day 126resources and pollution
unit 17 · environment and changeresources and pollution
Talk about natural resources, energy and pollution, and explain what makes a flood worse.
today’s words
- 采矿 cǎikuàng · to mine
- 开采 kāicǎi · to extract, mine
- 勘探 kāntàn · to prospect, survey (for resources)
- 矿 kuàng · mine; ore
- 矿藏 kuàngcáng · mineral deposits
- 矿产 kuàngchǎn · minerals, mineral products
- 储量 chǔliàng · reserves
- 蕴藏 yùncáng · to hold in store, contain
- 煤炭 méitàn · coal
- 炭 tàn · charcoal
- 柴油 cháiyóu · diesel
- 燃油 rányóu · fuel oil, fuel
- 燃气 ránqì · gas (for cooking, heating)
- 能耗 nénghào · energy consumption
- 尾气 wěiqì · exhaust (fumes)
- 超标 chāobiāo · to exceed the standard
- 泄漏 xièlòu · to leak
- 焚烧 fénshāo · to burn, incinerate
- 废品 fèipǐn · scrap, waste (items)
- 废弃 fèiqì · to discard; abandoned
- 废物 fèiwù · waste; (insult) good-for-nothing
- 净化 jìnghuà · to purify
- 砍伐 kǎnfá · to fell, cut down (trees)
- 流失 liúshī · to be lost, drain away
- 水土 shuǐtǔ · water and soil
- 水源 shuǐyuán · water source
- 水利 shuǐlì · water conservancy
- 湿地 shīdì · wetland
- 绿地 lǜdì · green space
- 温室 wēnshì · greenhouse
- 枯竭 kūjié · dried up, exhausted
- 灭绝 mièjué · to become extinct
- 绝迹 juéjì · to disappear, die out
- 濒危 bīnwēi · endangered, on the brink
- 珍稀 zhēnxī · rare and precious
sentences
- 上游的森林被砍伐了，水土大量流失，下游的田一下雨就涝。 · The forests upstream were cut down, a lot of soil was washed away, and the fields downstream get waterlogged whenever it rains.
- 湿地可以净化水，还能吸收洪水。 · Wetlands purify water and can also soak up floods.
- 虽说煤炭便宜，但污染太大了。 · Coal may be cheap, but it pollutes far too much.
- 这个矿的储量快要枯竭了，矿里的工人也都撤离了。 · This mine’s reserves are nearly exhausted, and the miners have all left.
- 这种珍稀的鸟已经是濒危动物了。 · This rare bird is already an endangered species.