英语新闻视频 China launches 1st

 

China has launched its first ever "Public Transport Week." The campaign is aimed at easing traffic and improving air quality. It includes a car-free day encouraging people to leave their private cars at home and use public transport.
The campaign has gained much support nationwide. Over 10-thousand people have signed commitment boards, vowing¹ to make their daily trips by public transport.
In Shenyang, the local government is adding more than 3-hundred new buses that meet the Euro Three emissions² regulation to its fleet.
Meanwhile, Qingdao showed its strong determination to get residents to stop using their private cars and turn to public transport instead. The government has urged all city officials to take the bus to and from work over the course of the week.
Qingdao resident, said, "Let's reduce air pollution and make the traffic flow!"
Over 100 cities in China have joined the campaign. They have all nominated several busy roads to be non-car zones next Saturday, encouraging more residents to be public transport users.
Residents in Taipei also took a break from using their cars. On Saturday, over 10,000 local residents rode 12 kilometers on their bicycles as part of the city's "car-free carnival³".
These newly-weds also took to their bicycles, instead of hiring several luxury cars for their wedding ceremony, they said helping⁴ the environment was the perfect way to seal their love.
The French capital Paris was the first city in the world to launched the car-free campaign in 1998. It aimed to boost public transport passenger numbers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Since then, over 2,000 cities around the world have taken part in this annual activity.
car-free day: 无车日

1 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

2 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。

3 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。