Environment

　　关注环境，讨论世界各国尤其是中国的环境问题。

　　Environment

　　重点词句

　　1. A progressive state

　　一个进步的州。加利福尼亚州在环保问题上是非常严肃的。

　　2. Carried on afterwards

　　在...之后继续坚持下去。

　　3. Turn off water

　　关掉水龙头。刷牙的时候记得关掉水龙头。

　　4. Suffocate

　　窒息。在加州，人们会把可乐瓶剪开，防止海豚误食而窒息。

　　5. Out of ritual

　　出于习惯。

　　6. Smell the pollution

　　闻到污染。

　　7. Got sick after got back to Europe

　　回到欧洲后生病了。因为之前已经习惯了中国的污染，到了没有污染的欧洲，反而生病了。What a irony!

　　8. Pollution mask

　　防霾面罩。

　　9. How the government is allowing this to happen

　　政府怎么可能让这种事情发生?外国人很惊讶中国政府让环境这样地恶化下去。

　　10. China has gotten a history of caring its land.

　　中国有关注自己土地资源的历史。但奇怪的是怎么今天让环境污染进行的如此彻底?

　　11. Close down factories

　　关闭工厂。在抗日战争70年期间，工厂全部关闭，天空湛蓝无比。

　　12. Od dnumbers could drive on a certain day, while cars with license number finishing in even numbers could drive another day

　　单双号限行。5个中文字居然翻译出这么多英文，这不科学。

　　13. Volunteer to clean the environment

　　自愿清洁环境。

　　14. This concerns everybody.

　　这事关每个人。环境治理，人人有责。

　　托福话题示范回答

　　What can we do to improve the environment?

　　Sample Answer

　　What we can do, first of all, to save the environment is to change our daily routine,a little bit. Take less baths; take more showers. Make sure that you turn off the tap water, when you are brushing your teeth or, when you’re cleaning the dishes. Make sure that you don’t use too much. You should turn off the light.You can also take public transportation. Instead of taking a vehicle, because with public transportation everyone is polluting together, rather than polluting apart. You can ride your bicycle. I think that its all about every little act every day. A small act everyday. That will help. And I think that if we all do that and participate in a certain way. We can gradually help the environment to change. But, it is also about education. The individual’s role is to make little acts and changes in their routines. But the government’s role is to educate its people, so that they know what to do.