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Paul: Are you ready for our green city ride Yang Li?

Yang Li: I’m really excited! A green city ride on a pedi cab! 大家好我是杨莉我和洪刚一人登一人坐，三轮车上兜一圈儿，看看伦敦有哪些绿色交通工具。

Paul: Hi I’m Paul, welcome to this very special edition of On the Town from BBC Learning English. Let’s get onto the road with our pedi cab.

Yang Li: A pedi cab 人力三轮车。

Paul: Of course, you know that London is one of the great metropolitan¹ cities of the world, but how green is its transport in terms of carbon emissions²?

Yang Li: 都有哪些减少废气的交通工具呢？废弃排放就是 carbon emissions.

Paul: Why don't we start with the increasing number of pedi cabs in London?

Yang Li: 伦敦的三轮车数量不断增加。So what are the benefits of riding a pedi cab?

Paul: Well, why don’t we put that question to Friedel, who works with a pedi cab company in London.

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There are two benefits - the first is you get some exercise and you need to be little bit healthier than those chaps and two, you don't actually add pollutants⁴ to the environment and you are actually providing a service that is very, very welcome. And a lot of people who take a ride have exactly the same faces as you have now - big smiles.

Yang Li: I totally agree with Friedel there: you are healthier 更为健康；and you are not adding pollutants to the environment 同时也不污染环境。 污染物pollutants 环境 environment.

Paul: Another green vehicle that all the Chinese should be familiar with is, of course, the bicycle. Let’s ask a couple of students in London who are just parking their bikes.

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London’s getting much more cycle-friendly. So I think that that’s really, really excellent, but in another way I think the taxi drivers and the buses are actually…… they are not very nice to cyclists at all.

Given the choice, if you had enough money and could buy a car, would you still prefer to ride a bicycle?

Yeah, because it’s good exercise as well and you know, it’s nice to be outside even when it’s in the winter I carry on cycling.

Paul+Yang Li: Now there are a couple of expressions to learn: cycle-friendly: 便利骑自行车的 cyclist 骑自行车的人。 Now let’s listen to the next one.

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It gives me some exercise, so that’s good. And it saves – you know, I am not churning out loads of fumes⁵ like all these cars and taxies and buses. I think if everyone rode a bike in London it would be a lot better for the environment.

Paul: Apart from good exercise and saving money he said that he is not churning out loads of fumes.

Yang Li: 散发，排放 churning out；大量的废气 loads of fumes. But Paul, at least there are a lot more electric cars on the roads, aren’t there?

Paul: Well I certainly see more electric cars 电动车。That’s right, let’s ask Maggie why she has chosen one.

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So environmentally it’s nice to feel that you are doing something towards the environment. You know, it’s nice to feel that you are not upping the emissions.

So this is a zero emission³ …..

Technically⁶ it’s a zero emission car.

Tell me something, you are obviously very proud of it because you’ve got these sunflowers. When you pass a car like that one, Mercedes, Jaguar⁷, Rolls Royce, do you feel superior or inferior, or does that not come into the equation?

I feel superior, I feel decidedly superior. I feel like I’m doing something for the environment and he is not doing anything for the environment.

Yang Li: Let’s look at some of the words we have just heard:

Paul: Upping the emissions 增添废气; a zero emission car 零排放机动车; superior 具有优越感的; inferior 自卑的。

Paul: So Maggie feels decidedly superior.

Yang Li: 一种坚定，不迟疑的自豪感。

Paul: Well electric cars, pedi cabs, bikes, are all very well but what’s made the biggest impact so far has got to be the congestion⁸ charge.

Yang Li+Paul: Congestion charge 机动车进城费 Charles 是绿色和平组织负责人，他高度赞扬了伦敦市长的勇气。

Listen out for these words: universally unpopular decision 人人都不赞成的决定；impose 强制实行；unconditional⁹ charge 无条件收费。

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The bravest thing that’s happened in London is the congestion charge. The mayor of London took what was described as a universally unpopular decision to impose an unconditional charge for driving into the centre of London. It has been absolutely fantastic, it’s improved air quality, it’s reduced traffic, and, much to everyone’s surprise – even without meaning to do it – it’s reduced carbon emissions in central London as well. And that was one single brave act – no equipment, no technology required, just courage.

Yang Li: 他说，伦敦的进城费真是高招：舒缓了交通；改进了空气质量同时还减少了废气。

Paul: So Yang Li, how green has London become in the past five years? Better than Beijing, Shanghai or worse?

Yang Li: Well I suppose you have to come to London and see for yourself.

Paul: Well, till another time then - goodbye

Yang Li: 下次节目再会。

1 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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

5 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。

6 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

7 jaguar   

n.美洲虎

参考例句：

• He was green with envy when he saw my new Jaguar car.看见我那辆美洲虎牌新车，他非常妒忌。
• Should you meet a jaguar in the jungle,just turn slowly,walk away.But slowly,never look back.你在丛林中若碰上美洲虎，就慢慢转身走开，可一定要慢，切莫回头看。

8 congestion   

n.阻塞，消化不良

参考例句：

• The congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.夏天城市交通阻塞尤为严重。
• Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在学校附近泊车会引起严重的交通堵塞。

9 unconditional   

adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的

参考例句：

• The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
• My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。