中国计划减半肉类消费受到气候活动家的好评

 The Chinese government has outlined a plan to reduce its citizens’ meat consumption by 50% in a move that climate campaigners hope will provide major heft in the effort to avoid runaway¹ global warming.

中国政府颁布了一项减少其公民50%肉类消费的计划，气候研究专家们希望这将成为避免气候变暖失控的主要手段。

New dietary guidelines drawn² up by Chinar s health ministry³ recommend that the nation' s 1.3 billion population should consume between 40g to 75g of meat per person each day. The measures released are designed to improve public health but could also provide a significant cut to greenhouse gas emissions⁴.

由中国卫生部颁布的新的饮食指南建议全国13亿人每人每天应该吃40~75克的肉类食物。这公布一次的指南旨 在改善公共卫生,但同时也可以显著减少温室气体排放。

The Chinese Communist party has found unusual allies among Hollywood celebrities⁵ with actor Arnold Schrzenegger and director James Cameron involved in a series of new public information adverts⁶ encouraging Chinese people to consume less animal flesh to help the environment.

中国共产党已经发现了不同寻常的支持者.—些好莱坞名流，有演员阿诺施瓦辛格和导演窟姆斯卡梅隆，他们参与了 —系列新的公共信息广告，鼓励中国人消费更少的动物肉有助于保护环境。

Should the new guidelines be followed carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from China’s livestock⁷ industry would be reduced by 1bn tonnes by 2030 from a projected 1.8bn tonnes in that year.

如果这个方针得到人们的遵守，那么到2030年中国畜牧业的二氧化碳排放量将从那年的18亿吨预计当量减少到8亿吨。

1 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 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。

5 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

6 adverts   

advertisements 广告，做广告

参考例句：

• the adverts on television 电视广告
• The adverts are not very informative. 这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。

7 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。