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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE考试双语阅读模拟练习10 GRE阅读练习：GRE考试双语阅读模拟练习10 GRE考试精品课程训练  Renewable energy in Scotland——Caution to the wind  苏格兰的可再生能源之路：小心风力  How independence might threaten one of the SNP’s favourite industries  Twenty minutes from the centre of Glasgow, the tussocky expanse of Eaglesham Moor is popular with dog-walkers and cyclists. These days they enjoy some 90km (56 miles) of paths that have been built on the moor around Whitelee, Europe’s second-biggest onshore wind farm, by the operator, Scottish Power. The site’s appeal is twofold: it is close to a large number of electricity-consuming homes; and a barren moor makes a less controversial place to scatter 215 turbines than, say, a picturesque Highland mountainside. Whitelee’s success—it has expanded twice since starting operations in 2009—reflects the growth of Scotland’s renewable-energy industry as a whole.  距格拉斯哥市中心20分钟路程的地方，有一处由伊格尔沙姆沼泽蔓延开的草丛一直备受遛狗者和自行车爱好者的追捧，而这些天他们又可以尽情漫步在新修建的96千米(56英米)长的沼间小径上，这些小路位于欧洲第二大陆上风电场怀特里附近，由苏格兰电力公司建造。选址在这里具有双重意义：它既靠近需要大量消耗电力的住宅区，同时与如画的苏格兰高地山腰相比，它贫瘠的沼泽地质也是分散安置215个风力涡轮机的不二选择。怀特里风电场的成功——自2009年开始运营至今已扩大了2倍规模，整个反映了苏格兰再生能源产业的发展。  In 2011, for the first time, renewables were the second-biggest source of electricity generated in Scotland, accounting for 27%, behind nuclear power but ahead of coal and gas; in England, renewables generated only 6% of the total. Stand, buffeted, on Eaglesham Moor and you get an inkling of why: around a quarter of all Europe’s wind energy crosses Scotland’s land mass and surrounding waters. Factor in its potential in tidal and wave energy, plus an expertise in North Sea oil and gas that can be transferred to GREener industries, and the notion of Scotland as a “Saudi Arabia of renewables” does not seem too far-fetched.  2011年，可再生能源的发电量第 一次占据了苏格兰总发电量的27%，成为苏格兰电力的第二大来源——位于核电之后，煤气电力之前;而在英格兰，可再生能源的发电量只占据了6%。如果你置身于伊格尔沙姆沼泽，也许就能对其原因略窥一二了，全欧洲的风能大约有四分之一是从苏格兰的陆地和周围水域穿过的。正是因为有它潜在的潮汐能和波能，再加上能将北海里的油气资源转移到绿色