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On The Environment談論環(huán)境
Lucy: Dad, what's that thick black foam on the river?
露西：爸爸，河上那層厚厚的黑色泡沫是什么？
Father: That's the waste from some factories.
父親：那是工廠排出來的廢料。
Lucy: I thought it was against the law to dump directly into the river.
露西：我原以為直接排放到河里是違法的呢。
Father: It is. But a lot of companies just ignore the law.
父親：是違法的?？墒窃S多公司簡直就無視法律。
Lucy: Why do they run such a risk?
露西：他們?yōu)槭裁匆斑@個險呢？
Father: They can save a lot of money by doing this.
父親：這樣做可以省很多錢。
Lucy: But they make the river polluted and it smells bad too.
露西：可是他們污染了河流，氣味也變得難聞了。
Father: Not just the river, they also pollute the air and the soil.
父親：不僅僅是河流，還污染了空氣和土壤呢。
Lucy: The air is also polluted? They should stop contaminating the air.
露西：空氣也受到污染了嗎？他們應該停止污染空氣。
Father: You've seen many people coughing all the time, and even your own eyes start to sting and get all watery just by going too near a factory.
父親：你看到好多人老是咳嗽，就因為太接近工廠，你自己的眼睛也開始刺痛、流淚。
Lucy: Yeah. I've noticed those things, but l never really thought about why it happens.
露西：是啊。我已經注意到這些事情了，可我從來沒想過是為什么。
Father: It's because there's too much sulfur dioxide in the air.
父親：這是因為空氣中含有大量的二氧化硫。
Lucy: What should we do?
露西：我們該怎么辦呢？
Father: Maybe if we ever come to the river again, we'll have to wear masks. We'd better call the police and report what's happening.
父親：也許下次再來這個小河邊我們得戴上口罩了。我們最好打電話給警察，告訴他們這里發(fā)生的一切吧。
