手机应用监控新德里空气污染

 　　印度首都新德里21日推出一款手机APP，以期发动民众力量，为缓解空气污染出一份力。世界卫生组织去年5月发布一份报告，把新德里列为2014年全球空气污染最严重的城市。为治霾，新德里政府不仅发出“限行令”，还采取了其他措施。

　　India's capital, laboring¹ under the label of being the world's most polluted city, is trying something new to help clean up its air.

　　深受“世界上污染最严重的城市”这一头衔困扰的印度首都新德里，最近出台新举措净化空气质量。

　　A smartphone application that allows residents to report the presence of construction dust or the burning of leaves and garbage in New Delhi's public parks to authorities was launched Friday.

　　该市于10月21日推出一款智能手机应用，鼓励居民通过此软件向政府机构举报施工扬尘和公园中的树叶垃圾焚烧等污染现象。

　　手机应用监控新德里空气污染

　　The "Hawa Badlo," or "Change the Air," app has two versions. One allows people to take pictures of likely pollutants². The other allows authorities to investigate and act on valid³ complaints.

　　这款名为“改善空气质量”的应用分两种版本。一种版本为民众版本，可上传污染物图片；另一种版本为官方版本，用来开展调查并处理正当投诉。

　　Over the last few years, New Delhi has struggled with ways to handle the pollution, which becomes especially obvious during the colder winter months as the city's air turns to a gray haze⁴.

　　过去几年中，新德里为应对空气污染采取了多种措施，尤其当较冷的冬季月份来临，整个城市被灰色雾霾所笼罩时，当地政府更是费尽心思。

　　The newest measure, the phone app, was launched by the Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, a monitoring group set up on the order of India's Supreme⁵ Court in April.

　　新推出的这款手机应用由环境污染（预防与控制）管理局推出，印度最高法院于今年四月份下令成立此监督机构。

　　Over the last decade or so, India has seen pollution spiral as its economy has boomed and it has continued to rely on burning coal to generate electricity. The number of vehicles on the road has skyrocketed, while hundreds of millions of impoverished⁶ people still use wood, kerosene⁷ or whatever they can grab at the garbage dump to build fires for cooking or keeping warm on winter nights. 过去大约十年里，印度在经济迅速发展的同时，空气污染问题也愈发严重，仍然要依靠燃煤发电。路面上汽车大量增加，亿万贫困民众仍使用木柴、煤油或任何垃圾场里能用的东西来生火做饭、冬夜取暖。

　　Over the last two years, the government has tried a slew⁸ of measures to control the air pollution, including stricter emission⁹ norms for cars and a tax on diesel-fueled trucks that enter the city.

　　新德里政府在过去两年里采取了大量措施控制空气污染，包括出台更严格的汽车尾气排放标准，对进入城市的柴油卡车征税等。

　　New Delhi also has attempted to limit the number of cars during the winter months, when the air quality is at its worst. Twice the city had a two-week period in which cars were allowed on the roads only on even or odd days, depending on the vehicle's license¹⁰ plate number.

　　新德里也曾试着在空气质量最差的冬季限制出行的车辆数量。曾两次实行为期两周的车牌尾号单双号限行政策。

1 laboring   

n.劳动，操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱，做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而，这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘（部分）

2 pollutants   

污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
• The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

4 haze   

n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊

参考例句：

• I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
• He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。

5 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

6 impoverished   

adj.穷困的，无力的，用尽了的v.使（某人）贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 )；使（某物）贫瘠或恶化

参考例句：

• the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
• They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 kerosene   

n.(kerosine)煤油，火油

参考例句：

• It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.这就像用煤油灭火。
• Instead of electricity,there were kerosene lanterns.没有电，有煤油灯。

8 slew   

v.（使）旋转；n.大量，许多

参考例句：

• He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
• They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。

9 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。

10 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。