Welcome back, Feifei! Good holiday?
歡迎回來,菲菲!假期開心嗎?
The best, Neil!
棒極了,尼爾!
We flew to Mexico, then up to California, and then drove all the way across the States from LA to New York.
我們坐飛機去了墨西哥,然後去加利福尼亞,然後從洛杉磯橫穿美國去了紐約。
Incredible. All in one week?
太精彩了。都是在一周之內嗎?
Yes. It’s just that…
是的。只是……
What?
什麼?
I can’t help thinking... all that travelling can’t be great for the environment.
我忍不住想……這趟旅行對環境可不那麼友好。
I know. You must have a pretty big carbon footprint right now.
我知道。你現在的碳足跡一定很高了。
Enormous.
超級大。
Let’s take a moment to explain this phrase 『carbon footprint』.
我們花點時間來解釋一下短語「carbon footprint」吧。
Then plan what to do about it.
然後計劃一下我們可以為此做些什麼。
Carbon dioxide is a gas that contributes to climate change.
「carbon dioxide」(二氧化碳)是一種導致氣候變化的氣體。
And your 『carbon footprint』 is the amount of carbon dioxide you produce through your activities –
你的「碳足跡」是指一個人在日常活動中所引起的溫室氣體排放的總量,
things like how much electricity you use…
比如你用了多少電……
How much oil and gas you use…
用了多少油,多少氣……
What you eat is another factor.
你的飲食也是一個因素。
And of course your trips by car, plane and so on…
當然還有你乘車、乘飛機旅行等等……
If you take a lot of flights, then you have a large carbon footprint! Like me.
如果你乘飛機次數越多,你的碳足跡就越大!就像我這樣。
And me. And the people in these examples.
還有我。還有例句中的這些人。
I used the air conditioning non-stop all summer. My carbon footprint must be huge.
整個夏天我一直在用空調,都沒停過。我的碳足跡一定很大。
Martina has the highest carbon footprint of all her colleagues. She drives everywhere, flies every weekend, and eats nothing but red meat.
瑪蒂娜的碳足跡是她所有同事當中最大的。她開車去各種地方,每周都坐飛機,只吃紅肉。
I downloaded an app to calculate my carbon footprint. The results are pretty shocking.
我下載了一個應用程式來計算我的碳足跡。結果真的讓我大吃一驚。
You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English.
這裡是BBC「地道英語」節目。
The expression we're looking at in this programme is 'carbon footprint'.
本期節目中我們正在討論的短語是「carbon footprint」。
OK, we』ve heard the examples.
好的,我們已經聽過例句了。
And Neil, I have a plan. It’s time to reduce my footprint.
尼爾,我有一個想法,是時候減小我的碳足跡了。
Great. That’s the verb we normally use: reduce.
太棒了,這個動詞我們經常使用:reduce(減少,降低)。
We talk about reducing our carbon footprint, by changing the way we live.
我們正在討論通過改變我們的生活方式來減少我們的碳足跡。
So, what’s the plan?
所以,是什麼想法呢?
I’m going to cycle to work, use less heating in winter, and… I』ve got these new shoes.
我打算開始騎自行車來上班,冬天也要少開暖氣,我還買了這雙鞋……
Great. But, shoes?
很好,但是,鞋子?
They’re made of recycled plastic.
他們是用回收塑料製作的。
Fantastic, aren’t they?
特別棒,是不是?
Well, that’s one way to reduce your footprint!
好吧,這是減小你的碳足跡的一種方法!
I even brought you a pair – a little present from my trip LA.
我甚至也給你買了一雙——也是我這有洛杉磯之行的小禮物。
You’re so kind.
你太好了。
I can wear them when I’m in Tokyo this weekend. And Paris next week. Oh, and Iceland tomorrow.
我可以周末去東京的時候穿,下周去巴黎的時候穿。哦,明天去冰島穿。
Only kidding!
開玩笑啦!
Yes, I want to hear your plan to reduce your carbon footprint, Neil!
是的,我希望也可以聽到你減小碳足跡的計劃,尼爾!
Bye.
拜拜。
英文、圖片來源:BBC Learning English