英語情景口語:能源危機(jī)

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英語口語頻道為網(wǎng)友整理的《英語情景口語:能源危機(jī)》,供大家參考學(xué)習(xí)。
    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,可替代能源的市場如太陽能和風(fēng)能正在發(fā)展,但是要普及,還有很長的路要走.
    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.
    T: yes, you're right. We should encourage energy conservation and improve energyefficiency .
    是啊.我們應(yīng)該鼓勵能源節(jié)約,提高能源的利用率.