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印度车辆激增造成公共健康危险

2012-02-24来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. Respiratory pediatrician S.K. Kabra has busy Saturdays. His outpatient waiting area at this New Delhi hospital teems with parents whose children complain of breathing difficulties.

teem with充满
例句:His mind is teeming with ideas.
他脑子里充满了各种想法。
complain of抱怨, 诉苦
例句:He complained of being underpaid.
他抱怨工资太低。

2. If a mother and a baby are exposed to some pollutant, that will increase respective morbidity

be exposed to遭受,暴露于…
例句:The machine is exposed to the wind and rain .
这台机器经受风吹雨打。

3. For poor and rural Indians, a significant danger comes from cooking with wood and other biomass.

come from由…造成, 源自
例句:Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

4. But the fastest-growing source of dangerous pollution is actually related to India's increasing wealth.

relate to涉及, 关系到…; 同…有…关系
例句:The unemployment figures are not necessarily related to the rise in prices.
失业的数目同物价的上涨并没有必然的联系。

5. She speaks of a "toxic spiral" with the growing number of vehicles on India's streets.

speak of谈到, 讲到
例句:They spoke of the old days on the campus.
他们谈起昔日的校园生活。

6. The pace of the problem is growing faster than our ability to deal with it.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句:There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

7. "Now your diesel emissions, which are several times more carcinogenic, because of the subsidized fuel, their numbers are galloping today and adding to the toxic risk in our cities," Roychowdhury explained.

add to 增加
例句:The snowstorm added to our difficulties.
暴风雪增加了我们的困难。

8. Akshay Mani, a specialist in sustainable transportation with the consultancy Embarq India, calls for taxing vehicles more to reflect their environmental cost.

call for要求
例句:The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

9. ou put it into a fund and use that fund to improve public transport and use it to create a more equitable system where you are taxing people who are driving while you're using that money to actually provide good public transport for other sections of society.

provide for供给,为…提供
例句:The local government provided special buses for the guests.
地方政府为宾客提供了专车。

10. How do you provide with the right kind of coverage given that public transport can't reach all parts of the city?

provide with给…提供;以…装备
例句:Somehow she managed to provide her children with food and clothing.
她总算设法使她的孩子有饭吃,有衣穿。