外國(guó)人最想和你聊的時(shí)事話題：未來(lái)能源

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2018年10月30日

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　What is future energy　什么是未來(lái)能源
     Future Energy is a former accreditation scheme for green electricity in the United Kingdom, designed to support and stimulate electricity generation from renewable energy sources. The scheme was launched in 1999 and was operated by the Energy Saving Trust until funding expired in 2002.
     It is thought that funding was not renewed because too few suppliers were prepared to accept the new requirements for green tariffs proposed by the Trust following the introduction of the Renewables Obligation. As of 2007 the scheme has not been replaced, although Friends of the Earth, who used to run their own scheme, have been among those calling on the government to do so.
     Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished.) Renewable energy is an alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear power, and was commonly called alternative energy in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2008, about 19％ of global final energy consumption came from renewable, with 13％ coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.2％ from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 2.7％ and are growing very rapidly. The share of renewable in electricity generation is around 18％, with 15％ of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3％ from new renewable.
     Wind power is growing at the rate of 30％ annually, with a worldwide installed capacity of 158 gigawatts (GW) in 2009, and is widely used in Europe, Asia, and the United States. At the end of 2009, cumulative global photovoltaic (PV) installations surpassed 21 GW and PV power stations are popular in Germany and Spain. Solar thermal power stations operate in the USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354 megawatt (MW) SEGS power plant in the Mojave Desert. The world's largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Brazil has one of the largest renewable energy programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from sugar cane, and ethanol now provides 18％ of the country's automotive fuel. Ethanol fuel is also widely available in the USA.
     Climate change concerns, coupled with high oil prices, peak oil, and increasing government support, are driving increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives and commercialization. New government spending, regulation and policies helped the industry weather the global financial crisis better than many other sectors. Scientists have advanced a plan to power 100％ of the world's energy with wind, hydroelectric, and solar power by the year 2030, recommending renewable energy subsidies and a price on carbon reflecting its cost for flood and related expenses.
     While many renewable energy projects are large-scale, renewable technologies are also suited to rural and remote areas, where energy is often crucial in human development. Globally, an estimated 3 million households get power from small solar PV systems. Micro-hydro systems configured into village-scale or county-scale mini-grids serve many areas. More than 30 million rural households get lighting and cooking from biogas made in household-scale digesters. Biomass cook stoves are used by 160 million households.
     未來(lái)能源（future energy）的各種形式都是直接或者間接地來(lái)自于太陽(yáng)或地球內(nèi)部深處所產(chǎn)生的熱能(thermal energy)。包括了太陽(yáng)能(solar energy)、風(fēng)能、生物質(zhì)能(biomass energy)、地?zé)崮?geothermal energy)、核聚變能(nuclear fusion energy)、水能(hydro energy)和海洋能(ocean energy)以及由可再生能源衍生出來(lái)的生物燃料(biofuel)和氫所產(chǎn)生的能量。也可以說(shuō)，未來(lái)能源包括各種可再生能源(renewable energy)和核能(nuclear power)。相對(duì)于傳統(tǒng)能源，未來(lái)能源普遍具有污染少、儲(chǔ)量(reserve volume)大的特點(diǎn)，對(duì)于解決當(dāng)今世界嚴(yán)重的環(huán)境污染問(wèn)題和資源（特別是化石能源fossil energy）枯竭問(wèn)題具有重要意義。同時(shí)，由于很多未來(lái)能源分布均勻，對(duì)于解決由能源引發(fā)的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)也有著重要意義。

     Many energy experts say that more investment in hydroelectricity is the only way to meet future demand.
     許多能源專(zhuān)家講道，在水利電力上進(jìn)行更多的投資是唯一能滿足未來(lái)能源需求的方法。
     The sun seems to be the most promising source for the future.
     太陽(yáng)似乎是未來(lái)最有希望的能源。
     Land and other resources should not constrain the development of biomass as a renewable energy source for the future.
     土地和其他資源應(yīng)該不妨礙作為未來(lái)可更新能源的生物量的發(fā)展。
     Although fuel cells have been around since 1839, fuel cells sound like the energy source of the future.
     盡管燃料電池在1839年就出現(xiàn)了，可聽(tīng)起來(lái)它還是像一種未來(lái)的能源。
     The importance of water is further enhanced as it is expected to be the source of energy in the future.
     當(dāng)人們期望著水成為未來(lái)的一種新能源的時(shí)候，水的重要性進(jìn)一步增加了。
     The preceding biofuel comes from food, but scientists want to make biofuel by waste farm products.
     上面的生物能源來(lái)自于食物，未來(lái)科學(xué)家們想用農(nóng)業(yè)產(chǎn)品垃圾來(lái)制造生物能源。
     Already we have seen tremendous advances in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and many people regard nuclear energy as the answer to almost all of our future energy needs.
     我們已經(jīng)看到和平利用核能所帶來(lái)的巨大好處，并且很多人認(rèn)為核能可以看作解決未來(lái)人類(lèi)能源需求問(wèn)題的答案。
     The research of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) techniques is a powerful act to resolve the energy crisis and environment pollution.
     激光核聚變研究是人類(lèi)解決未來(lái)能源危機(jī)及改善嚴(yán)重環(huán)境污染的一項(xiàng)重大舉措。
     Much more emphasis has been placed on electric vehicle (EV), due to consideration of energy development, energy safety and environment protection.
     為滿足未來(lái)能源發(fā)展、能源安全以及環(huán)保的要求，電動(dòng)汽車(chē)越來(lái)越受重視。
     As a secondary energy, Hydrogen will become one of the main energy in the future.
     氫氣作為二次能源將成為未來(lái)的主要能源之一。
     The relationship of different kind energy consumption trend quantity and economy varies because of different countries and areas.
     不同種類(lèi)的能源消費(fèi)趨勢(shì)量與經(jīng)濟(jì)的關(guān)系因國(guó)家和地區(qū)的不同而有差別。
     EU citizens have done an immeasurable service to future generations of all nations through its courageous new energy policies.
     歐盟公民通過(guò)這項(xiàng)膽識(shí)過(guò)人的新能源政策，為各國(guó)未來(lái)世代子孫所帶來(lái)的利益將難以計(jì)量。
Part 3　Let's Talk！　開(kāi)始交流吧！
     Cathy: What do you think of the lecture?
     凱西：你認(rèn)為這個(gè)講座怎么樣？
     Leon: You mean the one On Future Energy?
     雷昂：你是說(shuō)"未來(lái)能源"嗎？
     Cathy: That's right.
     凱西：對(duì)。
     Leon: I think it was very interesting and helpful.
     雷昂：我覺(jué)得很有趣，也很有幫助。
     Cathy: Do you really mean that?
     凱西：你真的這么認(rèn)為？
     Leon: Yes. Don't you?
     雷昂：對(duì)。你不這么想？
     Cathy: But I think some of his view points are not correct.
     凱西：但是我想他的一些觀點(diǎn)并不正確。
     Leon: Yes?
     雷昂：是嗎？
     Cathy: Take the coal for instance.
     凱西：拿煤炭來(lái)說(shuō)吧。
     Leon: What about it?
     雷昂：煤炭怎么了？
     Cathy: Coal won't become important again. Everybody can see that.
     凱西：煤炭不會(huì)再重要了，這一點(diǎn)人人都可以看到。
     Leon: Why not?
     雷昂：為什么？
     Cathy: For one thing, it's too dirty. We won't be able to find people to work down coal mines in the future. For another, we'll use up all the coal underground. We have to develop new kinds of energy such as atomic energy.
     凱西：一方面它太臟，將來(lái)我們不會(huì)看到有人在地下的煤礦采煤，另一方面地下的煤會(huì)被用完，我們必須開(kāi)發(fā)新的能源，例如原子能。
     Leon: We'll invent new kinds of machinery to mine underground for us and nobody can tell exactly how much coal there is underground. Atomic energy can't take the place of coal because it's too dangerous to produce. Once leakage occurs, it'll bring disastrous.
     雷昂：我們可以制造新型機(jī)械來(lái)代替人工在地下采煤，并且沒(méi)有人確切地知道地下到底有多少煤。原子能無(wú)法取代煤炭，因?yàn)樯a(chǎn)原子能太危險(xiǎn)，一旦發(fā)生泄漏，將會(huì)有災(zāi)難性的后果，許多人反對(duì)發(fā)展原子能。
     Cathy: Nonsense. When atomic energy is used widely, we'll certainly have more advanced and stricter preventive measures to prevent any kind of leakage. It's safe and clean as well.
     凱西：也不對(duì)。當(dāng)原子能廣泛使用時(shí)我們當(dāng)然會(huì)采取更先進(jìn)更嚴(yán)格的預(yù)防措施來(lái)防止任何泄漏發(fā)生。它既安全又衛(wèi)生。
     Leon: You have something there. Perhaps we can use coal, oil and atomic energy side by side.
     雷昂：你說(shuō)得有道理。也許我們可以同時(shí)利用煤炭、石油、原子能能源。
     Cathy: Yes. The future is always hard to predict. It's decided by many unexpected factors.
     凱西：對(duì)。將來(lái)難以預(yù)測(cè)。它是由許多意想不到的因素決定的。
     Leon: That's right. Let's hope for the best.
     雷昂：是的。讓我們對(duì)未來(lái)寄予最好的希望。

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