外國人最想和你聊的時事話題：垃圾處理

     On-line monitoring system should be installed for urban domestic garbage disposal sites.
     城市生活垃圾處理處置場（廠）集中在線監(jiān)控系統(tǒng)應(yīng)該建立起來。
     The action plan calls for countries to reduce by half the number of people living without clean water and waste removal systems by the year 2015.
     此項行動計劃呼吁各國到2015年為止，使生活在無干凈水和垃圾處理系統(tǒng)里的人口數(shù)量減少一半。
     There are 345 garbage treatment plants of various kinds being investigated and 107 ones being monitored.
     共調(diào)查各類垃圾處理場345座，監(jiān)測107座。
     Refuse disposal operatives is our council's euphemistic name for dustmen.
     垃圾處理工是我們市政會對清潔工的委婉稱謂。
     Chinese garbage disposal industry started late, but with the years of development, our garbage disposal industry has taken shape.
     中國垃圾處理行業(yè)起步晚，但通過近年來的發(fā)展，我國垃圾處理產(chǎn)業(yè)初具規(guī)模。
     The garbage disposal market in our country has stepped in to the growth period from leading-in period and is developing towards mature period.
     現(xiàn)在我國的垃圾處理市場已經(jīng)從導(dǎo)入期進入到成長期，并正向成熟期邁進。
     With the increasing concern about environment issues, energy saving and environment protection has become the development theme of each country, which provide opportunity for the development of garbage disposal industry.
     隨著環(huán)境問題逐漸被重視，節(jié)能、環(huán)保成為各國的發(fā)展主題，已經(jīng)開始為垃圾處理提供產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展的機會。
     The recycling and processing of discarded resources and materials not only resolve the energy shortage problem but reduce the discharge of garbage.
     廢棄資源和廢舊材料回收利用加工不但解決了資源短缺問題，還降低了垃圾排放。
     The ways of garbage disposal is different due to national conditions.
     國外對城市垃圾的處理一般是隨國情而不同。
     Landfill takes relatively big proportion in the terminal way of garbage disposal.
     填埋法作為垃圾的最終處置手段一直占有較大比例。
     Because of complying with the requirement of energy recycling, burning has become the widely used technology of urban garbage disposal around the world.
     由于順應(yīng)了回收能源的要求，焚燒成為了目前世界各國廣泛采用的城市垃圾處理技術(shù)。
     The landfill of urban garbage will lead to severe water and soil pollution.
     城市垃圾掩埋會導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的水土污染。
     Human's domestic garbage contains many noxious substances, germs, virus and various of heavy metals, which are extremely harm to the survival and proliferation of human and living things.
     人類的生活垃圾包括很多有毒有害物質(zhì)和病菌、病毒以及各種重金屬元素，極易危害人類和生物的正常生存繁衍。
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     Jimmy: Look, many garbage in the corner again.
     吉米：看，墻角處又堆放了很多垃圾。
     Andy: Yes, everyday there are many garbage, and they'll be carried away in the afternoon.
     安迪：是的，每天這里都會有很多垃圾，到了下午會被運走。
     Jimmy: Transport to where?
     吉米：這些垃圾要運到哪里去？
     Andy: Garbage landfill.
     安迪：垃圾填埋場。
     Jimmy: Do you mean that they will be buried?
     吉米：你的意思是進行垃圾填埋處理嗎？
     Andy: Yes, landfill is a broadly used way of garbage disposal in many countries.
     安迪：是的，現(xiàn)在填埋處理是很多國家廣泛使用的方法。
     Jimmy: But there are many garbage that can not easily degrade such as plastic bags, which need hundreds of years to degrade. Besides it contains many substances that do harm to soil.
     吉米：但是很多垃圾不容易降解，比如塑料袋，需要幾百年的時間才能降解。而且還有很多物質(zhì)對于土壤是有害的。
     Andy: Some other countries choose the disposal way of burning.
     安迪：有些國家也使用焚燒的方法處理垃圾。
     Jimmy: Burning also has disadvantages. The harmful even noxious components generated from burning garbage will diffuse and influence the air quality as well as human health.
     吉米：焚燒也有弊端。燃燒所產(chǎn)生的有害甚至有毒物質(zhì)會隨著風(fēng)擴散，影響空氣質(zhì)量和人們的身體健康。
     Andy: Aiming at these problems, many countries take measures to reduce the negative effect of environment by garbage disposal.
     安迪：針對你這些問題，很多國家都采取了應(yīng)對措施以減少垃圾處理對環(huán)境造成的危害。
     Jimmy: For example?
     吉米：比如呢？
     Andy: Some countries advocate the use of environment-protection plastic bags, which can be degraded in two or three years after land filling. Still other countries burn garbage in rural areas that is far away from residential areas.
     安迪：有些國家提倡使用環(huán)保塑料袋，這些塑料袋填埋后兩到三年就可以分解。還有的國家將垃圾焚燒場所設(shè)立在遠(yuǎn)離居民區(qū)的郊外。
     Jimmy: These are subjective methods. Which in my point of view is most important is to arise public awareness of environment protection, advocate saving and popularize the utilization of waste materials.
     吉米：這些都是主觀的方法。我認(rèn)為最重要的是喚起人們的環(huán)保意識，提倡節(jié)約，推廣廢物利用。
     Andy: You're right. The target can be effectively reached only if increasing public awareness.
     安迪：你說的對，只有提高了公共意識才能更有效地達(dá)到目的。