VOA慢速英语:Pollution Threatens Health of 200 Million

1. We will also report on concerns about dam projects in Vietnam.

concern about 使（自己）关心…
例句：Public concern about environmental pollution is mounting.
公众对环境污染的担忧在不断加剧。

2. We have Chernobyl -- which is not going to go away, obviously -- in the Ukraine. 

be going to 要，会，将要
例句：They tend to be going to school.
他们都将去上学。

3. We have two sites in Russia -- which one is a huge smelter, the other is a major chemical complex, which we think used to do a lot of chemical weapons.

a lot of 许多的; 诸多
例句：Bangladesh has a lot of rural poverty.
孟加拉有许多贫困的农村地区。

4. David Hanrahan notes progress in cleaning up some of world’s most dangerously-polluted places.

clean up 打扫; <口>赚钱
例句：Clean up someone else's mess.
清理一次他人惹下的乱子。

5. For example, he says, the Dominican Republic was on the first top 10 list because of high levels of lead at a recycling center.

for example 例如
例句：For example, consider incomplete contracts.
比如考虑一下不完整的合同。

6. But he says public health officials in many countries now understand the need to deal with pollution.

deal with 应付;  对待
例句：So how should you deal with a braggart?
那么应该怎么对待一个吹牛的人呢？

7. The discussions took place in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Elections take place every four years.
选举四年举行一次。

8. But he thinks they should think about ways to produce energy that do not require the building of hydropower dams.

think about 考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：I don't think about it much.
我不想过多地考虑这些。

9. He is expected to become the spiritual leader of Tibet when the current ** Lama dies.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

10. He says the Buddhist value of contentment -- being pleased -- could help save the environment by pushing back against consumerism, which he says is eating up the Earth’s resources.

eat up 吃光; 耗尽
例句：You must eat up your breakfast.
你必须把你的早点吃光。