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UN: World must end 'dirty' fuel use

Vocabulary

fossil¹ fuels

substances² formed underground from dead plants and animals which are used for energy (eg. coal, oil, gas)

locked into

unable to easily change a particular behaviour or plan because it has advantages (eg. financial)

greenhouse gases

gases in the atmosphere that trap escaping heat energy, causing some of it to pass back to the Earth's surface

building up

increasing gradually

phasing out

gradually reducing

boosting

increasing

assumptions

information accepted as true even if there is no proof

feasible

possible

1 fossil   

n.化石，食古不化的人，老顽固

参考例句：

• At this distance of time it is difficult to date the fossil.时间隔得这么久了，很难确定这化石的年代。
• The man is a fossil.那人是个老顽固。

2 substances   

n.物质( substance的名词复数 )；实质；物体；[哲学]1)。 本质

参考例句：

• substances with high levels of toxicity 毒性大的物质
• Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry. 核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。 来自《简明英汉词典》