第九單元筆記
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Sweden 瑞典
Many people in Sweden have blond hair.
在瑞典許多人有黃金色的頭髮。
Cause 導致；引起 What caused the car crash?
什麼原因導致車禍？
Pollution 污染
The factory causes a lot of air pollution.
工廠造成大量的空氣污染。
Government 政府
She had a career in local government.
他在當地政府有一份職業。
Record 紀錄；記載
That judge has a record of being tough on criminals.
這名法官已經嚴懲有紀錄的罪犯。
Protect 保護；防護
This law will protect children from bad people.
這項法律將保護兒童遭壞人。
Encourage 鼓勵；支持
My mother gives us money to encourage us to do well in school.
我的母親給了我們錢，鼓勵我們在學校做好事。
Hybrid 混合而成的
Jack's hybrid car doesn't use much gas.
傑克的混合動力車不需要使用很多的汽油。
Geothermal 地熱的
Hot springs are a source of geothermal energy.
溫泉的來源是地熱能源。
Energy 能量；能源
We use too much energy to heat our house in the winter.
在冬天我們用太多能源來加熱我們的屋子。
Reduce 減少；降低
I'm trying to reduce the amount of sugar I eat.
我試圖減少我吃得糖份。
Develop 開發；發展
The scientists developed a new way to treat that disease.
科學家開發一種新方法來治療這種疾病。
Biofuel 生質燃料；可再生能源
Biofuel is made from things that come from the Earth.
生質燃料是從地球的某種東西所組成的。
Wave 波；波浪
Look at the surfer riding that big wave!
看這個衝浪者衝這個大浪。
Similar 相像的；類似的
Why did you buy that dress? It's similar to the one you already have.
為什麼你要買那件衣服？你已經有一件跟它類似的。
課文翻譯
Sweden has a good record for protecting the environment and already uses less oil, compared with most other countries.
相較於其他多數國家來說，瑞典在保護環境以及使用較少的石油來說有較良好的 紀錄。
For years, the Swedish government has encouraged people to buy hybrid cars and almost all homes in the country are now heated using geothermal energy.
多年來，瑞典政府鼓勵人們購買油電混合車以及在該國幾乎所有的房屋現正積極 利用地熱能源。
Now it hopes to reduce oil use even more and has been looking for ways to do this.
現在，它們希望減少更多對石油的使用量，並且一直在尋找如何做到這一點。
The government is also looking for more ways to use the energy from the sun, wind, and waves.
政府也在尋找更多使用的能源的方式，像是太陽能，風力能和海洋能。
As global warming gets worse and the world’ s oil supplies slowly run out, one can only hope that more countries do the same!
隨著全球暖化越來越嚴重和世界的石油供應慢慢用完了，人們只能希望更多的國 家也這樣做！
反省語:
所以現在希望能大家做到使用油電混合車，這樣才不會造成地球溫室效應和環境 污染的危害還有生物界的影響，也能找到更多解決不需要石油而是找到替代的資 源，這樣才會讓全球的環境更加的好。
