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Footage of buildings being flattened in a noisy demolition may be a popular feature of local TV news reports, but architects say such structures should be protected - to fight climate change.
They say property owners should be incentivised to upgrade draughty buildings, not just knock them down.
That is because so much carbon is emitted by creating the steel, cement and bricks for new buildings.
語言點
footage n. 片段
· 詞根foot-表“英尺”
flatten vt. 夷平
demolition n. 拆除
· 詞根de-表“向下,徹底離開”,詞根-mol-表“堆”
· demolish v. 拆除,摧毀(knock down)
fight climate change 應對氣候變化
property owners 業主
incentivise vt. 激勵
· incentive n. 激勵
· How should a company incentivize its employees?
一家公司該怎么激勵員工呢?
upgrade vt. 升級
n. 升級
· upgrade the software 升級系統
· upgrade you to business class 升艙
· upgrade your skills 升級技能
draughty adj. 漏風的(US drafty)
· old draughty buildings: 經年失修漏風的老房子
knock down 拆除,拆毀(demolish)
emit vt. 排放
· Do you think it's better to build new public buildings than repair old ones?
你認為修建新的公共建筑比修復舊的更好嗎?
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