奥巴马宣布最严碳排放细则

 　　Speaking on Monday the US president was blunt and to the point

　　"no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a change in climate"

　　The tough new federal restrictions¹ on Green House gas emissions³ from coal power plants in the US requires states to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent, over the next 15 years.

　　"The simpler layman's way of saying that it's like cutting every ounce of emission² due to electricity from 108mln american homes or the equivalent of taking 166mln cars off the road"

　　奥巴马宣布最严碳排放细则

　　Since last year The US has already made joint⁴ announcements alongside China and Brazil to slash⁵ carbon pollution, but Mr Obama's call for a shift to cleaner energy left some Republican lawmakers cold...

　　Earlier this year Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, representing coal-rich Kentucky, urged states not to comply with the plan in a letter to all 50 governors.

　　"Jobs and the economy are clearly what the voters are concerned about we need to do everything we can to rein⁶ in the regulatory onslaught which is the principal reason that we haven't had the kind of bounce back after the 2008 recession that you might expect"

　　A fellow republican hopeful for the White House in 2016, Rick Perry, told Fox News that the economy would suffer under the carbon cuts.

　　"The pres is going to destroy people in this country economically if he continues down this path of taking our american energy away from us"

　　Some republicans have already vowed⁷ to take legal and congressional action to stop the new regulations, over concerns it will be a job-killer and send electricity bills soaring.

　　The president however was in no doubt the deal was good for the economy, US security and the health of the American people.

　　"We only get one planet. there's no plan B I don't want my grand-kids not to be able to swim in Hawaii or not to be able to climb a mountain and see a glacier⁸ but we decided⁹ not to do something about it"

　　The next challenge for the Obama administration's environmental ambitions will come later this year at an international climate agreement in Paris.

　　For CRI, I'm Kevin McAleese in Washington

1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 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。

3 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。

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

5 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

6 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。

7 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

8 glacier   

n.冰川，冰河

参考例句：

• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。