人教版(新)選擇性必修第三冊-Unit-3environmental-protection-中英

選擇性必修三

U3ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTIONEarthprovidesenoughtosatisfyeverymansneeds,butnoteveryman'sgreed.-MohandasKGandhi地球能滿足每個人的需求，但不能滿足每個人的貪婪。---莫罕達(dá)斯?甘地

CLIMATECHANGEREQUIRESTHEWORLD'SATTENTION氣候變化需要全世界的關(guān)注Wehaveknownaboutclimatechangefordecades.ThereislittledoubtthatEarthisgettingwarmerandwarmer(seethegraph).Awarmingoceanandatmospherealongwithmeltingiceandrisingsealevelsprovideevidenceofadramaticchangeintheglobalclimate.我們幾十年前就知道氣候變化了。毫無疑問，地球正在變得越來越暖和(見圖表)。海洋和大氣的變暖以及冰川融化和海平面上升為全球氣候的急劇變化提供了證據(jù)。In2013,alotofpeoplewereshockedbyanewsphotoofadeadpolarbearthatwasfoundonNorway'sArcticislandofSvalbard.Accordingtothescientistswhofounditsdeadbody,allthatremainedofthepolarbearwas"skinandbones".

Anexpertwhohasstudiedpolarbearsformanyyearssaidthatfromthepositionofitsdeadbody,thebearappearedtohavestarvedanddied.Expertsclaimedthatlowsea-icelevelscausedbyclimatechangemeantthebearcouldnothuntsealsasbefore,soithadtotravelgreaterdistancesinordertofindfood.ThisalarmingcaseshowedhowtheincreaseintemperaturehadanimpactonEarth'secology.2013年，一張在挪威北極地區(qū)的斯瓦爾巴群島上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只北極熊尸體的新聞?wù)掌尯芏嗳苏痼@。根據(jù)發(fā)現(xiàn)這只北極熊尸體的科學(xué)家的說法，這只北極熊只剩下“皮包骨頭”了。一位研究北極熊多年的專家說，從它尸體的位置看，這只熊似乎是餓死的。專家稱，由于氣候變化造成的海冰水位較低，這只熊無法像以前那樣捕獵海豹，所以他為了找到食物不得不去更遠(yuǎn)的地方。這一令人震驚的案例表明氣溫升高對地球生態(tài)產(chǎn)生了怎樣的影響。Thenwhatiscausingtheincreaseintheglobalaveragesurfacetemperature?Climatescientistsoftenmentionakeyclimateprocesscalledthe"greenhouseeffect",whichhastwocommonmeanings:the"natural"greenhouseeffectandthe"man-made"greenhouseeffect.The"natural"greenhouseeffectreferstothefactthatheatfromthesunenterstheatmosphereandwarmsEarth'ssurfaceasshort-waveradiation.Theheatisreleasedbackintospaceatlongerwavelengths.Greenhousegasesintheatmosphere,suchasmethaneandcarbondioxide,trapsomeoftheheat,keepingEarth'sclimatewarmandhabitable.Withoutthisprocess,Earthcouldnotsustainlife.However,the"man-made"greenhouseeffecthasnowbecomeabigproblem.Whenpeopleproducehugeamountsofextragreenhousegasesbyburningfossilfuels,moreheatenergyistrappedintheatmosphereandcausesEarth'ssurfacetemperaturetorisequickly.那么是什么正在導(dǎo)致全球表面平均溫度的上升呢？氣候科學(xué)家經(jīng)常提到一個被稱為“溫室效應(yīng)”的關(guān)鍵氣候過程，它有兩個普遍的含義：“自然”溫室效應(yīng)和“人為”溫室效應(yīng)?！白匀弧睖厥倚?yīng)指的是來自太陽的熱量進(jìn)入大氣層，并以短波輻射的形式使地球表面升溫。熱量以更長的波長釋放回太空。大氣中的溫室氣體，如甲烷和二氧化碳，會吸收一些熱量，使地球氣候保持溫暖和適宜居住。沒有這個過程，地球就無法維持生命。然而，“人為”溫室效應(yīng)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為一個大問題。當(dāng)人們通過燃燒化石燃料產(chǎn)生大量額外的溫室氣體時，更多的熱量被困在大氣中，導(dǎo)致地球表面溫度迅速上升。Thereisstrongandcomprehensiveevidencethattheriseintemperaturehasledtoanincreaseinextremeweatherandnaturaldisastersworldwide,notonlycausingseriousdamage,butalsocostinghumanlives.Climatescientistshavewarnedthatifwedonottakeappropriateactions,thiswarmingtrendwillprobablycontinueandtherewillbeahigherpricetopay.Infact,newsreportsarefrequentlybroadcastaboutextremerainstormsandheatwavescausingdeathsandeconomiclosses.有力且全面的證據(jù)表明，氣溫上升已導(dǎo)致世界范圍內(nèi)極端天氣和自然災(zāi)害的增加，不僅造成嚴(yán)重的破壞，而且還致人喪命。氣候科學(xué)家警告說，如果我們不采取適當(dāng)?shù)男袆?，這種變暖的趨勢可能會繼續(xù)下去，并將使我們付出更高的代價。事實上，新聞報道經(jīng)常播送造成死亡和經(jīng)濟(jì)損失的極端暴雨和熱浪。Continuedgreenhousegasemissionswillresultinfurtherwarmingandlong-lastingchangestotheglobalclimate.Thisrequirestheattentionofpeopleallovertheworld.Governmentsneedtoconsidermakingpoliciesandtakingappropriateactionsandmeasurestoreducegreenhousegasemissions.Weasindividualscanalsoreduceour"carbonfootprint"byrestrictingtheamountofcarbondioxideourlifestylesproduce.Itisourresponsibilitytoseizeeveryopportunitytoeducateeveryoneaboutglobalwarming,alongwithitscausesandimpacts,becausethisisthemostseriousissueaffectingallofusonthisplanet.Sowhatwillyoudotohelp?

持續(xù)的溫室氣體排放將導(dǎo)致全球氣候進(jìn)一步變暖和長期的變化。這需要全世界人民的關(guān)注。各國政府需要考慮制定政策并采取適當(dāng)?shù)男袆雍痛胧﹣頊p少溫室氣體排放。作為個人，我們也可以通過限制生活方式產(chǎn)生的二氧化碳的量來減少我們的“碳足跡”。我們有責(zé)任抓住每一個機會，讓每個人了解全球變暖及其原因和影響，因為這是影響我們這個星球上所有人的最嚴(yán)重的問題，那么你會怎么做呢？REDUCINGWATERPOLLUTIONINTHELIRIVER減少漓江水污染

ThebeautifulLiRiveranditsamazingsurroundingsceneryisoneofthemostwell-knowntouristdestinationsinChina'sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.Itattractsmillionsofdomesticandforeignvisitorseachyear.However,itsreputationasatopdestinationhashadnegativeeffectsontheriver'swaterquality.Thisreportlooksattheproblemofwaterpollutionandsomeactionsthathavebeentakentodealwithit.美麗的漓江及其周邊迷人的風(fēng)景是中國廣西壯族自治區(qū)最著名的旅游目的地之一，它每年吸引數(shù)以百萬計的國內(nèi)外游客。然而，它作為首選旅游目的地的聲譽對河流的水質(zhì)卻產(chǎn)生了負(fù)面影響。這份報告就著眼于水污染問題以及為解決這一問題而采取的一些行動。Previously,waterqualityintheLiRiverhadsufferedgreatlyfromanincreasingvolumeoftourists,manyofwhomfrequentlythrewgarbageintotheriver.Manytourboatscontributedtotheproblemtoo.Kitchensonboardwereusinglotsofoil,whichwasoftenthrownintothewater.Thegrowthintourismalsomeantthelocalpopulationroserapidly,aswellasthenumberofcommercialandindustrialenterprises.Waterpollutionlevelsincreased.withmorehouseholdandcommercialwasteendingupintheriver.Inordertofeedmorepeople,morechemicalswereusedtoincreasecropproduction.Thesechemicalsledtoseverewaterqualityissues,causingadecreaseinthenumberoffishspecies.Localofficialswereconcernedthatthepollutionwasdamagingthenaturalenvironmentandfeltthaturgentstepsshouldbetakentorestoretheriver'soriginalbeauty.以往，漓江的水質(zhì)因游客量的增長遭到了嚴(yán)重破壞，很多游客頻繁地將垃圾扔進(jìn)江中。許多游船也造成了這個問題。船上的廚房使用大量的油，這些油經(jīng)常被倒入水中。旅游業(yè)的發(fā)展也意味著當(dāng)?shù)厝丝谘杆僭鲩L，以及商業(yè)和工業(yè)企業(yè)的數(shù)量增加。水污染等級上升，更多的家庭和商業(yè)廢棄物最終流入河中。為了養(yǎng)活更多的人，人們使用了更多的化學(xué)物質(zhì)來增加農(nóng)作物產(chǎn)量，這些化學(xué)物質(zhì)導(dǎo)致了嚴(yán)重的水質(zhì)問題，導(dǎo)致魚類物種數(shù)量減少。當(dāng)?shù)毓賳T擔(dān)心污染正在破壞自然環(huán)境，并認(rèn)為應(yīng)采取緊急措施來恢復(fù)河流的原貌。Acomprehensiveinitiativewasstarted,withanumberofmeasuresthataddressedtheissues.Theconstructionofwastewatertreatmentfacilitiesimprovedthewaterqualityandwaterconservation.Thecollectionandtransportofhouseholdwastewasalsoimproved.Dozensofpollutingenterpriseswereclosedormoved.Thelocalgovernmentsetupstrictregulationsregardingfurtherindustrialdevelopment.Newruleswerealsointroducedregardingtourboatroutesandgarbagedisposalmethods.Furthermore,thelocalauthoritiesbegantousethemediatospreadenvironmentalawarenessandencouragegreateruseofcleanenergy.Atthesametime,theystartedtocarryoutinspectionsregularlyandfinetouristorganisationsforabuses.Withthesemea