新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 9-11

V. Let’s Talk
Script
Journalist: Professor Williams, some people argue that the GDP does not reflect the true nature of the economy. What’s your opinion of the GDP measurement?
Professor: The GDP is a core index in the calculation of a national economy. But it shows only whether the economy has grown in a region or a country. What isn’t taken into account is the price being extacted from our natural resources and environment to support growth. China’s more than eight percent annual GDP growth in the past depended a lot on high energy consumption and uncontrolled discharge of wastes.
Journalist: Can“green GDP” solve the problems?
Professor: As a brand-new method of calculating a national economy, the“green GDP” index system takes into consideration both the economy and environmental costs. It deducts¹ environmental costs from the traditional gross domestic product. In other words, green GDP equals traditional GDP minus the costs of resources and environmental damage. Green GDP can be regarded as “the genuine GDP”, for it not only reflects economic growth, but also shows the quality of that growth.
Journalist: How will the“green GDP” influence enterprises?
Professor: The system will have direct and far-reaching influence on enterprises. Some enterprises attach importance only to costs directly related to their growth, but turn a blind eye to serious damage to resources and the environment. On the other hand, the macroeconomic departments need to analyze² the real economic balance sheet. It is necessary for those departments to calculate the environmental costs in resulting from the activities of enterprises. The“green GDP”index system will effectively restrict an enterprise’s impulse to expand at the expense of resources and the environment. In the long run, the benefits green GDP brings will outweigh³ the demands imposed on enterprises. China is planning to introduce the“green GDP”index system to ensure balanced, sustainable development and secure the prosperity of future generations.

Problems	The GDP does not take the costs of natural resources and the environment into account. China’s growth in the past depended a lot on high energy consumption and uncontrolled discharge of wastes.
Definition of Green GDP	The “green GDP”index system takes into considerat- ion both the economy and environmental costs. Green GDP equals traditional GDP minus the costs of resou- rces and environmental damage.
Influence on Enterprises	The “green GDP”index system will effectively restr- ict an enterprise’s impulse to expand at the expense of resources and the environment. In the long run, the benefits green GDP brings will outweigh the demands imposed on enterprises.
Prospects4	China is planning to introduce the “green GDP”in- dex system to ensure balanced, sustainable develo- pment and secure the prosperity of future generations.

1 deducts   

v.扣除，减去( deduct的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• At the time negotiation, the local bank deducts the loan and the interest. 议付时，当地银行扣除先前的贷款和利息。 来自辞典例句
• After commissariat is sold, cooperation deducts cost, return money to every farmer. 在粮食销售之后，合作社扣除成本，把钱退还给每个农户。 来自互联网

2 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

3 outweigh   

vt.比...更重，...更重要

参考例句：

• The merits of your plan outweigh the defects.你制定的计划其优点胜过缺点。
• One's merits outweigh one's short-comings.功大于过。

4 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。