輕松美語會話第3輯 環(huán)境與污染
[00:00.00]Tim:Pardon me ,ma'am,would you please sign a petition
to save the
environment?
[00:02.41]勞駕，女士，請你在這份拯救環(huán)境的請愿書上簽個名好嗎？
[00:04.82]Grace:Save the
environment?What do you mean?Everthing seems to be good to
me.
[00:07.67]拯救環(huán)境？什么意思？我覺得一切都很好呀。
[00:10.51]Tim:You mean you don't
know?
[00:11.61]就是說你還不知道？
[00:12.71]Grace:Know about
what?
[00:13.63]知道什么？
[00:14.54]Tim:The environmental problems that we
face every day.
[00:16.27]我們每天都要面對的環(huán)境問題。
[00:18.00]Grace:We do?Like
what?
[00:19.10]是嗎？例如呢？
[00:20.20]Tim:I'm surprised you don't know.There's
nuclear waste,for
one.
[00:22.36]我很驚訝你居然不知道。放射性廢棄物就是一例。
[00:24.52]Grace:But don't we bury
that in the ground?It can't hurt us
there.
[00:26.69]我們不是把它們埋到地下去了嗎？它們傷害不到我們。
[00:28.87]Tim:That's where
you're wrong.Toxic waste can enter the groundwater and spread to other
areas.
[00:31.79]這就是你的錯誤所在。有毒的廢棄物進(jìn)入地下水，然后蔓延到其他地區(qū)。
[00:34.70]And since
waste takes a long time to decay,it can cause thousands of years of ecological
damage.
[00:38.09]而且，這些廢棄物需要很長的時間才會腐爛，它們會導(dǎo)致幾千年的生態(tài)破壞。
[00:41.47]And that's
not all,there's also the problem of air
pollution.
[00:43.51]還不止這些。它們還會帶來空氣污染的問題……
[00:45.54]Grace:Ok,so I'm wrong
on that point,but I know that air pollution isn't a
problem.
[00:48.29]好吧，這一點(diǎn)上我是錯了，不過我知道空氣污染不是一個問題
[00:51.05]I read somewhere
that there's no proof for all that concern over greenhouse
gases.
[00:54.14]我讀到過一篇報導(dǎo)，說沒有證據(jù)表明有必要為溫室氣體擔(dān)心。
[00:57.24]Tim:That's not true
either.They have new evidence that greenhouse gases are effecting our
environment,
[01:00.16]那也不對。有新的證據(jù)表明，溫室氣體正在影響我們的環(huán)境，
[01:03.07]and that all
world government will need to do something
soon.
[01:05.18]世界各國的政府很快都得為此采取措施。
[01:07.28]Grace:Ok,ok.It seems there's
not a lot I know about the environment.Maybe I should read more about how to
save the
planet.
[01:11.60]好吧，好吧?？磥恚瑢τ诃h(huán)境問題我確實(shí)知之甚少。也許我該多讀一些拯救地球方面的書刊。
[01:15.92]Karen:Hey
you,pick up that piece of
garbage!
[01:17.49]喂，把垃圾撿起來！
[01:19.06]Thatcher:Huh?Me?
[01:19.90]啊？我嗎？
[01:20.75]Karen:Yeah
you,I just saw you throw a piece of garbage on the
ground.
[01:22.76]就是你，我剛剛看到你把垃圾扔到地上，
[01:24.78]Can't you read the "No
Littering"sign?
[01:26.20]你沒有看到那塊“不許亂扔雜物”的告示牌嗎？
[01:27.62]It's a $ 500
penalty for littering,so go pick it up and put it in the garbage can over
there.
[01:31.48]亂扔雜物要處以500美元的罰款，所以你還是把它撿起來，丟到那邊的垃圾桶里去吧。
[01:35.33]Thatcher:Why
should I do that?It's only a piece of garbage.Why should you
care?
[01:37.83]我為什么要這么做？只是一塊垃圾而已嘛，你干嗎這么介意呢？
[01:40.33]Karen:Because this
is a public place,and I want to spend my time here without having to look at
your
garbage.
[01:43.52]因?yàn)檫@是公眾場合，我不希望我在這里度過的時光有你的垃圾存在。
[01:46.70]Thatcher:Listen,I
really don't know why you're making this into such a big
issue.
[01:49.03]聽著，我真不明白你為什么這么小題大做。
[01:51.35]It's only a small piece of
garbage in a large space.
[01:53.06]不過是一大片空地上的一小塊垃圾嘛，
[01:54.77]It's not
like there's garbage
everywhere.
[01:55.97]又不是到處都是垃圾。
[01:57.18]Besides,someone will come along
to clean it up at some time or
another.
[01:59.43]再說，會有人不時地過來打掃的。
[02:01.68]Karen:It's not the cleaner's
responsibility to pick up after lazy
people.
[02:03.95]清潔工的責(zé)任并不是跟在懶人的后面撿垃圾。
[02:06.22]It's part of your
responsibility to make sure that the place is neat for other
people.
[02:08.88]你也有部分責(zé)任為別人保持一個清潔的環(huán)境。
[02:11.54]If everyone thought like
you,there'd be garbage everywhere!The cleaners can't be
everywhere!
[02:14.84]如果每個人都像你這么想，那么肯定到處都是垃圾了。而清潔工不可能到處都是！
[02:18.13]Thatcher:Ok,whatever.See,I'm
putting it in the garbage
can.
[02:20.20]好吧，不管怎么樣，看著，我這就把它放進(jìn)垃圾箱。
[02:22.27]Karen:Hold on,that's a
recyclable item.You should put that in the recycle bin next to the
trashcan.
[02:25.78]等等，這是可再利用的垃圾，你應(yīng)該把它放到垃圾箱旁邊的廢物回收箱里。
[02:29.29]Thatcher:Recycle
bin?Garbage is garbage!
[02:30.32]廢物回收箱！垃圾就是垃圾！
[02:31.34]Karen:No it
isn't.There are many times we can take what we've used and reuse
it.
[02:33.70]不，不是這樣的，我們可以把用過的東西復(fù)使用很多次。
[02:36.06]It saves on having to
use new materials,and it creates less
garbage.
[02:38.90]這么做既能節(jié)省新的材料，又可以少產(chǎn)生垃圾。
[02:41.75]Thatcher:Ok,ok.I'll do
whatever you want as long as you get off my
back.
[02:44.39]好吧好吧，你要我做什么我就做什么，只要你別再來煩我。
