模块5unit2中译英.doc

The economy or the environment--must we choose 经济还是环境--我们必须选择 James Long:Good morning. Todays debate question is The economy or the environment--must we choose With me are Mr Lin Shuiqing,from the Society for environmental Preservation,and Mr Qian Liwei ,an economist. 今天辩论的题目是“经济或环境——我们必须选择“环境保护协会，和钱立伟，经济。 We are following our usual schedule for three minutes.Mr Qian Liwei will follow,also for three minutes. 我们按照我们通常的行程安排三分钟。 Then we will open the floor for discussion. 然后我们将进行开放讨论。 If you have any questions or comments,you can use this time to voice them. 如果你有任何问题或评论，你可以用这个时间来表达Lin Shuiqing:Good morning,everyone. 早上好，各位。 First I am talking to you today about the way large areas of the world are damaged by industrial waste. 首先，我今天跟你们讲的是世界上大部分地区被工业废物破坏的方式。 Many paces have been destroyed and many plants and animals have died. 许多地方已经被摧毁，许多动植物都死了。 This is awful.Factories produce large numbers of harmful chemicals. 这是可怕的，工厂生产大量有害化学物质。 The waste they create goes into the atmosphere and makes us sick. 他们创造的废物进入大气层，使我们生病。 Other types of waste flow into our water,killing river and sea life. 其他类型的废水流入我们的水，杀死河流和海洋的生命。 Much sea life is being destroyed by fishing boats as well. 许多海生也被渔船摧毁了。 These boats catch large number of fish left for us to eat in the future. 这些船钓到了大量的鱼，我们在未来吃东西。 While we damage our environment ,we keep producing more and more people who need more land to live on and more food to eat ! 当我们破坏环境，我们生产越来越多的人，他们需要更多的土地来生活，更多的食物来吃！ The world’s population has grown by six times what it was in 1800.The figure is now about 7 billion people! It is our duty to try to cut back on production and reduce the number of things we make and buy . 减少生产和购买的东西，是我们的责任。 The amount of rubbish we produce is turning into a big problem;we need to think more about recycling our waste . 我们生产的垃圾数量正在变成一个大问题，我们需要考虑更多的垃圾回收利用。 It would be good to increase the amount of waste we recycle ,and teach people ways of living that do not harm the environment . 这将是好的，以增