英语新闻听写 热衷环保 Lyft自愿成为碳抵消最大买家

Lyft launched a program this week to "immediately offset¹ the carbon emissions² from all rides globally."

本周Lyft发起了一项“即刻抵消全球所有汽车的碳排放”的计划。

The company has committed to ensuring that "any Lyft ride... will be carbon neutral."

该公司已承诺确保所有的Lyft汽车都是碳中和的。

There are approximately 1.4 million cars that drive for the San Francisco-based company.

这家位于旧金山的公司大约有140万辆汽车。

Lyft drivers made 376 million rides in 2017 and drove over a billion miles.

2017年，Lyft司机载人3.76亿次且行驶里程数超过了十亿英里。

So, it's safe to say that's a big pledge.

因此，可以说这是一个巨大的承诺。

Lyft will become one of the top voluntary purchasers of carbon offsets³, which means the company believes it will offset more than one million metric tons of carbon.

Lyft将成为碳抵消的最大自愿买家之一，也就是说该公司认为它将抵消一百多万公吨的碳。

1 offset   

n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿

参考例句：

• Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
• He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

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 offsets   

n.开端( offset的名词复数 )；出发v.抵消( offset的第三人称单数 )；补偿；（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置）；为（管道等）装支管

参考例句：

• The following paragraphs deal with intra-source offsets and the so-called \"bubble\" concept. 下面讨论污染源内部的补偿和所谓的“泡泡”概念。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The preceding paragraphs were concerned with inter-source offsets. 前文牵涉到污染源之间的补偿。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法