Section 27
Environment
What exactly is the environment?
It’s the world around us.
You mean the sky and trees and things like that.
Well, yes. But it can be even closer to home.
In fact, your home is an environment.
So it is anything that is around us, yah?
Yah. But most people today think of it as nature.
That’s what I thought at first.
Well, it has become very important today to think of the natural environment.
Is that because we are afraid of what is happening in nature?
Sure. It is really only in the last 50 years that we have realized what harm we are causing to the natural environment.
But the damage was started long before that, wasn’t it?
I suppose it’s started with industrial revolution about 300 years ago.
That’s not very long, if you think how old the world is.
No. But most of the environmental damage had been increasing dramatically over the past 100 years.
Yes. But now we are aware of it, we are doing our best to rectify it.
Section 27 Environment二十七 環(huán)境
1.What exactly is the environment? 到底什么是環(huán)境?
2.It’s the world around us. 是我們周圍的世界。
3.You mean the sky and trees and things like that. 你指的是天空、樹木等等。
4.Well, yes. But it can be even closer to home. 沒錯,但可以說它更接近我們的家。
5.In fact, your home is an environment. 實際上,你的家也是一個環(huán)境。
6.So it is anything that is around us, yah? 那么,就是指我們周圍的一切嗎?
7.Yah. But most people today think of it as nature. 是的,但現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人認為環(huán)境就是大自然。
8.That’s what I thought at first. 一開始,我也這么想。
9.Well, it has become very important today to think of the natural environment. 嗯,現(xiàn)在人們對自然環(huán)境的關注已經顯得十分重要地。
10.Is that because we are afraid of what is happening in nature? 是不是因為我們都擔心大自然發(fā)生的變化?
11.Sure. It is really only in the last 50 years that we have realized what harm we are causing to the natural environment. 沒錯,只是到了近50年我們才真正認識到我們對自然環(huán)境的破壞。
12.But the damage was started long before that, wasn’t it? 但危害的產生遠比這個時間更久,不是嗎?
13.I suppose it’s started with industrial revolution about 300 years ago. 我認為它大約始于300年前的工業(yè)苦命時期。
14.That’s not very long, if you think how old the world is. 與地球的年齡相比,這不算太久遠。
15.No. But most of the environmental damage had been increasing dramatically over the past 100 years. 說得對,幾乎所有的環(huán)境破壞老師近百年來才開始不斷加劇的。
16.Yes. But now we are aware of it, we are doing our best to rectify it. 是的,但是現(xiàn)在我們已經意識到這一點,并正在設法挽救。