老外最想聊的100個(gè)英語口語話題（93)：能源危機(jī)

　　Energy Crisis 能源危機(jī)

　　dialogue 1

　　Florence: Our new apartmcnt is using solar energy.

　　我們的新公寓用的是太陽能.

　　Taytor:Really? Does that mean you are paying more eacb month? Solar cncrgy is cxpcnsive.

　　是嗎?那你們晦月的支出是不是會(huì)更大啊?太陽能很貴的.

　　F: It is right now. But it will go down in the future when more people arc encouraged to use it and the technology is furtber developed.

　　現(xiàn)在是.但是如果技術(shù)進(jìn)一步改善，使用的人更多的話，成本肯定會(huì)降下來的。

　　T: That's for sure.

　　那是一定的.

　　F: Guess what? I heard that solar cars will be C0mmercially available in 2020.

　　知道嗎?我聽說到2020年，太陽能汽車就能普及。

　　T: Oh, that's reaIIy encouraging with oil pnccs on the rise.

　　是嗎?那可是好消息，看現(xiàn)在油價(jià)不斷在上漲.

　　F: But I think the price hikcs are not a bad thing.

　　可我認(rèn)為價(jià)格上漲也不是壞搴.

　　T: What do yuu mean?

　　為什么啊?

　　F:People will be forccd to tum to alternativc aicrgy like solar energy.

　　這樣的話，人們就不得不用可替代能源，比如太陽能了.

　　T: Oh. I see. Then it will belp bring down the pfjcc of solar energy.

　　哦，明白了。那太陽能的價(jià)格就會(huì)降低了.

　　F: D,:frnitely. Many developed countries are tryirlg to develop alternative energy to casc oil shortage.

　　的確。許多發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家正努力開發(fā)可替代能源，來緩解石油短缺的現(xiàn)狀.

　　T: That's right Altcmativc energy markets like solar and wind in Cbina arc also growing,but we still havc a long way to go befOR everyone uses them.

　　在中國(guó)，可替代能源的市場(chǎng)如太陽能和風(fēng)能正在發(fā)展，但是要普及，還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走.

　　F: But it's worth the effort. If we want to make our earth a better pIace to live we need to move forward.

　　但是這值得我們?nèi)ヅ?，如果我們想要地球變得更適宜居住，我們就需要不斷努力.

　　T: I can't agree more.

　　完全同意.

　　dialogue 2

　　F: excuse me, can you pass me that newspaper, please?

　　打擾一下,請(qǐng)您遞給我那份報(bào)紙好嗎?

　　T: here it is.

　　給您.

　　F: thanks. It seems that the flight will be late.

　　謝謝.好像航班要晚點(diǎn)了.

　　T: yes, it seems that way. This paper says the price of gasoline will rise.

　　好像是這樣.報(bào)紙上說油價(jià)要漲了.

　　F: I hope it doesn't affect the price of plane tickets.

　　我希望不要影響機(jī)票的價(jià)格.

　　T: it doesn't look good. We seem to have another energy crisis at hand .

　　看上去情況不妙.我們面臨著新的能源危機(jī).

　　F: we can definitely feel the oil shortage here in Beijing.

　　在北京這兒我們可以感到石油短缺.

　　T: it has already had a negative influence on the global economy.

　　石油短缺已經(jīng)影響到全球經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展.

　　F: I think we must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources.

　　資源迅速減少,我們要平衡對(duì)能源的需求.

　　T: I can't agree more. We must use our energy resources wisely in order to maintain ourquality of life.

　　的確.要想保證生活質(zhì)量,我們必須合理利用能源.

　　F: like what?

　　比如說?

　　T: using efficient appliances.

　　使用高效節(jié)能電器.

　　F: don't we have other ways to bring us out of the energy crisis?

　　有沒有其他辦法能讓我們擺脫能源危機(jī)呢?

　　T: definitely. I think solar energy is the best way to solve the energy crisis.

　　有啊!我想使用太陽能是解決能源危機(jī)的最好辦法.

　　F: you have a point here. But I think we should also enhance people's awareness of energyconservation.

　　你說的有道理,但是我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該提高人們節(jié)約能源的意識(shí).

　　T: yes, you're right. We should encourage energy conservation and improve energyefficiency .

　　是啊.我們應(yīng)該鼓勵(lì)能源節(jié)約,提高能源的利用率.