SSS 2010-08-17
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute.
Most of us know we should rein 1 in our energy use. But to be successful, it'd help if we knew the best way to do it. So scientists asked more than 500 people, "What's the most effective thing you can do to conserve 2 energy?" The results were illuminating 3.
More than half the participants focused on conservation by curtailment 4: switching off the lights, changing thermostat 5 settings and driving less. Only 12 percent went for efficiency: using compact fluorescent 6 bulbs, insulating the house or driving a hybrid 7 car. But scientists say that it's actually these moves that yield the bigger energy savings 8. The results appear in the Proceedings 9 of the National Academy of Sciences.
The study authors think that a big factor is that curtailment is easier to imagine doing—while efforts to improve efficiency would involve, for example, doing research about new appliances or cars, and spending money up front to buy them.
But if people knew more about the actual energy requirements of their activities versus 10 the savings available through efficiency, they might be spurred to act. To quote physicist 11 and energy expert Arthur Rosenfeld: "Energy efficiency is like a Saudi Arabia under our cities."
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
- The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
- He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。
- He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
- Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力，你会用得着的！
- We didn't find the examples he used particularly illuminating. 我们觉得他采用的那些例证启发性不是特别大。
- I found his talk most illuminating. 我觉得他的话很有启发性。
- The usage based allocation method and the curtailment based allocation method are discuss. 在责任分摊法中，阐述了使用程度分摊法和裁减量分摊法。 来自互联网
- In transaction curtailment study, different transaction curtailment models using different types of curtailment objectives. 在交易裁减的研究中，不同的交易裁减模型采用了不同类型的裁减目标。 来自互联网
- The thermostat is connected by a link to the carburetor.恒温控制器是由一根连杆与汽化器相连的。
- The temperature is controlled by electronic thermostat with high accuracy.电子恒温器，准确性高。
- They observed the deflections of the particles by allowing them to fall on a fluorescent screen.他们让粒子落在荧光屏上以观察他们的偏移。
- This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color.这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩。
- That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
- The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
- I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
- By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
- The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。