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關(guān)注環(huán)境

Don't throw the batteries into the garbage basket!
不要把電池扔進垃圾筐。

Why?
為什么？

Don't you know that batteries is polluting?
你不知道電池是會污染的嗎？

No.
不知道。

It should be collected separately. There is a special box for it at the entrance of this apartment. Take them there.
電池應(yīng)該分開收集。在這個公寓的入口處有一個特別的箱子，是回收電池的。把它們拿到那里去。

I see. When did you become an environmentalist?
我知道了。你什么時候變成一個環(huán)保主義者？

I'm not. Everybody should pay attention to the environmental protection, which is for our own sake.
我不是。人人都應(yīng)該注意保護環(huán)境，這是為我們自己好。

You're right.
你說得對。

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環(huán)境污染

Well, no one could survive without water. But you see pollution has been making more and more water unable for drinking.
嗯，沒人能離開水而存活下去。但是你看，水污染越來越嚴重，使水都無法飲用。

Yeah. Water pollution has for a long time been a major concern among the environmental issues.
是的。水污染長時間以來都是一個主要的環(huán)境問題。

But what are the sources of water pollution?
但是水污染的污染源是什么？

They could generally be divided into two categories: direct and indirect contaminant sources.
它們通?？梢苑殖蓛深悾褐苯游廴驹春烷g接污染源。

Well, direct ones are pollution directly from factories, refineries, waste treatment plants etc, aren't they?
額，直接污染源是那些從工廠、精煉廠、污水處理廠排放出來的污染，是嗎？

Yeah. They are emitted directly into urban water supplies.
是的。它們直接排放到城市供水系統(tǒng)中。

But what about the indirect ones?
但是間接污染源是什么呢？

Indirect sources include contaminants that enter the water supply from soils or groundwater systems and from the atmosphere via rainwater.
間接污染源包括來進入給水系統(tǒng)的污染物，這些污染物自泥土和地下水系統(tǒng)以及大氣、雨水。

I see. For the sake of us all, we should be an active participator in the prevention of it.
我明白了。為了我們所有人好，我們應(yīng)該積極參與水資源的保護。

Sure. It’s an issue asking for everyone's participation.
是的。這是一個需要人人參與的問題。