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@ 50243 環境保護
A 你幹嗎呢，看個報紙還氣呼呼的？
nǐ gànmá ne, kàn ge bàozhǐ hái qìhūhū de?
What are you doing, huffing with rage while you read the newspaper?
B 哎，一看這些新聞就生氣，一邊大肆推崇購買私家車輛，一邊還大力鼓吹要加強環境保護意識，這不是自相矛盾嗎？環境保護的論調說了這麼多年，一點改進都沒有，反而越來越嚴重了。
āi, yī kàn zhèxiē xīnwén jiù shēngqì, yībiān dàsì tuīchóng gòumǎi sījiā chēliàng, yībiān hái dàlì gǔchuī yào jiāqiáng huánjìng bǎohù yìshì, zhè bù shì zìxiāngmáodùn ma? huánjìng bǎohù de lùndiào shuō le zhème duō nián, yīdiǎn gǎijìn dōu méiyǒu, fǎnér yuèláiyuè yánzhòng le.
Agh, I get angry just looking at the news. On the one hand they encourage you to buy a car, and on the other hand they call out for stronger environmental awareness. Isn't that a self-contradiction? We've been talking about environmental protection for so many years, and we haven't had a bit of improvement. In fact, the situation gets more serious all the time!
A 現在環境汙染的確是很嚴重，不過政府也一直在進一步加強環境保護的力度啊。最近又有多家化工企業被關閉以便減少汙染排放；國家還投入大量財力發展汙水處理和再循環系統，解決水源短缺和水源汙染問題；還有各種加強綠化，保護生態環境的措施也都開始啟動，這說明大家都越來越重視環境保護。我覺得作為普通市民，我們只要做好身邊的小事，也算為環境保護貢獻了一份力量。
xiànzài huánjìng wūrǎn díquè shì hěn yánzhòng, bùguò zhèngfǔ yě yīzhí zài jìn yī bù jiāqiáng huánjìng bǎohù de lìdù a. zuìjìn yòu yǒu jiā huàgōng qǐyè bèi guānbì yǐbiàn jiǎnshǎo wūrǎn páifàng; guójiā hái tóurù dàliàng cáilì fāzhǎn wūshuǐ chǔlǐ hé zài xúnhuán xìtǒng, jiějué shuǐyuán duǎnquē hé shuǐyuán wūrǎn wèntí; háiyǒu gèzhǒng jiāqiáng lǜhuà, bǎohù shēngtài huánjìng de cuòshī yě dōu kāishǐ qǐdòng, zhè shuōmíng dàjiā dōu yuèláiyuè zhòngshì huánjìng bǎohù. wǒ juéde zuòwéi pǔtōng shìmín, wǒmen zhǐyào zuò hǎo shēnbiān de xiǎoshì, yě suàn wèi huánjìng bǎohù gòngxiàn le yī fèn lìliang.
Environmental pollution is definitely a serious problem these days. But the government has consistently done more to strengthen its protection of the environment. Recently, a lot of chemical companies were closed to reduce the release of pollution. The country has also put a lot of financial resources into developing water purification and recycling systems to solve the problems of water pollution and shortages. And then there's all kinds of ``greening," and measures to protect the ecological environment are getting started. That goes to show that everyone takes environmental protection more seriously all the time. I think that as common citizens, I think we just need to take care of our own business. You can count that as making a contribution to environmental protection.
B 我還是對環境保護的前景不樂觀。光做一些小事是遠遠不夠的。你看看現在到處都是土壤流失，水源短缺，空氣汙染，如果我們還不提高警惕，大概再過個幾十年，人人都得帶著防毒面具和氧氣瓶生活了。這是多大的一出悲劇啊。
wǒ háishì duì huánjìng bǎohù de qiánjǐng bù lèguān. guāng zuò yīxiē xiǎoshì shì yuǎnyuǎn bùgòu de. nǐ kàn kan xiànzài dàochù dōu shì tǔrǎng liúshī, shuǐyuán duǎnquē, kōngqì wūrǎn, rúguǒ wǒmen hái bù tígāo jǐngtì, dàgài zài guò ge jǐshí nián, rénrén dōu děi dài zhe fángdú miànjù hé yǎngqì píng shēnghuó le. zhè shì duō dà de yī chū bēijù a.
I'm still not optimistic about the prospects for environmental protection. Just doing a few little things is not nearly enough. Everywhere you look are erosion, water shortages, and air pollution. If we don't start paying more attention, after a few more years, people will need masks and oxygen bottles to survive. What a huge tragedy.
A 可環境保護不是光喊喊口號就可以的，也不是一時半會就能完成的事情。我相信只要大家一起努力，就會有成效。我還是主張先從身邊的小事做起，垃圾分類，節約資源，減少汙染。
kě huánjìng bǎohù bù shì guāng hǎn han kǒuhào jiù kěyǐ de, yě bù shì yīshíbànhuǐr jiù néng wánchéng de shìqing. wǒ xiāngxìn zhǐyào dàjiā yīqǐ nǔlì, jiù huì yǒu chéngxiào. wǒ háishì zhǔzhāng xiān cóng shēnbiān de xiǎoshì zuò qǐ, lājī fēnlèi, jiéyuē zīyuán, jiǎnshǎo wūrǎn.
But just shouting slogans isn't enough to protect the environment. And it isn't something you can accomplish in just a short time. I'm confident that as long as everyone works hard together, we'll succeed. I'm still for starting with the little stuff in your daily life: sorting your garbage by type, conserving resources, and reducing pollution.
B 你說得太輕鬆了。你難道願意整天吸著骯髒空氣，吹著沙塵暴，喝著長江的汙水？要知道現在中國已經有70％的湖泊受到了汙染，湖泊生態保護的形勢非常嚴峻……
nǐ shuō de tài qīngsōng le. nǐ nándào yuànyì zhěngtiān xī zhe āngzāng kōngqì, chuī zhe shāchénbào, hē zhe chángjiāng de wūshuǐ? yào zhīdào xiànzài Zhōngguó yǐjīng yǒu bǎifēn zhī qīshí de húpō shòudào le wūrǎn, húpō shēngtài bǎohù de xíngshì fēicháng yánjùn......
You're still way too relaxed about this. Can you be saying that you want to breathe filthy air all day, blowing dust devils, and drinking dirty water from the Yangtze River? You should know that 70% of the lakes in China are already polluted, and the trend for ecological protection in those lakes is extremely serious...
A 好了好了，別發牢騷了。我要出去買點吃的，你需要我幫你帶點什麼？
hǎo le hǎo le, bié fā láosāo le. wǒ yào chūqù mǎi diǎn chī de, nǐ xūyào wǒ bāng nǐ dài diǎn shénme?
OK, OK. Stop whining. I'm going out to get something to eat. Do you want me to get anything for you?
B 幫我帶碗蘭州牛肉拉麵吧。
bāng wǒ dài wǎn Lánzhōu niúròu lāmiàn.
Grab a bowl of Lanzhou noodles with beef for me, please.
A 對不起，不能幫你帶這個。
duìbuqǐ, bùnéng bāng nǐ dài zhège.
Sorry, I can't do that for you.
B 啊？為什麼？
á? wèishénme?
Huh? Why not?
A 環境保護從我做起。你剛剛還大力提倡環境保護，怎麼現在又要使用一次性碗筷了？這不也是自相矛盾嗎？要知道這種方便碗不僅不容易分解，不能回收再利用，還會在分解過程中放射出有毒物質，危害人體呢！是典型的“白色汙染”。
huánjìng bǎohù cóng wǒ zuò qǐ. nǐ gānggāng hái dàlì tíchàng huánjìng bǎohù, zěnme xiànzài yòu yào shǐyòng yīcìxìng wǎnkuài le? zhè bù yě shì zìxiāngmáodùn ma? yào zhīdào zhèzhǒng fāngbiàn wǎn bùjǐn bù róngyì fēnjiě, bùnéng huíshōu zài lìyòng, huán huì zài fēnjiě guòchéng zhōng fàngshè chū yǒudú wùzhì, wēihài réntǐ ne! shì diǎnxíng de `` báisè wūrǎn" .
Protecting the environment starts with me. You were just calling forcefully for environmental protection, how can you want to use disposable bowls and chopsticks? Isn't this also a self-contradiction? You ought to know that not only are those disposable bowls not easily biodegradable, they can't be recycled and reused, and they even give off poisons during the process of decomposing. They're dangerous to humans! It's typical ``white pollution!"
B 啊！對不起，我錯了。我看我還是和你一塊兒出去吃吧，少叫外賣，少用一次性碗筷。環境保護從身邊小事做起！
à! duìbuqǐ, wǒ cuò le. wǒ kàn wǒ háishì hé nǐ yīkuàir chūqù chī ba, shǎo jiào wàimài, shǎo yòng yīcìxìng wǎnkuài. huánjìng bǎohù cóng shēnbiān xiǎoshì zuò qǐ!
Oh, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I guess I'll go out with you. We don't have to call for delivery, and we don't have to use disposable chopsticks and bowls. Protecting the environment starts with little stuff in our daily lives.
Key Vocabulary
氣呼呼 qìhūhū huffing with rage
推崇 tuīchóng to highly esteem
鼓吹 gǔchuī to advocate
自相矛盾 zìxiāngmáodùn self-contradiction
論調 lùndiào viewpoint or argument
啟動 qǐdòng to start
警惕 jǐngtì to be vigilant against
主張 zhǔzhāng to advocate
骯髒 āngzang dirty
嚴峻 yánjùn severe
發牢騷 fā láosāo to whine
提倡 tíchàng to advocate
白色汙染 báisè wūrǎn white pollution
Supplementary Vocabulary
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