day 67energy and the planet
unit 9 · science & techenergy and the planet
Talk about energy, pollution and green living: coal, oil and gas, solar and wind, emissions and saving energy, in the written style of 于.
today’s words
- 能源 néngyuán · energy (sources)
- 能量 néngliàng · energy (amount)
- 新能源 xīnnéngyuán · new energy (renewables)
- 太阳能 tàiyángnéng · solar energy
- 风力 fēnglì · wind power
- 发电 fādiàn · to generate electricity
- 电力 diànlì · electric power
- 电源 diànyuán · power supply, socket
- 煤 méi · coal
- 石油 shíyóu · oil, petroleum
- 天然气 tiānránqì · natural gas
- 燃料 ránliào · fuel
- 消耗 xiāohào · to consume, use up
- 节能 jiénéng · to save energy; energy-saving
- 低碳 dītàn · low-carbon
- 二氧化碳 èryǎnghuàtàn · carbon dioxide
- 排放 páifàng · to emit, discharge
- 污水 wūshuǐ · waste water, sewage
- 饮用水 yǐnyòngshuǐ · drinking water
- 噪声 zàoshēng · noise
- 生态 shēngtài · ecology, ecosystem
- 绿化 lǜhuà · to green (plant trees and grass)
- 再生 zàishēng · to regenerate; renewable
- 循环 xúnhuán · to circulate; cycle
- 短缺 duǎnquē · to be short of; shortage
sentences
- 太阳能和风力都属于新能源，而且可以再生。 · Solar and wind are both new energy sources, and they are renewable.
- 这座城市的电力主要来自于煤。 · This city’s electricity comes mainly from coal.
- 汽车排放的二氧化碳越来越多。 · Cars are giving off more and more carbon dioxide.
- 工厂的污水必须经过检测，合格以后才能排放。 · Factory waste water must be tested and pass before it can be released.
- 有些地区饮用水短缺，只能用管道从水库输送过来。 · Some regions are short of drinking water and have to pipe it in from reservoirs.