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TECHNOLOGY REPORT - South Pacific Islands Now Totally Powered by the Sun

科技报道 - 托克劳群岛完全由太阳能发电

From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English.

这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。

Officials say the islands of Tokelau in the South Pacific Ocean have become the world’s first territory totally powered by the sun. The move is expected to save money and ease the environmental burden of depending on imported fossil fuels.

有关官员表示,南太平洋的托克劳群岛已经成为世界上首个完全由太阳能发电的地区。此举有望节省资金,减轻依赖进口化石燃料对环境的负担。

New Zealand’s foreign affairs minister released a statement about The Tokelau Renewable Energy Project. Murray McCully said Tokelau’s three main atolls, or islands, now have enough solar capacity to meet all of their electricity needs. He said until now, Tokelau has been one hundred percent dependent on diesel1 for producing electricity. That, he said, has burdened the country with heavy economic and environmental costs.

新西兰外交部长默里·麦卡利(Murray McCully)就托克劳的可再生能源项目发表了一份声明。麦卡利表示,托克劳的三个主要珊瑚岛目前已经拥有足够的太阳能发电量来满足他们所有的电力需求。他说,在此之前托克劳一直完全依赖柴油发电,这使得该国背负了沉重的经济和环境成本。

The three atolls of Tokelau are Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo. The group of islands is about halfway2 between New Zealand and Hawaii and is administered by New Zealand. Together they have about one thousand five hundred citizens.

托克劳的三个主要珊瑚岛分别是阿塔富,努库诺努和法考福。这个群岛大约位于新西兰和夏威夷的中间地带,由新西兰统治,一共有大约1500名居民。

Each atoll received its own solar power grid3 system. New Zealand officials estimated the cost of the project to build the three solar grids4 at around seven million dollars. The last of the grids was completed earlier this month.

每个珊瑚岛都获得了自己的太阳能电网系统。新西兰官员估计建设这三个太阳能电网项目的成本在700万美元左右。本月初完成了电网的最后一部分。

It is estimated that oil imports make up to thirty percent of national income in some parts of the Pacific. The move to solar power could save Tokelau about one million dollars a year. One project coordinator5 said Tokelau would now be able to spend more on social programs to help its citizens.

据估计,石油进口占到了太平洋一些地区国民收入的30%以上。转向太阳能发电每年可以为托克劳节约大约100万美元。一位项目协调员表示,托克劳现在将能够在社会事业上投入更多资金以帮助其国民。

Other South Pacific islands are attempting similar projects. The island nations of Samoa and Tuvalu are aiming to get all of their electricity from renewable sources by twenty-twenty. The Cook Islands plans to start moving to solar panels and wind turbines. And most houses in the South Pacific groups of islands will begin to use solar water heaters.

其它南太平洋岛屿正在尝试类似项目。萨摩亚和图瓦卢等岛国希望在2020年前让全部电力来自于可再生能源。库克群岛计划开始转向太阳能和风力涡轮机。南太平洋群岛的多数家庭将开始使用太阳能热水器。

East Timor's government has promised that no households in the capital, Dili, would be using firewood for cooking by twenty fifteen. It also says fifty percent of the country's electricity will come from renewable sources by the end of the decade.

东帝汶政府已作出承诺,到2015年在首都帝力没有家庭使用柴火做饭。它还表示到这个十年结束,该国50%的电力将来自可再生能源。

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says the country will hold a Pacific energy summit in March next year. He said the meeting would build on the success of clean and affordable6 energy solutions for Tokelau, Tonga, and the Cook Islands.

新西兰外长麦卡利表示,该国将于明年3月举行太平洋能源峰会。他表示,这次会议将建立在托克劳、汤加和库克群岛清洁廉价能源解决方案的成功基础之上。

And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report, written by June Simms. Transcripts7, MP3s and podcasts of our reports are at www.voanews.cn. We’re also on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter at VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember.


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1 diesel ql6zo     
n.柴油发动机,内燃机
参考例句:
  • We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
  • My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。
2 halfway Xrvzdq     
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
参考例句:
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
3 grid 5rPzpK     
n.高压输电线路网;地图坐标方格;格栅
参考例句:
  • In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下,要用载体把格栅密封起来。
  • Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。
4 grids 3ee63c2476f49cd6c03c72e14687b4f7     
n.格子( grid的名词复数 );地图上的坐标方格;(输电线路、天然气管道等的)系统网络;(汽车比赛)赛车起跑线
参考例句:
  • Typical framed structures are beams, grids, plane and space frames or trusses. 典型构架结构为梁、格栅、平面的和空间的框架或桁架。 来自辞典例句
  • The machines deliver trimmed grids for use or stock. 这种机器铸出修整过的板栅,以供使用或储存。 来自辞典例句
5 coordinator Gvazk6     
n.协调人
参考例句:
  • The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下,负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
  • How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室?
6 affordable kz6zfq     
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
参考例句:
  • The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
7 transcripts 525c0b10bb61e5ddfdd47d7faa92db26     
n.抄本( transcript的名词复数 );转写本;文字本;副本
参考例句:
  • Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样,都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
  • You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书,你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句

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