中国环境保护经济蓬勃发展

 　　Frequent smog has made face masks and air purifiers commonplace in many households here in China.

　　"We have air purifier at home because sometimes the air quality is too bad."

　　"We didn't have face masks at home in the past, but now we have a lot. It has become a habit to check whether I have a mask in my purse before I go out. "

　　Statistics show more than 200-thousand people bought face masks online in the first week in February alone.

　　2.8 billion yuan was spent on air purifiers in China last year.

　　At the same time, environmental protection has been inscribed¹ as an important pillar in China's economic growth, with the authorities vowing² to spend 5 trillion yuan on environmental protection in the period between 2011 and next year.

　　Beijing's municipal authorities have already thrown 8 billion yuan at the air quality problem since last year.

　　Vice³ Minister of Environmental Protection, Wu Xiaoqing, says not only government, but financial institutions, businesses and the broader society have to work together to help solve the problem.

　　"We have to transform the development mode of industries, improve the structure of energy consumption, rein⁴ in the rapidly increasing vehicle pollution, as well as strengthen city management. It is an enduring and hard process to root out air problems."

　　Yan Lufei is with a company that develops carbon emission⁵ management software.

　　He says more and more companies are now looking at transforming their business models, rather than just reducing emissions⁶.

　　"The idea of carbon emissions reduction is highly accepted by enterprises now. They feel the pressure and the impetus⁷ from the government and market. They have to become low-carbon to avoid high risks, because their products should be in line with the public needs as well as the development of society."

　　Meanwhile, significant progress is said to be being made in finding the primary cause of China's choaking smog.

　　However, deputy director of the Department of Environmental Monitoring, Zhu Jianping, says it will take a long time to analyze⁸ the data.

　　"We have to choose appropriate stations to watch and monitor 6 regular indicators⁹, but also other indicators that may have impact on the pollution, such as organic matter and black carbon. It is very complicated and it is a long process."

　　Among the 10 most heavily polluted cities, seven are in Hebei, the province which encircles Beijing.

　　Tianjin is also in the top 10.

　　Over 100-million people live in the region.

　　For CRI, this is Li Jing.

1 inscribed   

v.写，刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 )；内接

参考例句：

• His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在奖杯上。
• The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 rein   

n.疆绳，统治，支配；vt.以僵绳控制，统治

参考例句：

• The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
• He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。

5 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

6 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。

7 impetus   

n.推动，促进，刺激；推动力

参考例句：

• This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
• Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。

8 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。

9 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。