VOA常速英语2019--特朗普政府大幅减少对本国溪流等环境资源的保护

The Trump¹ administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation's millions of kilometers of streams, arroyos² and wetlands, a sweeping³ environmental rollback that could leave the waterways more vulnerable to pollution, that is, from development, industry and farms.

周四，特朗普政府不再保护对本国的数百万公里溪流、河谷、湿地，这是环保方面的大幅退步，可能导致水道遭受发展、工业、农场带来的污染。

The move narrows the types of waterways that qualify for federal protection under the Clean Water Act.

此举导致《清洁水法》下符合联邦政府保护的水道类型变少。

EPA assistant administrator⁴ David Ross says the water rule doesn't mean that states can't extend protection to waters as they deem necessary.

环境保护局副局长大卫·罗斯表示，《清洁水法》的规定并不意味着各州不能根据必要性来拓展对水域的保护。

This is not a rule that presumes if the federal government doesn't regulate, there is no regulation. That has been a fault of the former administrations, and it is simply not true.

这个规定并不意味着：如果联邦政府不监管，就没有监管了。这是前政府犯下的错误，这根本不是真的。

Environmental groups and public health advocates say the rollbacks will allow businesses to dump pollutants⁵ into unprotected waterways, fill in wetlands and threaten public water supplies downstream while harming wildlife and habitat.

一些环保组织和公共卫生的倡导者表示，这种环保的退步会让一些企业将污染物倒入不受保护的水道，导致湿地被填满，威胁公共水资源的下游供给，威胁野生动物和栖息地。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 arroyos   

n.（美洲沙漠中的）旱谷，干涸沟壑( arroyo的名词复数 )；干谷

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3 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

4 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

5 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