英闻天下——242 China Timetables Fuel Quality Upgrade

 　　The State Council, China's cabinet, has released its timetable to upgrade fuel quality nationwide before 2017.

 

　　The new standard for petrol and diesel¹, with sulphur content within 10 parts per million, is expected to be in practice nationwide by 2017.

 

　　Currently Beijing is the only city in China to have adopted such a standard.

 

　　A lower standard, namely no more than 50 parts per million of sulphur content, is expected to be in place by the end of 2014.

 

　　The State Council says domestic oil refiners should upgrade their equipment to ensure they can provide qualified² products in accordance with the timetables and fuel prices.

 

　　China's developed regions, including Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, currently use the standard of 50 parts per million or below.

 

　　But other regions have an even lower standard allowing sulphur content to be as high as 150 parts per million.

 

　　For more on this, I spoke³ earlier with Mr. Zhou Dadi, director general of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission.

1 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。