美助越南大规模清理橙剂残留物一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料美助越南大规模清理橙剂残留物一托福阅读机经背景 The United States and Vietnam’s defense ministry have launched the first cleanup operation to rid a former air base of a toxic dioxin left from the Vietnam war. Although many people have welcomed the move, some say it is too little, too late to help generations of people suffering birth defects and diseases linked to the chemical. 美国和越南国防部开始清除越战期间一处前空军基地周围残留的有毒物二恶英。尽管许多人欢迎这一举措，但是一些人说，对于几代遭受与橙剂有关的出生缺陷和疾病的人来说，这项工作规模太小，且来得有些迟了。 The project, which started Thursday, aims to clean up soil and sediment contaminated with dangerous levels of toxin dioxin at a former U.S. Army air base in central Vietnam. 美国星期四开始在越南中部一个前美国陆军的航空基地清理有毒物二恶英严重超标的土壤和沉积物。 During the Vietnam War, Da Nang airport was used to store the herbicide Agent Orange which was sprayed on vegetation used as cover by guerrilla forces. 在越战期间，美军在岘港机场(又名沱囊)储存除草剂二恶英，又称橙剂。橙剂被喷洒在植被上，清除越共游击队用于藏身的灌木和树林。 The toxin, which has been linked to disease and birth defects, has remained a dark reminder of the war. U.S. Ambassador David Shear spoke at the opening ceremony in Da Nang. 能造成疾病和出生缺陷的橙剂一直是越战遗留下来的污点。美国驻越南大使大卫.希尔(施大伟)在蚬港的开工仪式上发表了讲话。 The dioxin in the ground here is a legacy of the painful past we share, but the project we undertake here today hand in hand with the Vietnamese is, as Secretary Clinton said, a sign of the hopeful future we are building together, he stated. 他说：“这里土壤中的二恶英是我们共同承担痛苦过去的残余，但是，我们今天与越南携手开始的工作，就像克林顿国务卿所说的，是我们共同建设一个富有希望未来的象征。” Da Nang is the most toxic of 28 dioxin “hot spots” in Vietnam. The $43 million project will excavate and clean up 73,000 cubic meters of soil and sediment around the airport. The U.S. embassy said the soil should be safe for use by 2016. 岘港是越南28处二恶英残留点中最严重的一处。这项耗费4,300万美元的项目将在机场四周挖除和清理7万3千立方米土壤和沉淀物。 This process uses high temperatures to break down the dioxin in the contaminated soil and make it safe by Vietnamese and U.S. standards for the many men, women and children who live and work in this area, sai