pouring into the river, and tons of pesticides beingsprayedon the soil.看看这些照片,浓烟滚滚,河流中倒满了化学物质,杀虫剂遍地都是a: its terrible! we are destroying the earth!太糟糕了!我们在毁灭地球.g: youre right. is theenvironmenta bigissuein your country?是啊,在你们国家,环境是个大问题吗?a: it is. but thepollutionisnt as bad. my country has much less industry.是的,但是污染并没有那么严重,我们国家没那么多工厂.g: i see.pollutionis a big problem inchina, especially in the cities.在中国,污染是个大问题,尤其是在城市里.a: the air here is much more polluted than in my hometown. ever think about moving somewhere cleaner?这里的空气质量要比我的家乡差.想到迁到一个干净点儿的地方吗?g: youmeanalmost like an environmental refugee? thats easier said than done. i was born here and i love this city.你说做环境难民?那说起来容易,可是我出生在这儿,而且我喜欢这个城市.a: but living here cant be good for your health.但是住这儿对你的身体不好吧?g: i know what youmean, but it cant be avoided. there are very few places leftunaffected我明白你的意思,但是也没有办法啊!现在很少有城市没被污染.a: has your government done anything to try tosolvethe problem?那你们政府与没有采取什么措施,爱解决这一个问题?g: yes, but i dont think it alone can do enough toreversethetrend.有啊,但是我觉得单靠一个政府的努力是不够的.a: youre right. i think all countries should work together to clean the world.是这样,我认为所有的政府应该共同努力来治理环境.g: yeah, i could not agree more but we cant just leave it to the governments. everyone needs to do their part.完全同意但是我觉得也不能全依靠政府,我们每个人都应该尽自己一份力.a: what do you think we ordinary people can do toprotecttheenvironment?你觉得我们普通人在环保方面能做些什么呢?g: oh, there are lots of things that can be done. taking publictransportis a start.有很多事情可以做啊,比如乘坐公共交通工具.a: good idea, but i think ill start riding my bike instead. its better exercise.好主意,不过我要开始骑自行车了,这更有助于锻炼身体.g: there you go!主意不错!dialogue 2g: you know, an increasing number of people are sufferning from cancer these years inchina.近几年来,中国越来越多的人死于癌症.a: i heard! cancer was the top killer inchinalast year.听说了,去年在中国死于癌症的人最多.g: any idea why?你怎么看待这个问题呢?a: i think environmental factors are probably the main cause. in beijing alone, 70-80 percent of allfatalcancer cases arerelatedto theenvironment.我认为环境问题是最主要的原因.但在北京,70%-80%的重癌症病例都和环境有关系.g: some say thats just the cost of rapid economic development over the past two decades.有人说,这是由于我们过去20多年经济过快发展造成的.a: many people are wondering ifchinaisheadingtowards an environmentaldisaster.许多人在夸张,中国是否会走向环境灾难.g: oh, thatgoes too far, doesnt it?那也太夸张了吧?a: maybe, maybe not. one in four citizenshas no access toclean drinking water. one third of theurbanpopulationis breathing polluted air. finally, seven of the worlds ten most polluted cities are inchina.或许吧,不好说.四分之一的人喝不到干净的水;三分之一的城市人口呼吸着受到污染的空气;还有,世界上10个污染最严重的城市,有7个就在中国.g: is there any quicksolution?有什么快速的解决办法吗?a: not really. but the government has taken some measures toreverseit.没有.但是政府已经采取了很多措施.g: like what?有哪些啊?a: so far the government hasstipulatedandreversedtherelevantlaws on water, air and solid wastepollutionin order toachievesustainable development.到目前为止,政府在水,空气,固体污染等方面,已经制订和修订了相关法律,以实现可持续发展.g: that should be a big help. however, we really need topromotetheawarenessof environmental issues among