Not to Drill?
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Introduction Imagine a place that belongs to every American but is so remote that you may never set foot there during your lifetime.
想象一下,一个属于每一个美国人但如此遥远的地方,你一生中永远不能踏入那里。
Does a place you may never visit matter to you?
你永远不能去一个地方吗?
Did you know that you can help decide its fate?
你知道你可以帮助决定它的命运吗?
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located in a distant corner of Alaska, is such a place.
北极国家野生动物 位于阿拉斯加一个遥远角落的避难所就是这样一个地方.
A refuge gives shelter.
庇护所提供庇护。
A wildlife refuge gives wild animals the space and freedom they need to feed themselves and raise their young.
一个野生动物避难所为野生动物提供了他们养活自己和抚养自己幼年所需的空间和自由.
Because the land is protected, they can do these things without clashing with people.
因为土地受到保护,他们可以不与人相冲突地做这些事.
Refuges Far and Wide The United States has 553 national wildlife refuges that span more than 1 50 million acres.
远地和广地避难 美国有553个国家野生动物保护区,面积超过1.5亿英亩.
Some of the refuges are tiny: Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota is only.
一些避难所很小:明尼苏达州的Mille Lacs国家野生生物保护区仅存.
57 acres, the smallest refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
57亩,是国家野生动物保护区系统中最小的避难所.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest.
北极国家野生动物 避难是最大的。
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 A History of American Oil.
4 美国石油史.
7 Oil in Alaska.
7阿拉斯加石油.
8 Reasons to Drill in ANWR.
8 在ANWR钻探的原因。
10 Science and Law.
10 科学和法律。
12 Reasons Not to Drill in ANWR.
12 不钻入ANWR的理由。
14 ANWR: Beyond Oil.
14 ANWR:超越石油。
17 A Different Path.
17 不同的路径。
20 Glossary.
20 词汇表。
24 White Ibis at the J.
24 White Ibis at the J. (美国英语).
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Wildlife Refuge, Florida Robert Marshall was the first to propose an Alaskan refuge.
野生动物避难所,佛罗里达州罗伯特·马歇尔是第一个提出阿拉斯加避难所的.
Many Americans consider the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, a national treasure.
许多美国人认为北极国家野生动物保护区,即ANWR是国家宝藏.
But beneath its tundra lies another sort of treasure: oil.
但它的苔原下面有另一种宝藏:石油。
That oil divides Americans over what ANWR’s highest purpose is and what its fate should be.
石油分裂 美国人对ANWR的最高目的和它的命运感到困惑。
People disagree about how much oil there is, how much money that oil would save people at the gas pump, and how drilling would affect the refuge.
人们对于有多少石油,石油能节省多少人到加油站,钻井会如何影响避难所等意见不一.
In short, they disagree about what makes ANWR valuable.
简言之,他们对于ANWR的价值有分歧.
A rainbow over the Sheen jek River Valley, ANWR The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is huge— nearly 20 million acres.
北极国家野生生物保护区面积巨大——近2000万英亩。
That’s nearly as large as the state of South Carolina.
这几乎和南卡罗来纳州一样大。
In 1938, a man named Robert Marshall was able to look at the still-wild places on the planet and understand how people, in time, would change them.
1938年,一个叫罗伯特·马歇尔(Robert Marshall)的人能够观察这个星球上仍然模糊的地方并理解人们如何及时改变它们.
He proposed a “permanent American frontier” that would preserve a big chunk of arctic Alaskan wilderness.
他提出了一个“永久的美国边界”,它将保留一大片北极阿拉斯加荒地。
In the 1950s, people who were worried about habitat loss and pollution asked Congress for that same frontier.
1950年代,对栖息地丧失和被污染感到担忧的人们向国会要求同样的边界.
In 1960, Congress created the refuge.
1960年,国会创建了避难所.
Oil in Alaska It was time for the United States to find new oil, and it did.
阿拉斯加的石油 现在是美国找到新石油的时候了,它做到了。
Oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska.
在阿拉斯加北斯洛佩的普鲁德霍湾发现了石油.
By 1980, Prudhoe Bay supplied two million barrels of oil a day.
到1980年,普鲁德霍特湾每天提供200万桶石油.
Thanks to Alaskan oil, U.
感谢阿拉斯加石油 U.
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gas prices fell for a time.
气价一度下跌.
Since 1988, however, the North Slope has produced less and less oil.
然而自1988年以来,北斯洛普的石油产量越来越少.
Now oil companies want to drill other oil-rich areas near Prudhoe Bay.
现在石油公司想在普鲁德霍湾附近钻出其他石油丰富的地区.
One of these areas is ANWR.
这些地区之一是ANWR。
Oil rig and pipeline, Prudhoe Bay A History of American Oil Until a century ago, the United States produced between 60 and 70 percent of the world’s oil supply.
石油钻机和管道 普鲁德霍湾 A 美国石油历史 直到一个世纪前,美国生产了世界石油供应的60%到70%。
Most of that oil came from the Lower 48 (the main group of states without Alaska and Hawaii).
这些石油大多出自下48州(不包括阿拉斯加和夏威夷的主要州集团).
After World War II, the United States could no longer drill enough oil to meet the needs of its people and businesses.
二战后,美国再也无法再钻出足够的石油来满足人民和企业的需要.
It began to buy more oil from other countries.
它开始从其他国家购买更多的石油.
Because oil was cheap and plentiful at the time, Americans cared little about how much oil they used or where it came from.
由于当时石油价格低廉而丰盛,美国人对所使用石油的多少或来源不甚关心.
Then came the 1973 energy crisis.
然后是1973年的能源危机。
When a group of countries agreed to stop selling oil to the United States for six months, oil became hard to get.
当一些国家同意停止向美国出售石油六个月后,石油变得很难得到.
Drivers waited in long lines at gas stations.
司机们在加油站等了很久
Sometimes gas stations had no fuel.
有时加油站没有燃料。
Americans paid more for oil than they’d thought possible just the year before.
美国人为石油付出的钱比前一年想象的要多。
In 1 973, gas was in short supply in the United States.
1973年,美国天然气供应不足.
Even when they could get gas, drivers were sometimes forced to line up at gas stations for hours.
即使他们可以得到煤气,司机有时也被迫在加油站排队数小时.
Reasons to Drill in ANWR Americans drive millions of cars, along with trucks, boats, and planes.
开着几百万辆汽车,还有卡车、船只和飞机。
The United States still has oil, but not enough to meet its own demands.
美国仍有石油,但不足以满足自己的需要。
It must buy the rest—more than half of the oil it uses each day—from many different countries.
它必须从许多不同国家购买剩下的石油——它每天使用的石油一半以上。
Buying that oil costs the United States hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
购买石油每年耗资数千亿美元。
Million Barrels per Day A Century of U.
百万桶/天 A Century of U.
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Imports of Crude Oil Source: U.
资料来源:U.
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Energy Information Administration Y ear Drilling in ANWR is against the law.
能源信息管理局 在ANWR的耳朵钻探是违法的。
Oil companies want to drill in 1.
石油公司想在1号钻井
5 million acres of its coastal plain, an area of flat, low-lying land next to the Beaufort Sea known as the 1002 Area.
其沿海平原面积500万亩,为平地,地势低洼地,相邻的博福特海被称作"1002区".
A vote by Congress could allow that.
国会的表决可以允许这样做。
Some Americans want their leaders to change the law.
一些美国人希望他们的领导人改变法律.
Others don’t.
其他人不会。
In 1998, geologists examined this area to estimate the amount of oil that could be drilled.
1998年,地质学家对这一地区进行了检查,以估计可以钻取的石油数量.
They estimated that the area holds about 10.
他们估计该地区约有10个。
4 billion barrels of oil.
40亿桶石油。
The rest of the oil that could be drilled within the United States is estimated at 120 billion barrels.
在美国境内可钻取的其余石油估计为1 200亿桶。
That makes the estimated oil within the 1002 Area about 8.
因此,1002区域内的估计石油约为8个。
7 percent of the total oil within the United States.
占美国石油总量的7%.
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= 1 9 million barrels per day* Total Daily Consumption World = 88 million barrels per day An advocate for Alaskan wilderness protests on the front steps of the U.
* 每日消费总量=每天8 800万桶。
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Capitol Building against drilling in ANWR.
国会大厦反对在ANWR钻井.
Science and Law Like mining or any other activity that removes resources from the earth, drilling makes what’s called a “footprint.”
科学与法律就像采矿或其他从地上取出资源的活动一样, “
Mining footprints can be as drastic as losing whole mountainsides.
采矿的足迹可能像失去整个山脉一样巨大。
Drilling leaves a footprint of wells, roads, and buildings.
钻井留下了水井、道路和建筑物的足迹。
The footprints left by drilling are shrinking as drilling science improves.
随着钻探科学的改进,钻探留下的足迹正在收缩.
For example, if Prudhoe Bay were drilled today, the footprint would be smaller—as much as 64 percent smaller.
例如,如果今天在普鲁德霍湾钻探,脚印将会更小 — — 高达64%。
That’s good, because even if Congress allowed drilling in ANWR, only 2,000 surface acres of the 1.
这很好,因为即使国会允许在 ANWR 钻井, 1 的地表面积只有2000亩。
5 million-acre coastal plain could be touched.
500万英亩的沿海平原可以被触动。
That’s less than half of one percent of the refuge.
这还不到1%的避难所。
The development of oil and natural gas in ANWR would make billions of dollars for the U.
ANWR的石油和天然气开发将为美国创造数十亿美元。
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ANWR would also create as many as 65,000 jobs.
妇女权利国家网络还将创造多达65 000个就业机会。
For some Americans, ANWR is also a chance for greater independence from Middle Eastern countries and others that sell us oil.
对一些美国人来说,ANWR也是从中东国家以及出售我们石油的其他国家获得更大独立的机会.
Canada is a good friend to the United States, and right now it sells more than twice as much oil to the United States as any other country.
加拿大是美国的好朋友,现在它向美国出售的石油比任何其他国家多出一倍多。
Much of the world’s remaining oil doesn’t lie with America’s close friends, though.
但世界上剩余的石油大部分并不在于美国的密友。
Some of the billions that the United States spends on oil imports benefits countries that aren’t friendly with the United States.
美国在石油进口上花费了数十亿美元,
In 1973, some of those countries chose not to sell oil to the United States.
1973年,其中一些国家选择不向美国出售石油。
Foreign oil can also be stopped on its way to the United States.
外国石油在去美国的途中也可以被停止.
Millions of barrels of oil are moved each day in trucks, tankers, and pipelines.
每天有数百万桶石油被运入卡车、油罐和管道。
This system of transportation provides easy targets for enemies of the United States.
这种运输系统为美国的敌人提供了容易的目标.
They could try to steal that oil for themselves, or they might just want to keep it away from the United States.
他们可能试图自己偷取石油,或者他们可能只是想让它远离美国.
These are all good arguments for drilling in ANWR.
这些都是在ANWR钻井的好论据.
Now let’s consider how drilling might change the refuge.
现在让我们来考虑钻井会如何改变避难所。
The Porcupine Caribou herd migrates across the Tamayariak River, ANWR.
Porcupine Caribou群迁徙于塔马亚里亚克河口,ANWR.
What’s more, Congress has set rules for oil and gas development in ANWR.
此外,国会为ANWR制定了石油和天然气开发规则。
To protect the land and animals, some work would be limited to the winter period between November and May.
为了保护土地和动物,有些工作将限于11月至5月的冬季.
Springs, streams, and rivers would also be protected from the water used in drilling.
泉水、溪流和河流也将受到保护,免受钻井用水的影响。
Reasons Not to Drill in ANWR Just as some people want to drill in ANWR, other people don’t.
不钻入 ANWR 的原因 有些人想钻入ANWR,
For starters, the United States can’t drill its way to energy independence, even with ANWR.
首先,美国无法钻探实现能源独立的途径,即使与ANWR合作也是如此。
Energy independence means oil imports would stop—all the energy the country needs would be produced within the United States.
能源独立意味着石油进口将停止——该国需要的所有能源都将在美国生产。
In fact, the billions of barrels of oil that lie under ANWR’s coastal plain amount to less than a year’s supply for the United States.
事实上,ANWR沿海平原下的数十亿桶石油为美国供应不到一年。
At its peak, ANWR oil would only add about 0.
在峰值时,ANWR石油只增加约0.
8 million barrels per day to the U.
每天800万桶到美国
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oil supply.
石油供应。
America would still have to buy about 10.
美国仍然需要购买大约10个。
6 million barrels of oil per day.
每天600万桶石油。
Oil from the refuge would make only a small dent in U.
避难所出产的石油只会在U产生小凹口.
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imports.
进口。
ANWR oil would also have very little impact on world oil prices.
ANWR石油对世界石油价格的影响也很小。
In twenty years—when much of that oil could reach the gas pump— ANWR’s oil would save Americans less than four cents per gallon.
在20年里,当大部分石油能够到达油泵时,ANWR的石油每加仑能节省不到4美分。
Each year, a huge group of Porcupine Caribou roam through ANWR during a 930-mile migration that stretches across Alaska and Canada.
每年,在跨越阿拉斯加和加拿大的930英里长的迁徙期间,一大批波克平·卡里布(Porcupine Caribou)会通过ANWR漫游.
Their journey is the longest of any land mammal on Earth.
他们的旅程是地球上任何陆地哺乳动物中最长的.
These caribou have their babies on ANWR’s coastal plain.
这些驯鹿在ANWR的沿海平原上生下孩子。
Other caribou have done well with the oil wells, pipelines, roads, and buildings that spread across the area around Prudhoe Bay.
其他的驯鹿在分布于普鲁德霍湾一带的油井,管道,道路和建筑物方面都表现良好.
In fact, the Prudhoe Bay herd has grown from 3,000 animals in 1972 to ten times that number today.
事实上,普鲁德霍湾群已经从1972年的3000只动物增加到了今天的10倍.
A mama grizzly and her cubs use an oil pipeline for travel at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
一只灰熊妈妈和她的幼崽在阿拉斯加的普鲁德霍斯湾用输油管出行.
Thanks to new science, the drilling “footprint” in ANWR would be smaller.
由于有了新的科学,ANWR的钻探“脚印”将较小。
Yet ANWR’s 2,000- acre limit on drilling may not be what it seems.
然而,ANWR的2000英亩钻探面积限制可能不是看起来那样的.
That’s because the oil in the refuge isn’t in a single, large deposit.
因为避难所里的石油并不是一个大的储量。
Rather, it’s spread across the coastal plain in more than thirty spots.
相反,它分布在沿海平原三十多处。
To reach each oil deposit would take a vast system of roads and pipelines—1.
要到达每个储油地,需要庞大的道路和管道系统-1。
5 million acres of sprawl, by one estimate.
估计有500万英亩的无序扩张
That much sprawl could break up the wildlife habitat.
这种无序的扩张会破坏野生动物栖息地
Wildlife might be hurt, or it might do well, as has been the case with the caribou herd around Prudhoe Bay.
野生生物可能受到伤害,也可能是好的,普鲁德霍湾附近的驯鹿群的情况就是这样。
Aerial view of an oil production site at Prudhoe Bay The drilling rules set up to protect the refuge are law.
普鲁德霍湾一石油生产地的空中景观 为保护避难所而制定的钻探规则是法律。
However, making a law doesn’t mean that everyone will obey it.
但制定法律并不意味着每个人都会遵守法律。
Laws also don’t prevent accidents from happening.
法律也不阻止事故发生。
Everyone was shocked when 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in the summer of 2010.
2010年夏天,2亿加仑的石油溢入墨西哥湾,大家都感到震惊.
They thought drilling for oil was safe, so the Gulf was thought to be safe.
他们认为钻取石油是安全的,因此海湾被认为是安全的.
Sadly, it was not.
可惜没有
Major damage was done.
严重受损。
As for Prudhoe Bay, sixty miles west of ANWR, opponents of drilling say it has been trashed.
至于位于ANWR以西60英里的普鲁德霍斯湾, 钻井的反对者说,它已经被废了。
A thousand square miles of tundra now contain 1,500 miles of roads and pipelines, 1,400 working wells, and three airports.
千平方英里的苔原现在包含有1500英里的道路和管道,1400口工作井和三个机场.
They say the land is spoiled by mountains of waste, scrap metal, and garbage.
他们说这片土地被废墟、废金属和垃圾所破坏。
More than sixty waste sites contain—and often leak—lead, fuel, and other forms of pollution.
超过60个废物点含有铅、燃料和其他形式的污染,而且常常是漏出。
Crews lit fires in the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to reduce the amount of oil in the water.
船员在墨西哥湾点起火来减少水中的石油.
A Classroom for Climate Change Climate change has already had devastating impacts on arctic wildlife.
气候变化教室已经对北极野生生物产生了破坏性影响。
The polar bear is now in danger of extinction.
北极熊现在面临灭绝的危险.
If ANWR’s founders had known about climate change, they’d have known why ANWR is an important resource for studying climate change.
如果ANWR的创始人知道气候变化, 他们就会知道为什么ANWR是研究气候变化的重要资源。
For starters, Earth’s poles have experienced twice the rate of warming as the rest of the planet over the past few decades.
首先,在过去几十年里,地球的极点的变暖速度是地球其余部分的两倍。
ANWR is a particularly valuable laboratory for studying climate change because it has so many habitats—taiga forest, scrublands, alpine meadows, glaciers, tundra, and coastline.
农研中心是研究气候变化的一个特别宝贵的实验室,因为它拥有如此多的生境——泰加森林、洗涤地、高山草地、冰川、苔原和海岸线。
Size is important because with climate change, the vegetation zones will shift.
规模之所以重要,是因为随着气候变化,植被区将发生变化。
By being large and varied in topography, the habitat will permit plant and animal life to shift with it.
栖息地面积大,地形多变,使植物和动物的生命随地而改变。
The refuge provides a place for species to adapt and still be within a protected area.
庇护所为物种提供了适应环境的场所,目前仍处在保护区内.
What will happen to the tundra vegetation when the permafrost melts?
当永久冻土融化时,冻土植被会怎样?
Scientists are flocking to the Arctic to find out.
科学家们纷纷到北极寻找答案
It’s also a valuable place to study because unlike so many other areas on Earth, even in the Arctic, the refuge has not been modified by humans.
与地球上许多其它地区不同, 即使在北极地区,
ANWR: Beyond Oil We’ve talked about oil in ANWR.
ANWR:超越石油 我们讨论过ANWR的石油问题。
The reasons the refuge was founded, though, have nothing to do with energy.
然而,建立庇护所的原因与能源无关。
Those reasons don’t come with price tags or dollar signs, but that doesn’t mean they’re worth less.
但这并不表示它们的价值更低。
ANWR is both beautiful and special.
ANWR既美丽又特别.
Crossed by a dozen rivers, it stretches from the sharp peaks of the Brooks Range across a vast reach of tundra to the Beaufort Sea.
它由一打河流相接而过 从布鲁克斯山脉的尖锐山峰 穿过广阔的冻原 延伸至博福特海
Because it sits so far north, the refuge is a cold, hard place during the winter months.
由于该地坐北朝北,所以避难地是冬季几个月中寒冷而艰苦的地方.
Yet this wilderness offers important habitat for many animals.
然而,这个荒野为许多动物提供了重要的栖息地.
Threatened polar bears need the border of land and sea.
受威胁的北极熊需要陆地和海洋的边界。
Grizzlies, arctic wolves, and the endangered shaggy musk ox (from the last Ice Age!)
灰熊 北极狼和濒危的长毛麝牛(自上个冰河时代起!)
raise their babies there.
在那里抚养他们的婴儿。
Hundreds more species of animals and plants depend on the refuge.
还有上百个种类的动物和植物依赖于避难所.
A female polar bear and her cubs stand on ice in ANWR’s coastal plain.
一只雌性北极熊及其幼崽站在ANWR沿海平原的冰上.
A Different Path Americans love a frontier; they also love oil.
一个不同的道路美国人喜欢边疆;他们也喜欢石油。
We’ve discussed some costs of that oil, but not all the costs to the environment.
我们讨论了石油的一些成本,
Pollution.
污染问题。
Climate change.
气候变化。
Drilling in ANWR will only add to these costs, and it won’t make the United States energy independent.
钻入ANWR只会增加成本,
Still, some argue that any U.
不过,有些人认为任何U。
S.
师曰.
oil is better than none.
石油比无油好。
As oil use around the world continues to rise, the two countries whose use will grow the most in the next few years are China and India.
随着全球石油使用量持续上升,未来几年使用量增长最快的两个国家是中国和印度.
Together, they’re home to a third of all people in the world.
他们共同拥有世界三分之一的人口。
Their growing demand, combined with a shrinking supply, reminds us of the real problem.
他们不断增长的需求,加上供应的收缩,使我们想起了真正的问题。
The supply of oil—foreign or American—will eventually end.
外国或美国的石油供应最终会结束。
Chinese people crowd a street in Shanghai, a city of roughly 23 million.
中国人挤出上海一街,一个约2300万的城市.
China’s population is 1.
中国人口为一.
3 billion.
30亿.
ANWR is sometimes called “the last great wilderness.”
ANWR有时被称为"最后的大荒野". “
In all the United States, no other area is so large and untouched by people—the very definition of wilderness.
在全美国,没有其他地区如此之大和不受人们影响——这是对旷野的定义。
Such a place is unlikely to come our way again.
这样的地方不可能再来我们这里了。
Yet few of those who fight for the refuge have any thought of going there.
然而,为避难所而战的人中,很少有人想到会去那里。
They simply want to know such a place exists, free of people.
他们只是想知道这样一个地方存在,没有人。
They want, as founder Olaus Murie once said, “a little portion of our planet left alone.”
他们希望,正如创始人奥劳斯·穆里曾经说过的那样,“我们星球的一小部分被孤立。 “
Still, neither ANWR’s oil nor better fuel efficiency will make oil last forever.
然而,无论是ANWR的石油还是更好的燃料效率都不会使石油永远持续下去。
Sooner or later, the United States—and the world—will run out.
美国和世界迟早会耗尽。
Luckily for us, life without oil doesn’t mean life without energy.
幸运的是,没有石油的生活并不意味着没有能源的生活。
Americans have ways to become energy independent—and not just for a year or two.
美国人有办法实现能源独立,而不仅仅是一两年。
The change to other forms of energy has already begun.
向其他形式的能源的转变已经开始。
Some of those forms of energy— like those that come from the wind and Sun—can last as long as people do.
其中一些形式的能量——例如从风和太阳产生的能量——可以和人们一样持久。
By choosing them, the United States can become energy independent and create more jobs than drilling in ANWR can.
通过选择它们,美国可以成为能源独立,创造比在ANWR钻探更多的就业机会.
It can also help the planet.
它也可以帮助地球。
A Cafe for Cars?
汽车咖啡馆?
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (or CAFE) standards establish how many miles per gallon a vehicle can travel.
公司平均燃料经济(或CAFE)标准确定每加仑一辆车能行驶多少英里.
The CAFE program has saved billions of barrels of fuel since it began in 1 975, yet the most efficient cars still come from other countries, such as Japan and Germany.
CAFE计划自1975年开始以来节省了数十亿桶燃料,然而效率最高的汽车仍然来自其他国家,如日本和德国.
Some cars, like the Toyota Prius, get 50 miles per gallon, far better than the CAFE average (27.
一些汽车,如丰田普鲁斯(英语:Toyota Prius),每加仑可得到50英里,远比CAFE平均车程(27英里)好.
3 mpg, starting in 20 1 1).
3 mpg 从2011起.
Because the Prius is so efficient, it is also the least polluting.
因为"普鲁斯"号效率很高,因此也是污染程度最低的.
Volkswagen is working on a car that will get 235 miles per gallon!
大众汽车正在造一辆每加仑235英里的车!
There are ways to make oil go farther and last longer.
有办法让石油走得更远,更持久。
Instead of changing the law about ANWR, some Americans want Congress to change a different law.
一些美国人没有改变有关ANWR的法律,而是希望国会改变不同的法律.
This law says how far a new car must be able to travel on one gallon of gas.
这部法律说,新车必须能够用一加仑的汽油走多远.
The less gas a vehicle uses to get from place to place, the more fuel efficient it is.
车辆从一地到一地所使用的气体越少,燃料效率就越高.
Today the United States gets twice as much work from each barrel of oil as it did in 1975.
今天,美国每桶石油的产量是1975年的两倍。
That trend can continue.
这种趋势可以继续下去。
Congress can require American car companies to make vehicles so fuel efficient that they can help lower our need for foreign oil by more than one-third by 2025.
国会可以要求美国汽车公司使车辆具有如此高的燃料效率,从而帮助到2025年将我们对外国石油的需求降低三分之一以上.
A wind turbine farm.
风力涡轮农场.
One wind turbine supplies enough energy to power 500–600 U.
一台风力涡轮机提供足够500-600 U的动力.
S.
师曰.
homes.
家,我们家。
In fact, there is cause for hope.
事实上,有希望的理由。
In the 1970s, much U.
在20世纪70年代,许多U.
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师曰.
electricity came from oil; today only 2 percent of its electricity is made that way.
电力来自石油,如今只有2%的电力是用石油制造的。
Most American cars still run on oil, but that can change.
大部分美国汽车仍然靠石油运行,但这可以改变.
Some day you may drive an electric car powered by the Sun!
总有一天你会开一辆由太阳供电的电动车!
What do you think?
你觉得呢?
Should drilling be allowed in ANWR?
应该允许在ANWR钻井吗?
You can help decide its future.
你可以帮助决定它的未来。
You can write the president or your representatives in Congress and tell them what you want.
你可以写信给总统或者国会的代表,告诉他们你想要什么.
You can also help decide how the United States will get its energy in years to come.
你也可以帮助决定美国如何在未来几年获得能量.
Remember: ANWR and the future both belong to you.
记住 ANWR和将来都属于你