CCTV9英语新闻11月：河北关闭污染严重的钢铁厂

By CCTV reporter Ning Hong

Efforts to reduce air pollution in China seem to be accelerating. In a coordinated¹ action on Sunday, local authorities pulled down facilities in three cities in Hebei Province, a main center of iron and steel manufacturing.

This could eventually cut coal consumption by nearly three hundred tons. And it’s just the beginning.

“We are going to completely demolish² these facilities. That includes destroying the entire production system, and cutting power permanently³ to make sure production can’t be restarted." Xin Zhichun, special advisor⁴ of Tangshan City Government, said.

China now has called a halt to all new iron and steel projects.

The State Council recently issued plans to cut iron and steel production capacity by 80 million tons. And half of those reductions will be in Tangshan.

“The goal is to cut nearly one third of our capacity by 2017. We are under huge pressure. We are facing a drop in fiscal⁵ revenue and are having to lay off a huge number of workers. We also need to help iron & steel companies handle their debts and maintain social stability.” Xin said.

Hebei province is China’s biggest iron & steel base. However in recent years, this pillar industry has been haunted by over capacity. That’s involved a massive waste of energy and caused severe air pollution.

The provincial⁶ government is now taking action.

“As well as what we’re doing today, we’re going to install emission⁷ monitoring systems in four of the heaviest polluting industries; iron & steel, glass, cement and the power generation industry. This will allow us to keep emissions⁸ under supervision⁹. The emission of sulfur¹⁰ dioxide, nitric oxide¹¹ and dust by these four industries accounts for up to 80% of total emissions in Hebei. Within a year, we will install anti-pollution equipment at all these plants.” Yang Chongyong, deputy governor of Hebei province, said.

 

1 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

2 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。

3 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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。

9 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

10 sulfur   

n.硫，硫磺（=sulphur）

参考例句：

• Sulfur emissions from steel mills become acid rain.炼钢厂排放出的硫形成了酸雨。
• Burning may produce sulfur oxides.燃烧可能会产生硫氧化物。

11 oxide   

n.氧化物

参考例句：

• Oxide is usually seen in our daily life.在我们的日常生活中氧化物很常见。
• How can you get rid of this oxide coating?你们该怎样除去这些氧化皮？