評論
打印
Part 1
Listen to the follomng dialogue and interpret it as required. After you hear a sentence or a short passage in Chinese, interpret it into English by speaking to the microphone. And after you hear an English sentence or short passage, interpret it into Chinese. You mil hear the dialogue only once.
趙：“地球日”是怎么回事？什么時候開始的？都取得了哪些成就？
Smith: Earth Day was started in 1970. It was set to help raise the general public’s environmental awareness. For one thing, it provides a special day to remind people to take care of the Earth. It also gives special interest and environmental groups an opportunity to motivate their members to take action in their communities.
趙：聽起來不錯。可就在環保取得成績的同時，人口膨脹，臭氧層空洞，全球氣候變暖這些問題一點也沒有改善。地球人口越多，資源消耗的越多，產生的垃圾也越多，到時連種糧食的地都沒有了怎么辦？對此我們決不可掉以輕心。
Smith: That is certainly true. By the year 2005, there will be 7 billion people on the planet. I personally think that recycling is the answer. Paper, metal, rubber, oil, and many other materials are going to have to be recycled on a much greater scale. Everyone will have to be involved. Perhaps even special legislation will be required. It is true that we are losing millions of hectares every year to housing and roads. But there is still a lot of undeveloped land that could be used for both farming and housing. And science and technology is helping us to get more out of the land that is used for fanning.
趙：那么今年“地球日 ”你打算都干點什么呢？
Smith: I will probably attend our city’s annual “Earth Day” celebrations and then help pick up the mountain of garbage left over.
