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新一代革命性环境主义

2011-06-21来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Environmental activists have relied on public pressure, boycotts and confrontation to advance their cause over the past few decades.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句:Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

2. Field created a natural space for the community where neighbors could come together and build a project to get access to food.

get access to走进,接近,能够利用某物
例句:Students must get access to good books.
学生必须有机会读到书。

3. Hunter grew up with environmental activism.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句:When the children grow up, the parents grow old.
等孩子长大时,父母都老了。

4. There is much more diversity going on than before.

go on过去, 消逝
例句:As time went on, many changes took place in our village.
随着时间的流逝, 我们村发生了很多变化。

5. I feel like the faces and the voices are not just of white, rich people.

feel like想要…
例句:Do you feel like going to a movie?
你想看电影吗?

6. In "The Next Eco-Warriors," Kenyan Kevin Ochieng, 24, tells of leading 5,000 young people in a march up Mt. Kenya to draw attention to the problem of climate change and demand government action against global warming.

draw attention to引起对…的注意
例句:The article was intended to draw attention to the situation in Cambodia.
这篇文章的意图是引起人们对柬埔寨形势的注意。

7. It was being hacked down and being logged to destruction, killing a lot of biodiversity in this region and destroying cultures that were there too.

hack down砍倒
例句:I'm going to hack the tree down.
我打算把那棵树砍倒。

8. One example is Elizabeth Redmond, who uses innovation to create a flooring system that you can walk on to generate power.

walk on继续走
例句:Let's walk on a bit further before we stop to eat.
咱们再往前走一点再停下来吃饭吧。

9. “For a long time I was really putting the idea out there and getting a lot of traction in the press and seeking to inspire and educate people about this possibility as the future of energy,” Redmond says.

put out出版; 发行; 发布
例句:The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.
政府将于明天发布一项新声明。

10. An example is using our traditional knowledge and combining it with maybe our western education.

combine with与…结合
例句:If your talent combines with diligence, you can excel in your pursuit.
如果你把天赋与勤奋结合起来, 你所追求的事业便会出类拔萃。