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Rick Klein, a senior political reporter for ABC News, says it is now a major campaign issue for presidential candidates in the United States.
RK , a senior political reporter for ABC News, says it is now a major campaign issue for presidential candidates in the United States.
美国广播公司的资深政坛记者
PK
称在美国气候变暖现在是总统候选人的主要议题。
"We have seen this entire issue change over the last few years in a pretty extraordinary way, there really is not a major debate in Washington anymore over whether climate change is happening. It has moved to what we are going to do about it."
“We have seen really this entire issue change over the last few years in a pretty extraordinary way, there really is not a major debate in Washington anymore over whether climate change is happening. It has moved to what we are going to do about it.”
我们已经看到整个问题在过去几年中以非常的方式发展变化。华盛顿已经不再讨论气候变化是否正发生的问题了，它正在朝着我们要针对问题做些什么应对发展。
Gregg Easterbrook is a senior editor of The New Republic Magazine and writes frequently about politics and the environment.Easterbrook argues the next president should favor legislation putting a price on greenhouse emissions to give inventors the financial incentive to create cost-effective solutions to global warming.
Gregg Easterbrook
is a senior editor of The New Republic Magazine and writes frequently about politics and the environment. E argues the next president should favor legislation putting a price on greenhouse emissions to give inventors the financial incentive to create cost-effective solutions to global warming.
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是新共和党杂志的资深编辑，经常写政治和环境的文章。
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主张下任总统应立法，在温室气体排放上给与更多的财政刺激用来产生防止全球变暖的经济的解决方法。
"I think in the coming election everybody is going to say that they are in favor of action on climate change. I don't see any candidate who won't say that. The question will be whether they favor a substantive reform or some kind of symbolic action."
“I think in the coming election everybody is going to say that they are in favor of action on climate change. I don’t see any candidate who won’t say that. The question will be whether they favor a substantive reform or some kind of symbolicaction.”
我想在马上到来的选举中，每个选举者都会说他们支持针对气候变化的行动。所有候选人都会这么说。问题是他们到底是支持一个具体实质的改革计划还是仅仅是某些象征性的行动。
At a recent forum at the Brookings Institution, policy advisers to some of the major presidential candidates agreed on the importance of global warming as a campaign issue, saying it plays a role in environmental considerations, economic development and national security.
At a recent forum at the Brookings Institution, policy advisors to some of the major presidential candidates agreed on the importance of global warming as a campaign issue,saying it plays a role in environmental considerations, economic development, and national security.
在布鲁克协会最近的论坛上，一些政策顾问和一些主要总统候选人在全球变暖的重要性上达成共识，称其在环境问题，经济发展和国家安全方面扮演了重要角色。
3. E argues the next president should favor legislation putting a price on greenhouse emissions to give inventors the financial incentiveto create cost-effective solutions to global warming.
E
主张下任总统应立法在温室气体排放发大价钱，给与发明人财政支持，以刺激其上发明解决全球变暖的划算方法。
incentive
thing that encourages sb to do sth; stimulus
激励某人做某事的事物
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刺激
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奖励
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* an incentive to work harder
对更加努力工作的刺激
4. The question will be whether they favor a substantive reform or some kind of symbolicaction.”
问题是他们到底是支持一个具体实质的改革计划还是仅仅是某些象征性的行动。
symbolic
adjs ~ (of sth) of, using or used as a symbol
符号的
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使用符号的
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用作符号的
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象徵（性）的
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* The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.
今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的
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无甚实际意义
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