1.Coal used to be thought of as a cheap form of energy since it is so readily available, but it is no longer really true in wider economic terms.
煤炭曾經被認為是一種廉價的能源,因為它輕易就能得到,但是從更廣義的經濟角度來講現在情況已經不是這樣了
。2.Coal has enabled China to greatly improve its economic situation, but its contamination of the atmosphere has caused health problems in the population and poisoned much farmland,
煤炭使中國的經濟狀況大為改觀,但是煤炭所造成的大氣污染給人們帶來了健康問題,還污染了很多農田
。3.The modernization of technology, systems and lifestyles that coal has enabled now puts us in a position to seriously invest in alternative energies like wind, wave,and solar power.
煤炭帶來的技術、體制和生活方式的現代化使我們得以大力投資風能、潮汐能和太陽能等替代能源
。