我国46座城市将率先实施生活垃圾强制分类

 　　Faced with a growing refuse problem in urban areas, China plans to move ahead with household trash sorting in 46 major cities by requiring all public institutes and relevant companies to separate hazardous¹ waste, kitchen waste and recyclable materials by 2020.

　　面对城市地区日益严峻的垃圾问题，我国计划在46座主要城市推进生活垃圾分类，要求所有公共机构和相关企业在2020年之前对有害垃圾、厨余垃圾、可回收物进行分类。

　　By then, specific policies, laws and regulations will have been adopted that will push mandatory² trash sorting forward, and the recycling rate will grow to at least 35 percent in these cities, Feng Liang, a senior at the National Development and Reform Commission said last Friday.

　　国家发展和改革委员会一名名叫冯良的官员上周五表示，到2020年，将实施具体的政策法规以推进生活垃圾强制分类，这46座城市的垃圾回收利用率将至少达到35%。

　　The targets are listed in a household trash sorting action plan jointly³ issued by the NDRC and the Ministry⁴ of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

　　这些目标被列在了一项有关生活垃圾分类的行动方案中，该方案是由国家发改委、住房和城乡建设部联合发布的。

　　我国46座城市将率先实施生活垃圾强制分类

　　The plan covers 46 major cities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing, the capitals of all provincial⁵ regions, and some cities that were chosen as models, such as Handan, Hebei.

　　该方案覆盖46座主要城市，包括北京、天津、上海、重庆和所有省会城市，以及一些被选中的示范城市，如河北邯郸。

　　Detailed⁶ rules on mandatory household trash sorting in these cities will be released this year.

　　这些城市的生活垃圾强制分类具体规定将于今年发布。

　　The rules will be mandatory, however, only for public entities⁷, such as governments and schools, and companies, such as restaurants and shopping malls. But residential⁸ communities are encouraged to follow suit.

　　该规定将是强制性的，不过只针对如政府、学校等公共团体，以及像饭店和购物中心这样的企业，但是鼓励住宅区效仿。

1 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

2 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

3 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

4 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。

5 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

6 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

7 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

8 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。