“打好蓝天保卫战”：回顾政府工作报告中的环保主张

 　　两年，环保一直都是大家特别关注的话题。今年的《政府工作报告》提出，要“加大生态环境保护治理力度，坚决打好蓝天保卫战”，足见政府对环境问题的重视。

　　我们回顾一下最近5年的《政府工作报告》，看看政府对环境治理工作都提出了哪些主张和要求。

　　打好蓝天保卫战

　　2017年

　　蓝天保卫战

　　Making our skies blue again

　　加大生态环境保护治理力度，坚决打好蓝天保卫战。

　　Effectively strengthening environmental protection, we will make our skies blue again.

　　加快改善生态环境特别是空气质量，是人民群众的迫切愿望，是可持续发展的内在要求。必须科学施策、标本兼治、铁腕治理，努力向人民群众交出合格答卷。

　　Faster progress in work to improve environment, particularly air quality, is what people are desperately¹ hoping for, and is critical to sustainable development. We must adopt well-designed policies, tackle both symptoms and root causes, and take tough steps to make the grade in responding to the people.

　　治理雾霾人人有责，贵在行动、成在坚持。全社会不懈努力，蓝天必定会一年比一年多起来。

　　Tackling smog is down to every last one of us, and success depends on action and commitment. As long as the whole of our society keeps trying, we will have more and more blue skies with each passing year.

　　2016年

　　经济发展与环境改善双赢之路

　　Taking a path that leads to both economic development and environmental improvement

　　治理污染、保护环境，事关人民群众健康和可持续发展，必须强力推进，下决心走出一条经济发展与环境改善双赢之路。

　　Pollution control and environmental protection are important to both the health of our people and sustainable development, so we must work hard moving forward and resolve to take a path that leads to both economic development and environmental improvement.

　　保护环境，人人有责。每一个社会成员都要自觉行动起来，为建设美丽中国贡献力量。

　　Every one of us has an obligation to protect the environment -- we call on every member of society to act and contribute to the building of a Beautiful China.

　　2015年

　　打好节能减排和环境治理攻坚战

　　Fighting to win the battle of conserving² energy, reducing emissions³, and improving the environment

　　环境污染是民生之患、民心之痛，要铁腕治理。

　　Environmental pollution is a blight⁴ on people's quality of life and a trouble that weighs on their hearts. We must fight it with all our might.

　　我们一定要严格环境执法，对偷排偷放者出重拳，让其付出沉重的代价；对姑息纵容者严问责，使其受到应有的处罚。

　　We must strictly⁵ enforce environmental laws and regulations; crack down on those guilty of creating illegal emissions and ensure they pay a heavy price for such offenses⁶; and hold those who allow illegal emissions to account, punishing them accordingly.

　　2014年

　　努力建设生态文明的美好家园

　　Building China into a beautiful homeland with a sound ecological⁷ environment

　　生态文明建设关系人民生活，关乎民族未来。雾霾天气范围扩大，环境污染矛盾突出，是大自然向粗放发展方式亮起的红灯。必须加强生态环境保护，下决心用硬措施完成硬任务。

　　Fostering a sound ecological environment is vital for people's lives and the future of our nation. Smog is affecting larger parts of China and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is nature's red-light warning against the model of inefficient⁸ and blind development. We must strengthen protection of the ecological environment and resolve to take forceful measures to complete this challenging task.

　　2013年

　　绿色发展、循环发展、低碳发展

　　Green, circular, and low-carbon development

　　生态环境关系人民福祉，关乎子孙后代和民族未来。要坚持节约资源和保护环境的基本国策，着力推进绿色发展、循环发展、低碳发展。

　　The state of the ecological environment affects the level of people's wellbeing and also posterity⁹ and the future of our nation. We should adhere to the basic state policy of conserving resources and protecting the environment and endeavor to promote green, circular, and low-carbon development.

1 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

2 conserving   

v.保护，保藏，保存( conserve的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Contour planning with or without terracing is effective in conserving both soil and moisture. 顺等高线栽植，无论做或不做梯田对于保持水土都能有效。 来自辞典例句
• Economic savings, consistent with a conserving society and the public philosophy. 经济节约，符合创建节约型社会的公共理念。 来自互联网

3 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

4 blight   

n.枯萎病；造成破坏的因素；vt.破坏，摧残

参考例句：

• The apple crop was wiped out by blight.枯萎病使苹果全无收成。
• There is a blight on all his efforts.他的一切努力都遭到挫折。

5 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

6 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

7 ecological   

adj.生态的，生态学的

参考例句：

• The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
• Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.

8 inefficient   

adj.效率低的，无效的

参考例句：

• The inefficient operation cost the firm a lot of money.低效率的运作使该公司损失了许多钱。
• Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.他们的通讯系统效率非常差。

9 posterity   

n.后裔，子孙，后代

参考例句：

• Few of his works will go down to posterity.他的作品没有几件会流传到后世。
• The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a tablet at the back of the church.死者姓名都刻在教堂后面的一块石匾上以便后人铭记。