英语听力视频：北京大力保护水资源

英语自学网

        Beijing makes efforts to protect water supplies at source
        　　Water resources are quite limited in China, but a lack of water itself is not the only challenge. Pollution threatens the few resources there are. Liu Xinqing traveled to Beijing’s largest reservoir to take a look at the efforts to protect water supplies at their source.
        　　The reservoir in Miyun county some 70 kilometers to the north of Beijing is the only surface source of drinking water for the capital. It supplies about two thirds of Beijing’s drinking water, so obviously protection work here is extremely important.
        　　Hu Minggang, deputy director of Miyun Reservoir, said, "We strictly follow water safety regulations and for years we have kept the water quality here at grade two - which is acceptable for drinking water."
        　　Ensuring water quality is the number one issue. Water samples are collected from over 40 spots every week for testing in this lab. The fight isn’t an easy one. The reservoir covers over 80 square kilometers and there is a large population living around it. That makes for a very high pollution threat.
        　　Hu Minggang, deputy director of Miyun Reservoir, said, “For historical reasons, there are still 30,000 residents living around the reservoir, but we have been working with the local government to treat the waste water from residents, discourage them from using polluting substances in farming and encourage them to grow water-cleansing plants.”
        　　Mr Hu told us that tourists are also a big concern, because some of them manage to find their way to the reservoir with the help of local residents. Monitors in this room reach almost every place at the reservoir. This enables staff to quickly locate people entering without permission.
        　　Zheng Chunhong, reservoir worker, said, "Our major task here is to find tourists entering without permission, collect garbage they leave behind and explain its potential risk of water pollution."
        　　A large number of these workers patrol the reservoir everyday - putting them on the front lines of the fight against water pollution. The efforts are clearly worth it. Major incidents of water pollution earlier this year in Guangxi in south China and in Songhua River in northeast China several years ago - have been hard lessons and it should be avoided in the future.
        　　MiYun Reservoir is one of the best protected water sources in the country because it is so close to so many living in the capital city. But the situation nationwide is not as optimistic. The threats to water quality posed by China’s rapidly expanding economy will remain a tough challenge.
            
            

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        MiYun Reservoir is one of the best protected water sources in the country because it is so close to so many living in the capital city. But the situation nationwide is not as optimistic. The threats to water quality posed by China’s rapidly expanding economy will remain a tough challenge.
        密云水电站是我们国家保护水资源最好的水电站之一，因为它与首都人民生活密切相关。但是现在的情形不予乐观，水资源的质量受到经济快速发展的影响，这个问题对我们仍是一个严峻的挑战。
        1 resource 资源；renewable resource 可再生资源；water' resource 水资源；
        2 a lack of  缺少
        Her decision seems to show a lack of political judgment.
        她的决定似乎显示出缺乏政治判断力。
        3 threaten 威胁，恐吓
        Aggressive nations threaten world peace.
        侵略成性的国家威胁世界和平.
        4 reservoir 水电站
        5 supply n.供应[ pl.]存货，必需品 vt.供给；满足
        Pollution of the water supply reached a level pernicious to the health of the population.
        水源污染已经达到危及居民健康的程度。
        Demand began to exceed supply.
        开始供不应求。
        6 [b] [/b]extremely adv 非常，及其
        I found him extremely offensive.
        我发现他非常令人讨厌。
        7.cover vt.
        1.覆盖,遮盖(根据语境,译法较灵活)
        He covered the sleeping child with his coat.他把大衣盖在熟睡的孩子身上。
        The whole city is covered with/by thick fog.浓雾笼罩着整个城市。
        Books covered his desk.他的桌子上面尽是书。
        2.走过(一段路程);(钱)够付(费用);读了(多少页)
        They had covered fifty miles before they got to the village.他们在到达村庄钱已经走了50里路。
        8 concern n.关切的事；担心 vt.有关于；使担心
         This restaurant is a family concern.
        这家饭店是由一家人经营的。
        These problems concern all of us.
        这些问题影响到我们每一个人。
        How much money I earn is none of your concern.
        我挣多少钱与你无关。