2017年Text4
主题:森林野火及其带来的问题
题目:California, the causes go beyond climate
加州,原因不仅仅是气候
来源:The Christian Science Monitor 《基督教科学箴言报》
36.More frequent wildfires have become a national concern because in 2015 they_______.(细节题——因果细节题)
频繁发生的森林火灾已成为举国关注的事是因为在2015年它们……
consumed a record-high percentage of budget.
消耗破纪录的高百分比的预算。
原文P1:
①Though often viewed as a problem for western states, the growing frequency of wildfires is a national concern because of its impact on federal tax dollars, says Professor Max Moritz, a specialist in fire ecology and management.
译:日益频繁的森林大火尽管常常被视为西部州的棘手问题,但由于它对联邦税款的不良影响而变成了一件举国关切之事,林火生态与管理专家马克斯·莫里茨教授说。
原文P2:
①In 2015,the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires——nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.
译:2015年,美国森林管理局野外火灾上花费的费用首次超过其年预算(55亿美金)的1.5倍——其比例几乎是20年前的两倍。
②In effect,fewer federal funds today are going towards the agency's other work——such as forest conservation,watershed and cultural resources management,and infrastructure upkeep-that affect the lives of all Americans.
译:事实上,如今用于该机构其他工作的联邦基金减少了,诸如森林保护、集水区及文化资源管理、以及基础设施养护等,这些都影响着美国人的生活。
37.Moritz calls for the use of "a magnifying glass" to ________.(细节题)
莫里茨呼吁用“放大镜”是为了……
guarantee safer spending of public funds.
确保公共资金的支出更可靠。
原文P3:
①Another nationwide concern is whether public funds from other agencies are going into construction in fire-prone districts.
译:另一件举国关切之事是,来自其他机构的公共基金是否被用于火灾易发区建设。
②As Moritz puts it, how often are federal dollars building homes that are likely to be lost to a wildfire?
译:以莫里茨的话来讲就是,联邦资金用于建设那些可能会被毁于林火的家园的频率如何。
原文P4:
①While climate is a key element,Moritz says, it shouldn’t come at the expense of the rest of the equation.
译:尽管气候是一个关键要素,但它不应以牺牲其他影响因素作为代价,莫里茨说。
①“The human systems and the landscapes we live on are linked, and the interactions go both ways," he says.
译:“人类系统与我们所赖以生存的地景相互关联,而且,两者间的相互影响是双向的,”他说。
②Failing to recognize that, he notes, leads to "an overly simplified view of what the solutions might be.
译:不能认识到这一点会导致“对可能性解决措施的看法过于简化。对问题的认知以及对问题解决办法的认知变得极其有限,”他指出。
③Our perception of the problem and of what the solution is becomes very limited.”
译:对问题的认知以及对问题解决办法的认知变得极其有限,”他指出。
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