英闻天下——134 Economic Loss from Air Pollution

 　　A report from the Asian Development Bank this week is showing economic losses from air pollution in China accounts for 1.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product.

 

　　For more on this, we spoke¹ earlier with Zhang Qingfeng, Asian Development Bank's Lead Water Resources Specialist.

 

　　1. Can you explain how economic losses of 1.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, can result from economic losses caused by air pollution?

 

　　2. Some reports say serious pollution is an inevitable² outcome of GDP, What's your opinion?

 

　　3, China is amid a process of industrialization and urbanization. Will this inevitably³ mean more pollution? What do you think China needs to do to handle these levels of pollution?

1 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。

2 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

3 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。