环球慢速英语 减少你的足迹(3)

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Voice 1: Some groups of people try to make their eco-footprint smaller by living differently. These people grow all the plants they eat. They raise their own animals for food. They make their own clothes and build their own houses. Perhaps you grow some of your own food. This way of living greatly reduces a person’s effect on the earth.

声音1：有些人试图通过不同的生活方式来缩小他们的生态足迹。他们食用的所有食物都是自己种的。他们养动物来食用。他们自己做衣服，自己建房子。可能你食用的一些食物也是你自己种的。这种生活方式太太减少了个人对地球的影响。

Voice 2: But many people in the world do not live this way. It is a difficult thing to do. Not everyone knows how to raise animals or build houses. Many people do not have enough land to grow all of their own food. And some people just do not want to change the way they live. So are there other ways to reduce our effect on the environment? Well, some people and businesses are trying to make a difference.

声音2：但是世界上大部分人并不是这样生活的。这是很难做到的事。并不是所有人都知道如何养动物或如何建房子。许多人没有足够的土地种植食物。还有些人并不想改变他们的生活方式。有没有其他方式能减少我们对环境的影响？一些个人以及一些企业试图做出改变。

Voice 1: Cars, airplanes, and boats produces carbon¹ dioxide² gas. Too much carbon dioxide harms the environment. An average car produces over four tonnes of carbon dioxide gas a year. An airplane produces about 1 tonne of carbon dioxide with just a single trip over the ocean. Many people travel a lot for work. Their travel produces much more carbon dioxide than an average person.

声音1：汽车、飞机和轮船排放二氧化碳。二氧化碳过多会损害环境。一辆普通汽车每年可排放4吨二氧化碳。一辆飞机飞越大洋一次就排放出1吨二氧化碳。许多人在工作中需要经常出差。经常出差的人产生的二氧化碳多于普通人。

1 carbon   

n.碳元素

参考例句：

• Diamonds are pure carbon.钻石是纯净的碳。
• Carbon is an element,while carbon dioxide is a compound.碳是一种(化学)元素，而二氧化碳则是一种化合物。

2 dioxide   

n.二氧化物

参考例句：

• The oxygen and the carbon combine to form carbon dioxide.氧和碳化合，形成二氧化碳。
• Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to the greenhouse effect.二氧化碳太多是道致温室效应的最主要原因。