财经金融新闻 土壤污染问题亟待解决

An environmental official said the State Council, China's cabinet, is reviewing plans to address soil quality, which has been recognized as a serious problem in recent years by the central government.

一名环保官员称国务院正在审议改善土壤质量的议案，近些年，中央政府一直将土壤问题视作严重问题。

At a forum¹ on July 11, Li Ganjie, a vice² minister of environmental protection, said that his ministry³ has submitted the council with a draft of a plan to clean agricultural areas contaminated by pollution to be implemented⁴ over the next six or seven years.

7月11日，环境保护部副部长李干杰在论坛会议上说环保部门已经向国务院提交了整治农业区的草案，在未来的六，七年里，我们将对农业区的污染问题进行处理。

In June, an official survey stated 8.2 percent of arable⁵ land in China has high levels of cadmium and lead. The ingestion of heavy metals through food has been known to have harmful effects on human health. Cadmium poisoning blocks the absorption of calcium⁶ in the body, and can lead to severe bone disease.

6月间，一项官方研究报告称中国有8.2%的可耕土地镉和铅含量超标。进入到食物中的高金属含量将危害身体健康。镉将阻碍身体钙的吸收，这将导致严重的骨科病。

Li urged lawmakers to compose legislation to address soil contamination because the problem has become alarming. In May of last year, food safety officials in the southern city of Guangzhou found excessive levels of cadmium in almost half of the rice and rice products tested from restaurants.

李敦促法律制定者通过立法来解决土壤污染问题，因为该问题已经达到了令人担忧的地步。去年5月份，广州市的食品安全官员发现从餐馆中检出的镉含量几乎占据了所有大米和米制品的一半。

In the next few years, the Ministry of Environmental Protection is scheduled to conduct more surveys of soil pollution to bolster⁷ efforts in policy formation, said Li.

李称，在未来几年，环保局为了政策的制定将计划对土壤污染问题进行更多次的调查。

For Caixin Online, this is Diana Bates.

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1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 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。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

5 arable   

adj.可耕的，适合种植的

参考例句：

• The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
• Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？

6 calcium   

n.钙(化学符号Ca)

参考例句：

• We need calcium to make bones.我们需要钙来壮骨。
• Calcium is found most abundantly in milk.奶含钙最丰富。

7 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。