新奇事件簿 旅游业的碳足迹

Climate scientists from the University of Sydney in Australia say tourism causes over 8 per cent of greenhouse¹ gasses. They also say that this figure will continue to increase because the tourism industry is growing. Their study looked at the carbon footprint of many different areas of tourism. It studied the CO2 emissions² from transport, events, hotels, restaurants and shopping. It even researched the carbon emissions from producing souvenirs. The researchers spent 18 months conducting the research. They included the tourist activities of 189 countries. Researcher Dr Arunima Malik said her team analyzed³ the impact⁴ on the environment of over one million businesses involved in tourism.

澳洲悉尼大学气候学家表示旅游业制造了超过8%的温室气体。他们还表示由于旅游业的增长，这个数字也会随之增加。他们的研究是观察不同旅游地区的碳排放量。其研究了交通、旅游项目、酒店、餐厅以及购物所产生的二氧化碳排放量。研究甚至还调查了生产纪念品所排放的二氧化碳。该研究历时18个月。他们的研究包含了189个国家的旅游活动。研究员Arunima Malik教授表示她的团队对旅游业中的一百多万种商业活动对环境的影响进行了分析。

The researchers said domestic⁵ travel was a bigger cause of CO2 emissions than international or business travel. Air travel was the largest part of tourism's footprint. The researchers said flying would continue to increase global emissions as more people in the world become richer. The countries causing the most harm were the biggest and richest nations. The USA, China, India and Germany had the largest tourism carbon footprints. Their carbon emissions will continue to increase as more of their citizens travel. The researchers encouraged holiday-makers and travelers to try and reduce their carbon footprint when on vacation so their travel causes less harm to the planet⁶.

研究人员表示相比国际旅游或商务旅游，国内旅游的二氧化碳排放量更大。航空旅游是旅游业碳足迹最大的部分。研究人员表示随着世界更多人变得富有，航空会继续增加全球排放量。造成危害最多的是那些最大最富有的国家。美国、中国、印度和德国旅游碳足迹最大。随着这几个国家国民旅游人数的增多，其二氧化碳排放量将持续增长。研究人员鼓励度假者和旅游者在旅行时尝试着减少他们的碳足迹，这样他们的旅行就不会为地球带来更多伤害。

 

1 greenhouse   

n.花房，温室，玻璃暖房

参考例句：

• Behind the green house was a greenhouse.在那所绿房子后面是一个花房。
• The tomatoes were grown in the greenhouse.这些西红柿是在温室栽培的。

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 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 impact   

n.冲击，碰撞；影响；vt.装紧，压紧

参考例句：

• The computer had made a great impact on modern life.计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.
• How will the war impact on such a poet?战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响？

5 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。

6 planet   

n.行星

参考例句：

• Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。