CCTV9英语新闻：地方当局淘汰污染严重的车辆

By CCTV reporter Ning Hong

In China, special labels are placed on vehicles that fail to meet the latest emission¹ standards. These cars with outdated² engines are dubbed³ “yellow label vehicles”. In a push to clean up China’s most polluted province, authorities in Hebei are trying to get these heavy polluters off the roads through generous subsidies⁴ and restricted entry zones.

With one look, it’s not hard to spot one of these so-called yellow label vehicles. It’s estimated one million of these heavily polluting vehicles are still running on roads in North China’s Hebei Province, where constant smog is threatening the environment. Most of these vehicles were produced decades ago. Emission standards from that era have long been abolished.

“A yellow label vehicle produces 200 times more carbon monoxide than a common green label vehicle does, and its emissions⁵ are equal to about 28 cars today.” said Zhao Dongyu, Director, Vehicle Emission Control Center, Shijiazhuang.

This September, the State Council issued plans to curb⁶ air pollution. Eliminating all yellow label vehicles by 2017 was one of the measures. To get a jump-start, Hebei Province has brought that deadline forward by two years.

"By 2015, we are going to weed out all gasoline cars registered before 2000 and diesel⁷ vehicles registered before 2007.” said Liu Yanli, Vice⁸ Director, Hebei Traffic Management Bureau.

“We are in a time where green cars are becoming a reality, which makes it hard to believe that there are still so many heavily polluting vehicles on the roads. The problem can’t be solved in one day as the interest of car owners must been considered. Luckily, the government has found a more efficient way than just administrative⁹ orders.” said Ning Hong, Hebei Province.

Most cities have issued restrictions¹⁰ that forbid yellow label vehicles from entering the downtown area.

"I was fined one thousand yuan for entering a restricted area.” said Qu Xingfu, Yellow Label Car Owner.

Government cars are among the first group of vehicles to go. Xingtai Police is scraping 200 of its yellow label cars. The provincial¹¹ government is providing a minimum six thousand yuan subsidy¹² for private car owners to ditch their heavily polluting vehicles.

"I also want to help to reduce air pollution. The subsidy is more than this car is worth.” said Qu Xingfu, Yellow Label Car Owner.

So far, Hebei province has disposed over 300 thousand yellow label vehicles. It’s estimated that it will lead to a reduction of over 100 tons in heavy air pollutants¹³.

 

 

1 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。

2 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

3 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

7 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

10 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

11 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。

12 subsidy   

n.补助金，津贴

参考例句：

• The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
• The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

13 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