有關生態環境的英語閱讀理解

❶ 有關霧靄英語閱讀理解

環保英語閱讀：北京霧霾天氣凸顯環境問題
2013-05-30 13:53來源： 巨人網·英語整理 作者： 佚名
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導語：今年北京春天長久的霧霾天氣致使人們越來越關注環境問題、空氣質量問題。更多的人意識到環境問題刻不容緩。下面是一篇關於北京霧霾天氣的環保英語閱讀，幫助大家學習英語。
Hundreds of planes were grounded in Beijing on Monday and several freeways temporarily closed because of heavy smog and poor weather conditions, underscoring the growing cost of Beijing』s chronic air pollution.
周一，由於濃重的霧霾和糟糕的天氣條件，數百架飛機滯留北京，多條高速公路臨時關閉，凸顯出北京長期空氣污染所造成的成本日益升高。
By Monday evening, nearly 500 flights out of Beijing had been cancelled or delayed e to weather, according to the Beijing International Airport. Monday』s weather in Beijing was cloudy with a light snow and pollution readings described as 「hazardous」 by the US embassy』s pollution monitoring system.
據北京首都國際機場(Beijing International Airport)稱，至周一晚間，有近500個離京航班由於天氣原因而取消或延遲。北京周一的天氣為多雲見小雪，美國大使館的污染監測系統顯示的污染級別為「危險」。
Pollution has been a growing concern for China, which is home to 21 of the world』s 100 most polluted cities, as environmental degradation inflicts an ever higher economic and social cost. This year has been marked by a series of protests over pollution concerns, the largest of which in Dalian attracted more than 10,000 people.
隨著環境退化造成的經濟和社會成本日益上升，污染已經成為越來越受中國關注的問題。全球污染最嚴重的100個城市中，21個在中國。尤其在今年，針對污染問題，發生了一系列的抗議，其中規模最大的大連抗議吸引了1萬多人參加。
Smog is not uncommon in Beijing, however residents have grown increasingly vocal about air pollution in recent months because of a yawning discrepancy between Beijing』s official pollution data and the air pollution data published by the US embassy.
霧霾在北京並不罕見，但在最近幾個月，由於北京官方污染數據與美國大使館公布的空氣污染數據存在驚人的差異，居民對空氣污染發出了越來越強烈的質疑。
On Sunday, when heavy, acrid smog descended on Beijing, the municipal government described it as 「light pollution,」 although the US embassy』s data said it was off the charts. One reason for the difference is that Beijing monitors larger PM10 particles, while the US embassy monitors the small PM2.5 particles that are considered more dangerous to human health.
周日，北京突然籠罩在濃重、刺鼻的霧霾當中，市政府稱之為「輕度污染」，盡管美國大使館的數據表明污染指數已經「破表」。差異的一個原因是，北京方面監測的是較大的PM10顆粒(即粒徑在10微米以下的顆粒物——譯者注)，而美國大使館監測的是更小的、被認為對人體健康更加有害的PM2.5顆粒。
Environmentalist Ma Jun says that the public has become increasingly sceptical of the official data.
環境保護主義者馬軍表示，公眾對官方數據越來越持懷疑態度。
The health costs of China』s air pollution are also high. A 2007 study by the World Bank found that in China 350,000 people die prematurely each year from exposure to outdoor air pollution, with a further 300,000 premature deaths caused by indoor air pollution.
中國空氣污染的健康成本也非常高。世界銀行(World Bank) 2007年的一項研究發現，在中國，每年有35萬人由於室外空氣污染早亡，還有30萬人由於室內空氣污染早亡。
As China』s environmental problems mount, China』s leaders have described pollution as a 「threat to growth,」 but graal policy changes have yet to have a visible impact on reversing pollution trends.
隨著中國環境問題的加劇，中國領導人已經稱污染為一種「對增長的威脅」，但逐步的政策變化對扭轉污染趨勢尚未起到可見的作用。
China is in the process of revising air pollution monitoring guidelines and, e to increasing public pressure, announced last month that the new rules would require cities to monitor PM 2.5, the smaller, more dangerous particles.
中國正在修改空氣污染監測指引，並且，由於公眾壓力日益加大，中國在上個月宣布，新規則將要求各城市監測更小、更有害的PM2.5顆粒。
In another nod to the public outcry, Beijing recently opened its air pollution monitoring centre for public visits, albeit only once a week.
在公眾的質疑聲中，北京方面還做出了另一項舉動：最近向公眾開放了空氣污染監測中心，接受參觀，但每周僅開放一次。

❷ 關於環境的英語短文

一）全球氣候變暖
全球變暖
由於人口的增加和人類生產活動的規模越來越大，向大氣釋放的二氧化碳（CO2）、甲烷（CH4）、一氧化二氮（N2O）、氯氟碳化合物（CFC）、四氯化碳（CCl4）、一氧化碳（CO）等溫室氣體不斷增加，導致大氣的組成發生變化。大氣質量受到影響，氣候有逐漸變暖的趨勢。 由於全球氣候變暖，將會對全球產生各種不同的影響，較高的溫度可使極地冰川融化，海平面每10年將升高6厘米，因而將使一些海岸地區被淹沒。全球變暖也可能影響到降雨和大氣環流的變化，使氣候反常，易造成旱澇災害，這些都可能導致生態系統發生變化和破壞，全球氣候變化將對人類生活產生一系列重大影響。

（二）臭氧層的耗損與破壞
污染令全球氣候變暖
工業污染
在離地球表面10~50千米的大氣平流層中集中了地球上90%的臭氧氣體，在離地面25千米處臭氧濃度最大，形成了厚度約為3毫米的臭氧集中層，稱為臭氧層。它能吸收太陽的紫外線，以保護地球上的生命免遭過量紫外線的傷害，並將能量貯存在上層大氣，起到調節氣候的作用。但臭氧層是一個很脆弱的大氣層，如果進入一些破壞臭氧的氣體，它們就會和臭氧發生化學作用，臭氧層就會遭到破壞。 臭氧層被破壞，將使地面 受到紫外線輻射的強度增加，給地球上的生命帶來很大的危害。
研究表明，紫外線輻射能破壞生物蛋白質和基因物質脫氧核糖核酸，造成細胞死亡；使人類皮膚癌發病率增高；傷害眼睛，導致白內障而使眼睛失明；抑制植物如大豆、瓜類、蔬菜等的生長，並穿透10米深的水層，殺死浮游生物和微生物，從而危及水中生物的食物鏈和自由氧的來源，影響生態平衡和水體的自凈能力。
（三）生物多樣性減少
50年後將有超過30％的物種滅絕
墨西哥等國科學家警告：氮污染威脅生物多樣性
《生物多樣性公約》指出，生物多樣性「是指所有來源的形形色色的生物體，這些來源包括陸地、海洋和其他水生生態系統及其所構成的生態綜合體；它包括物種內部、物種之間和生態系統的多樣性。」在漫長的生物進化過程中會產生一些新的物種，同時，隨著生態環境條件的變化，也會使一些物種消失。所以說，生物多樣性是在不斷變化的。 近百年來，由於人口的急劇增加和人類對資源的不合理開發，加之環境污染等原因，地球上的各種生物及其生態系統受到了極大的沖擊，生物多樣性也受到了很大的損害。
有關學者估計，世界上每年至少有5萬種生物物種滅絕，平均每天滅絕的物種達140個，估計到21世紀初，全世界野生生物的損失可達其總數的15%~30%.在中國，由於人口增長和經濟發展的壓力，對生物資源的不合理利用和破壞，生物多樣性所遭受的損失也非常嚴重，大約已有200個物種已經滅絕；估計約有5000種植物在近年內已處於瀕危狀態，這些約佔中國高等植物總數的20%；大約還有398種脊椎動物也處在瀕危狀態，約佔中國脊椎動物總數的7.7%左右。因此，保護和拯救生物多樣性以及這些生物賴以生存的生活條件，同樣是擺在我們面前的重要任務。
（四）酸雨蔓延
酸雨
酸雨是指大氣降水中酸鹼度（PH值）低於5.6的雨、雪或其他形式的降水。這是大氣污染的一種表現。 酸雨對人類環境的影響是多方面的。酸雨降落到河流、湖泊中，會妨礙水中魚、蝦的成長，以致魚蝦減少或絕跡；酸雨還導致土壤酸化，破壞土壤的營養，使土壤貧脊化，危害植物的生長，造成作物減產，危害森林的生長。此外，酸雨還腐蝕建築材料，有關資料說明，近十幾年來，酸雨地區的一些古跡特別是石刻、石雕或銅塑像的損壞超過以往百年以上，甚至千年以上。 世界目前已有三大酸雨區。我國華南酸雨區是唯一尚未治理的。
（五）森林銳減
如果森林消失，我們還能留下什麼
在今天的地球上，我們的綠色屏障——森林正以平均每年4000平方公里的速度消失。森林的減少使其涵養水源的功能受到破壞，造成了物種的減少和水土流失，對二氧化碳的吸收減少進而又加劇了溫室效應。
（六）土地荒漠化
別再讓乾旱蔓延
全球陸地面積佔60%，其中沙漠和沙漠化面積29%.每年有600萬公頃的土地變成沙漠。經濟損失每年423億美元。全球共有乾旱、半乾旱土地50億公頃，其中33億遭到荒漠化威脅。致使每年有600萬公頃的農田、900萬公頃的牧區失去生產力。人類文明的搖籃底格里斯河、幼發拉底河流域，由沃土變成荒漠。中國的The Yellow River ——黃河，水土流失亦十分嚴重。
七）大氣污染
如此環境如何生存
大氣污染的主要因子為懸浮顆粒物、一氧化碳、臭氧、二氧化碳、氮氧化物、鉛等。大氣污染導致每年有30-70萬人因煙塵污染提前死亡，2500萬的兒童患慢性喉炎，400-700萬的農村婦女兒童受害。
（八）水污染
如此水還是生命之源嗎？
水是我們日常最需要，也上接觸最多的物質之一，然而就是水如今也成了危險品。
（九）海洋污染
赤潮
人類活動使近海區的氮和磷增加50%-200%；過量營養物導致沿海藻類大量生長；波羅的海、北海、黑海、東中國海等出現赤潮。海洋污染導致赤潮頻繁發生，破壞了紅樹林、珊瑚礁、海草，使近海魚蝦銳減，漁業損失慘重。

（十）危險性廢物越境轉移
危險性廢物是指除放射性廢物以外，具有化學活性或毒性、爆炸性、腐蝕性和其他對人類生存環境存在有害特性的廢物。美國在資源保護與回收法中規定，所謂危險廢物是指一種固體廢物和幾種固體的混合物，因其數量和濃度較高，可能造成或導致人類死亡率上升，或引起嚴重的難以治癒疾病或致殘的廢物。
One) global warming
The whole world changes warmly
Because the population increase and the humanity proce activethe scale to be more and more big, to the atmospheric release carbondioxide (CO2), the methane (CH4), the nitrous oxide (N2O), thechlorine fluorine hydrocarbon compounds (CFC), the carbontetrachloride (CCl4), the carbon monoxide (CO) and so on thegreenhouse gas unceasingly increases, causes atmospheric thecomposition to change. The mass of atmosphere comes under theinfluence, the climate has graally changes the warm tendency.Because the global warming, will be able to have each kind ofdifferent influence to the whole world, a higher temperature mightcause the polar glacier to melt, the sea level every 10 years willelevate 6 centimeters, thus will cause some coastal areas to submerge.The whole world changes warmly also possibly affects to rains with theatmospheric circulation change, causes the climate unusual, is easy tocreate the dry waterlogged disaster, these all possibly cause theecosystem to occur changes and destroys, the whole world climaticchange will live to the humanity has a series of significantinfluences.

(2) ozone layer consuming with destruction
Pollution make global warming
Instry pollution
In left earth's surface 10~50 kilometer isothermal layer of theatmosphere center to concentrate on the Earth 90% ozone gas, wasleaving the ground 25 kilometers place ozone densities most to be big,has formed thickness approximately is 3 millimeters ozone collectionsintermediate deck, was called the ozone layer. It can absorb solar theultraviolet ray, protects on the Earth the life to avoid the excessiveultraviolet ray the injury, and energy storing in the outeratmosphere, plays the adjustment climate role. But the ozone layer isa very frail atmosphere, if enters some destruction ozone the gas,they can have the chemical action with the ozone, the ozone layer canbe destructed. The ozone layer will be destroyed, will cause theground to receive the ultraviolet ray radiation the intensityincrease, will bring the very big harm for Earth's on life.
The research indicated that, the ultraviolet ray radiant energydestruction biology protein and the gene matter deoxyribonucleic acid,causes the cell death; Makes the human skin cancer disease incidencerate to advance; Injures the eye, causes the cataract to cause the eyeto lose one's sight; The suppression plants the thing-in-itselfsoybean, the melon class, the vegetables and so on the growth, andpenetrates 10 meter deep water level, kills the plankton and themicroorganism, thus endangers the water mesozoic food chain and thefree oxygen origin, affects the ecological equilibrium and the waterbody from only the ability.
(3) biodiversity rection
After 50 years will have surpass 30% species to exterminate
Country scientist and so on Mexico warned that, Nitrogenpollution threat biodiversity
"Biodiversity Joint pledge" pointed out that, the biodiversity"is refers to all origins the of all forms organism, these origins theecology complex compound which including the land, the sea and otheraquatic ecosystem and its constitutes; It including between speciesinterior, species and ecosystem multiplicity." Can have some newspecies in the long biological evolution process, simultaneously,along with ecological environment condition change, also can causesome species to vanish. Therefore, the biodiversity is unceasingly ischanging. 近百年來, because the population sharp growth and thehumanity not reasonably developed to the resources, adds reason and soon environmental pollution, on Earth's each living thing and its theecosystem is under the enormous impact, the biodiversity has alsoreceived the very big harm.
The concerned scholar estimated that, in the world every year at leasthas 50,000 living thing species to exterminate, equally every dayexterminates the species reach 140, estimated to the beginning of the21st century, the world wild biology loss may reach its total 15%~30%In China, as a result of the population growth and the economicaldevelopment pressure, not reasonably uses and the destruction to thebiological resources, the loss which the biodiversity suffersextremely is also serious, probably some 200 species alreadyexterminated; The estimate approximately had 5,000 kind of plants tobe at in the recent years is in imminent danger the condition, theseapproximately compose the Chinese higher plant total 20%; Probablyalso some 398 kind of vertebrate also occupies is in imminent dangerthe condition, approximately composes about China vertebrate total7.7%. Therefore, protects and saves the biodiversity as well as theseliving thing 賴以生存 living conditions, similarly is suspends infront of us the important task.
(4) acid rain spread
Acid rain
The acid rain is refers to in the atmospheric precipitationthe sour alkalinity (the PH value) to be lower than 5.6 rain, the snowor other forms precipitation. This is the air pollution one kind ofperformance. The acid rain to the human environment influence isvarious. The acid rain descends to in the rivers, the lake, can hinderin the water the fish, shrimp's growth, so that the fish and shrimpreces or vanishes; The acid rain also causes the soil acidification,the destruction soil nutrition, causes the soil poor keel, the harmplant's growth, creates the crops underproction, the harm forestgrowth. In addition, the acid rain also corrodes the buildingmaterial, the pertinent data explained, in the recent several years,acid rain area some historical sites specially were the carved stone,the stone carving or the copper cast damage surpass formerly above forhundred years, even above millennium. The world at present had threebig acid rains areas. Our country South China acid rain area is onlynot yet governs.
(5) forest sharp decline
If the forest vanishes, we also can leave behind any
On today Earth, our green barrier - forest 4,000 squarekilometers speeds is vanishing every year by the average. The forestrection causes its self-control water source the function to receivethe destruction, has created the species rection and soil erosion,reced to the carbon dioxide absorption then intensified thegreenhouse effect.
(6) land wilderness
Lets the arid spread don't again
The global land area accounts for 60%, desert and desert area29% Has 6 million hectares lands to turn the desert every year.Economic loss every year 42.3 billion US dollars. The whole worldaltogether has the drought, half arid land 5 billion hectares, 3.3billion encounters wilderness threat. Causes every year to have 6million hectares farmland, 9 million hectares pastoral areas loses theproctive forces. The human civilization cradle Tigris River, youngsends pulls the bottom river basin, turns wilderness by the fertilesoil. China's The Yellow the River - Yellow River, soil erosionextremely is also serious.
Seven) air pollution
How so does the environment survive
Air pollution main factor for suspended particle, carbonmonoxide, ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide compound, lead and soon. The air pollution causes every year to have 30-70 ten thousandpeople because the mist and st pollution to die ahead of time, 25million children contract the chronic laryngitis, 400-700 ten thousandrural women child suffers injury.
(8) water pollution
So water or source of the life?
The water is we daily most needs, also on contacts one of mostmaterial, however was the water also has become the dangerous materialnow.
(9) marine pollution
Red tide
The humanity moves causes the near sea area the nitrogen andthe phosphorus increases 50%-200%; The excessive nourishing substancecauses the coastal algae massive growths; Baltic Sea, North Sea, BlackSea, greater east Asian coprosperity sphere and so on appears the redtide. The marine pollution causes the red tide frequent occurrence,destroyed the mangrove forest, the coral reef, the seaweed, causes theoffshore fish and shrimp sharp decline, the fishery loss to beserious.

(10) risky waste border crossing shift
The risky waste is refers besides the radioactive waste, hasthe chemical activity or the toxicity, the explosivity, corrosivenessand other to the human survival environment existence harmfulcharacteristic waste. US stipulated in the resources conservation andthe absorption method that, the so-called dangerous waste is refers toone kind of solid waste and several kind of solid mixture, because itsquantity and the density are higher, possibly creates or causes thehuman mortality rate rise, either causes seriously cures the wastewith difficulty which the disease or cripples.

❸ 求一篇關於環境保護的高一英語閱讀理解

A desert is a beautiful land of silence and space. The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless. Nothing is soft. The sand and rocks are hard, and many of the plants even have hard needles instead of leaves. The size and location(分布) of the world』s deserts are always changing. Over millions of years, as climates change and mountains rise, new dry and wet areas develop. But within the last 100 yeas, deserts have been growing at a frightening speed. This is partly because of natural changes, but the greatest makers are humans.Humans can make deserts, but humans can also prevent their growth. Algeria Mauritania is planting a similar wall around Nouakchott, the capital. Iran puts a thin covering of petroleum(石油) on sandy areas and plants trees. The oil keeps the water and small trees in the land, and men on motorcycles(摩托車) keep the sheep and goats away. The USSR and India are building long canals to bring water to desert areas.

1. In this passage, 「」 refers to ___.
A. small, thin pieces of steel. B. long, thinieces of branches.
C. small pointed growth on the stem(莖) of a plant. D. small, thin pieces of sticks.

2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The greatest desert makers are humans. B. There aren』t any living things in the deserts.
C. Deserts have been growing quickly. D. The size of the deserts is always changing.

3. People in some countries are fighting a battle against __.
A. the growth of deserts B. the disappearance of desert plants
C. natural changes D. congenital climate

4. We can guess that Mauritania and Algeria belong to __.
A. Asian countries B. American countries

C. European counties D. African countries

【答案與解析】文章主要講的是人們正採取措施控制和治理沙漠。

1. C。詞彙猜測題。從instead of leaves可知needles是沙漠中植物的葉子，眾所周知沙漠中植物的葉子是針狀的, 再看steel(鋼) 、) branches(樹枝) 、stick(棒) 都不是與葉對應的物體, 只有C項(長在植物莖上的尖的小物體)是「是針狀葉」的意思，故答案選C。

2. B。細節題。從many of the plants even have hard needles instead of leaves可知B項錯誤。

3. A。細節題。從Humans can make deserts, but humans can also prevent their growth(認為可能造成沙漠，但人類也可以防止沙漠的增長)可知答案A正確。

4. D。推斷題。根據常識非洲沙漠遠近聞名, 這說明那裡最需要治理, 作者舉例也會舉典型的, 增加文章的可信度，故答案選D。

❹ 有關環境污染問題的英語小短文

Environmental Pollution
Write a passage with the words and phrases given:
the problem of pollution, cause, artificial substances, release, waste procts, instrial proction, consumption of goods, bring it under control, agriculture, chemical substancea.
Environmental Pollution
I read a piece of news recently. It says that in Japan marly businessmen ave selling fresh air to customers.and now it is becoming more and more popular. Why? --Fresh air is getting less and less in Japan, and so is it in the U. S. A.
In fact, environmental pollution is a very serious problem the whole world is facing.
it is mainly caused by the waste procts released from artificial substances, instrial
proction and increased consumption of goods. Bedsides, the use of chemical substances
in agriculture also causes environmental pollution. Look at the sky, you can see that dense smoke is being released from the high and big chimneys; those dirty and poisonous substances are flowing into the rivers that we use for drinking water and millions of tons of waste procts are heaping around us.
How to change this condition? More and more countries are trying to work out some effective means to bring it under control, but no great success has been made.
環境污染
最近我讀了一則消息說在日本，許多商人向顧客出售新鮮空氣，現在這種情況越演越烈。為什麼呢? 因為在日本新鮮空氣越來越少，在美國也是如此。
事實上，環境污染是整個世界正在面臨的一個嚴重問題。這主要是由於人造物質，工業生產過程中所產生的廢料以及消費商品的增長造成的。另外，在農業中使用化學物品也造成了環境污染。看看天空，你可以看到濃煙從高大的煙囪中釋放出來，這些臟而有毒的物質流入我們賴以飲水的河流，數百萬噸廢物正堆積在我們周圍。
怎樣改變這種狀況呢？越來越多的國家正在試圖擬定出一些有效措施控制環境污染，但至今成效不大。

❺ 要有題目英語短文,帶翻譯,有關保護環境的

Today the quality of our natural environment has become an important issue. The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources and at the same time polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, life on earth cannot survive. Concerned people have made some progress in environmental protection. Governments of many countries have established laws to protect the air, forests and sea resources and to stop environmental pollution. Still more measures should be taken to solve environmental problems. People should be further ecated to recognize the importance of the problems, to use modern methods of birth control, to conserve(保存） our natural resources and recycle（再循環） our procts. We are sure that we can have a better and cleaner place in the future. 今天我們的自然環境的質量成為了一個重要問題。 世界人口那麼迅速上升世界變得太擁擠。 我們用盡我們的自然資源和同時污染我們的與危險化學製品的環境。 如果我們繼續做此，在地球上的生活不可能生存。 Concerned人取得了在環境保護的一些進步。 許多國家的政府建立法律保護空氣、森林和海資源和停止環境污染。 應該採取Still更多措施解決環境問題。 人們應該進一步被教育認可問題的重要性，使用計劃生育現代方法，保存(保存）我們的自然資源和回收（再循環）我們的產品。 我們肯定我們可以在將來有一個更好和更加干凈的地方。

❻ 有關綠色環保的英語小短文

Environment(環境)
The environment is everything around us,for example,air,water,animals,plants,buildings and so on.They all affect us in many ways and are closely related to our lives.People can't live without the environment.Everybody needs to breathe air,drink water and eat food every day.We burn coal to keep warm,and we use wood to make paper.As a result,we become part of the environment.環境圍繞在我們身邊,例如:空氣,水,動物,建築等等.它們從各個方面影響著我們的生活,與我們的生活密切相關,人們離開環境就無法生存.每人每天都要呼吸,喝水和吃東西.我們燒煤取暖,用木材造紙.結果,我們也成為環境的一部分.
The environment has been getting worse and worse for many years.We have been upgrading our living standard,meanwhile the envirinment has been polluted.Smoke from factory chimneys pollutes the air.Machines and engines make noises that annoy us constantly.Animals are homeless because the forests are decreasing every minute.Streets are crowded with people and vehicles.The environment is the most important things,but it is becoming painful for us to live in it now.So it's time to solve those problems.很多年以來,環境日益惡化.我們在提高生活水平的同時,也在導致環境污染.從工廠煙囪里冒出的煙污染空氣;機器和引擎經常發出惱人的噪音.因為森林每分鍾都在減少,使動物們無家可歸.街道上擠滿了人和車輛.環境在我們生活中是最重要的.但是現在它已經讓人們討厭.所以該是解決這些問題的時候了.
Fortuantely,it isn't too late to correct our mistakes.People are coming to realize the importance of the environment.We have begun to try our best to improve it.Laws are being made dealing with air,water and noise pollution.The river will be bright,the sky will be clear,the flowers will be beautiful,and the sunbeam will be dazzling and pretty.We believe that we will be able to save our environment and live in a better world.幸運的是現在糾正錯誤還不晚.人們正意識到環境的重要性.我們已經開始盡全力改善環境.法律也開始涉及到空氣,水和噪音等污染問題.將來,河流會更清澈,天空會更晴朗,花朵會更鮮艷,陽光會更燦爛,更溫暖.保護環境會使我們生活在一個更加美好的世界中.

❼ 英語閱讀理解

5.
答案是
A
因為一開始文章說了
Mabel
is
a
cashier(收銀員)
in
a
big
shop
in
New
York.
Mabel
是一個收銀員，所以她一方面收錢
（receives），另一方面也要給別人錢（pays
out
money）。
6.
答案是
D，一塊錢，因為文章里說：
At
the
shop
people
can
also
buy
lottery
tickets
(彩票).
They
pay
one
dollar
for
a
lottery
ticket.
在店裡，人們也可以買彩票。每一張彩票都是一塊錢
（one
dollar）
7.
答案是
C，因為文章里說：
One
day
Mabel
was
working
at
the
shop.
She
sold
three
lottery
tickets
to
a
woman.
The
woman
looked
at
the
pictures
on
the
tickets.
Then
she
threw
the
tickets
on
the
counter
(櫃台)
and
walked
away.
"These
are
losing
tickets,"
she
thought.
Mabel
picked
up
the
tickets
and
looked
at
them.
She
was
surprised.
Then
she
was
excited(興奮的).
One
ticket
was
a
winning
ticket!
"Excuse
me!"
Mabel
called
to
the
woman.
"You
won
$50,000!"
有一天
Mabel
在店裡工作。她賣了三張彩票給一個女人。那個女人看了下彩票上的圖片，然後把三張彩票都丟在了櫃台上，自己走掉了。那個女人心裡想，這三張彩票肯定都不會中獎的。可是誰知
Mabel
把三張彩票拿起來看了下，突然驚訝地發現其中一張票中獎了！Mabel
把剛剛那個女人叫了回來，然後把那張中獎的彩票還給了她。
所以說答案是
Mabel
found
the
winning
ticket
and
gave
it
back
to
her.
Mabel
把中獎的彩票還給了那個女人。
8.
答案是
C
因為文章里
Mabel
說了：
"Of
course
I
wanted
the
money,"
Mabel
said.
"But
it
was
her
ticket.
It
wasn't
my
ticket."
雖然她想要那五萬塊錢，但她知道這不是她的彩票，所以這也不是她的錢。
大難則是
C：She
didn't
want
to
have
anything
that
was
not
hers.
她不想要不屬於她的東西。
我解釋的可能不是很清楚。。但希望對你有幫助
：）

❽ 有關環境保護的英語短文

The Environment and Big Business

Since the rise of environmental awareness, business and instry have always considered environmentalism a waste of time, only getting in the way of profits and proction. From the perspective of business, environmentalists push for regulations and restrictions on businesses which cost them more money and frequently restrict some of their practices. What business an the economy doesn't know is that they can actually save money by being environmentally responsible, while protecting the very resources they depend on . The protection of the environment not only has intrinsic value, but also economical value. Business and instry, can also benefit. These factors can lead to a newly developed economy that protects what it needs instead of destroying it. Despite historical differences between advocates of business and the environment, the fact is the two can and must utilize eachother for the future success of both.

It is important, in order for the economy to see the environment worth something, to put an economic value on it. For this reason, a group of scientists for the Center for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment have developed an economic valuation for the environment. According to them, it is necessary to impute a value to environmental goods or services (Pearce et al, online). This value is necessary because the economy needs to see that the protection of the environment can prove cost worthy to business and instry. The purpose of valuation is to show true costs of using up scarce environmental resources. It is a way for environmentalists and economists to put a dollar figure on the services the environment provides. Robert Costanza, an ecological economist from the University of Maryland, has done just this. The estimate of services provided by ecosystems worldwide is 33 trillion dollars annually, surpassing the gross national proct of al the countries on earth combined by eight trillion dollars (Zimmer 105). The environment provides services not only commercially, such as timber, but also in less visible ways. For instance, forests protect from soil erosion, which proves costly to correct. With these facts in mind, depleting ecosystems an resources proves costly, while protection them can only save money.

Business and the American economy has much to gain by altering their current practices. One prime example of how protection the environment can prove beneficial to a company is a program created by 3M called Pollution Prevention Pays. This program creates incentives to prevent hazardous and toxic wastes by changing processes, redesigning equipment, and recovering waste for reuse or recycling. Since the program was designed in 1975, 3M has been able to save over $537 million, while recing its air pollution by 10,000 tons, its wastewater by one billion gallons and its solid waste by 410,000 tons (Hawken 61). This is one example of a business making money fro preventative waste, while becoming environmentally responsible. While at the same time, not being environmentally responsible can cause businesses to lose money. The cost of cleaning up waste can be extremely expensive, while recing waste and recycling can prove worthwhile. From a surface view, it would appear that the American economy doesn't need to make any change to its current practices. After all, the U.S. is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. The problem rests in the foundation of the economy. America was founded on and flourishes because of its natural resources, most of them non-renewable. These resources, such as petroleum, natural gas an timber, will run out someday, it is inevitable. Research of programs to prevent this or to incorporate alternate forms of energy have barely been researched. Perhaps the reason for this is that actions that deplete lands an species are rewarded in the market, because they are less expensive, while actions that preserve them are not (Schuss and Western 329). It is much less expensive, for instance, to buy a car that is fueled by gasoline than to buy a car that runs on hydrogen, even though hydrogen is a renewable resource an proces barely any waste.

As Paul Hawken, an environmentalist and author of "Ecology of Commerce", explains, "the single most damaging aspect of the present economic system is that the expense of destroying the earth is largely absent fro prices set at the marketplace" (13). Market prices set for procts don't include the cost that future generations will have to pay to clean up the mess the current economy is fueling right now. An economy based on the rapid depletion of its own non-renewable resources is certainly destined for doom, while protection of these resources will save the businesses or corporations money while protecting what fuels it.