环境类短语

(包含环境污染、能源危机、转基因食品、动植物)

1   pollute the environment

污染环境

破坏我们的健康damage our health

2   create waste and pollution

产生垃圾废料和污染

导致健康问题cause health problems

3   increase carbon emissions

(汽车、飞机、工厂等)增加碳排放

汽车尾气 car fumes

对比:

减少碳排放 reduce carbon emissions

 4   contribute to global warming

(汽车、飞机、工厂等)加剧全球变暖

加剧气候的变化 contribute to climate change

 5   put pressure on...

.对...... (自然资源、医疗体系等)构成压力

(人口)快速地增长  grow rapidly

崇尚消费的社会

consumer society

对自然资源构成压力put pressure on natural resources

6   reduce biodiversity

减少生物的多样性

破坏动植物的自然栖息地 destroy natural habitats

拼写:

注意habitats (栖息地)和habits (习惯)的拼写不同

 7   become overcrowded

(城市、街道)变得过于拥挤

城市居民 city dwellers/urban residents

碳足迹

A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). In other words: When you drive a car, the engine burns fuel which creates a certain amount of CO2, depending on its fuel consumption and the driving distance. When you buy food and goods, the production of the food and goods also emitted some quantities of CO2. Even if you heat your house with electricity, the generation of the electrical power may also have emitted a certain amount of CO2.

碳足迹指直接或间接支持人类活动所产生的温室气体总量，通常用产生的二氧化碳吨数来表示。换句话说，你开车的时候，发动机在燃烧汽油的同时会释放出一定量的二氧化碳，这个量由耗油量和行驶里程决定。你购买食物和商品的时候，生产食物和商品的过程也会释放出一定量的二氧化碳。就算你家的房子是用电采暖，电能产生的过程也是释放二氧化碳的。

Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2, which were induced by your activities in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year.

你的碳足迹就是在一定时间段内你的所有活动引起的二氧化碳排放总量。通常情况下，碳足迹是以一年为一个时间段进行计算的。