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Bush Defends Environment Policy
David Gollust
11 Jun 2001 21:35 UTC

President Bush is calling for expanded research into global climate change while 1)reiterating his opposition¹ to the 1997 Kyoto 2)treaty on global warming. He spoke² as he prepared to leave for Europe, where his environmental policies are under criticism.
Mr. Bush said Monday the problem of global warming is real and that the United States, as the largest single 3)emitter of so-called "greenhouse gases" will not 4)evade its responsibility in helping³ deal with the issue.
But in an appearance in the White House Rose Garden, several hours before his departure for Europe, the President was unapologetic about his opposition to the Kyoto treaty which demanded sharp roll-backs in 5)emissions⁵ of pollutants⁶ and which Mr. Bush said is "fundamentally 6)flawed."
"Kyoto is in many ways unrealistic," the president continued. "Many countries cannot meet their Kyoto targets. The targets themselves were 7)arbitrary and not based upon science. For America, complying with those mandates⁷ would have a negative economic impact with layoffs⁸ of workers and price increases for consumers. And when you evaluate all these flaws, most reasonable people will understand that it's not sound public policy."
Mr. Bush said China and India as developing countries were 8)exempted from the emission⁴ control 9)regime of the Kyoto treaty, even though emerging economies as a group are now responsible for more than half of all greenhouse gas emissions.
At the same time, he said the United States' unwillingness⁹ to embrace a flawed treaty should not be seen by friends and 10)allies as an 11)abdication of responsibility, and said his administration is committed to a leadership role on climate change. "We recognize our responsibility and will meet it, at home, in our hemisphere, and in the world," he said. "My cabinet-level working group on climate change is recommending a number of 12)initial steps and will continue to work on additional ideas. The working group proposes the United States help lead the way by advancing the science on climate change, advancing the technology to monitor and reduce greenhouse gases and creating partnerships¹⁰ within our 13)hemisphere. And beyond, to monitor and measure and 14)mitigate emissions."
Mr. Bush said the administration would step-up funding for U.S. research into global warming and to bolster¹¹ cooperation with research institutions around the world.
Though he said the rise of global temperatures during the past century and the increase in man-made 15)pollutants in the atmosphere in recent decades are scientific fact, Mr. Bush said it remains¹² unclear what the connection between the two is, and how rapidly climate change will occur.
A report by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences - presented to the White House last week - concluded that the earth's temperature is rising, mainly due to human activities, and warned that dire¹³ environmental changes could occur this century.

(1)reiterate[ri:5ItEreIt]vt.反复地说, 重申
(2)treaty[5tri:tI]n.条约, 谈判
(3)emitter[I`mItE(r)]n.发射器
(4)evade[I5veId]v.规避, 逃避, 躲避
(5)emission[I5mIF(E)n]n.(光、热等的)散发, 发射, 喷射
(6)flaw[flC:]n.缺点, 裂纹vt.使破裂,使无效vi.生裂缝, 变的有缺陷
(7)arbitrary[5B:bItrErI; (?@) 5B:rbItrerI]adj.武断的, 独裁的, 专断的
(8)exempt[I^5zempt]v.免除adj.被免除的
(9)regime[reI5Vi:m]n.政体, 政权, 政权制度
(10)ally[5AlaI]v.结盟, 有关联, 同盟n.同盟国, 支持者
(11)abdication[9AbdI`keIFEn]n.退位, 让位
(12)initial[I5nIF(E)l]adj.最初的
(13)hemisphere[5hemIsfIE(r)]n.半球
(14)mitigate[5mItI^eIt]v.减轻
(15)pollutant[pE5lu:tEnt]n.污染物质

 

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 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。

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 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

7 mandates   

托管（mandate的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Individual mandates would require all people to purchase health insurance. 个人托管要求所有人都要购买健康保险。
• While I agree with those benefits, I'm not a supporter of mandates. 我同意上述好处，我不是授权软件的支持者。

8 layoffs   

临时解雇( layoff的名词复数 )； 停工，停止活动

参考例句：

• Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。
• Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs. 当公司突然宣布裁员时，股票价格便大跌

9 unwillingness   

n. 不愿意，不情愿

参考例句：

• Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position. 她不愿回答问题，这不利于她所处的形势。
• His apparent unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough. 如果我们付足了钱，他露出的那副不乐意的神情就会消失。

10 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

11 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

12 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

13 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。