商务英语综合教程Unit 9Climate Change Hot under the Collar.ppt

Ⅳ. Translate the following sentences into English with the words or phrases given in the brackets. 1. 一些环保主义者倡导使用贸易限制政策来防止环境进一步恶化。(advocate) 2. 传统的重工业应立即向绿色的环保产业让路。(give way to) 3. 这家工厂去年停产了，因为它被控向河水中倾倒了20万吨废物。(be accused of) 4. 政府应采取有效措施使那些污染严重的工业停产。 (bring … to a halt) 5. 一些国家为了保证国内厂商在国际市场上取得竞争优势，故意降低环保标准。(give…competitive advantage) Exercises 1. Some environmentalists advocate the use of trade restrictive policies to prevent further environmental deterioration. 2. The traditional heavy industries should quickly give way to the green environment-friendly industries. 3. This factory stopped production last year, as it was accused of pouring 200,000 tons of waste into the river. 4. The government should take effective measures to bring a halt to the heavily-polluted industries. 5. Some countries deliberately lower the standard of environmental protection to give their domestic firms competitive advantage in international market. Exercises Key V. Translate the following sentences in the text into Chinese. The most visible form of this was a commitment, in Labours 1997 manifesto, to cut 20% off British greenhouse-gas emissions by 2010 compared with their 1990 levels. 2. Indeed, part of the reason for modest emissions rises in the past two years is that high gas prices have prompted some companies to switch back to coal. 3. Most of the emissions come from road transport, but motorists face only weak incentives to buy carbon-friendly cars (the difference in road tax between the most and least efficient is only ￡115 a year). Exercises Exercises 4. That would be a blow for the prime minister, who is keen to play a part in the delicate negotiations for a new treaty. 5. The draft admits that, even if all of them are adopted, Britain may still miss its target. Mr. Blair has been an evangelist on climate change. Now comes the big test of his resolve. Key 1. 其中做的最露骨的一件事儿就是工党在1997年的宣言中做出的承 诺：与1990年相比，到2010年将英国的温室气体排放量削减 20%。 2. 实际上，在过去的两年中，