碳足迹
Carbon footprint
Welcome back, Feifei! Good holiday?
欢迎回来，菲菲！假期开心吗？
The best, Neil!
棒极了，尼尔！
We flew to Mexico, then up to California, and then drove all the way across the States from LA to New York.
我们坐飞机去了墨西哥，然后去加利福尼亚，然后从洛杉矶横穿美国去了纽约。
Incredible. All in one week?
太精彩了。都是在一周之内吗？
Yes. It’s just that…
是的。只是……
What?
什么？
I can’t help thinking... all that travelling can’t be great for the environment.
我忍不住想……这趟旅行对环境可不那么友好。
I know. You must have a pretty big carbon footprint right now.
我知道。你现在的碳足迹一定很高了。
Enormous.
超级大。
Let’s take a moment to explain this phrase ‘carbon footprint’.
我们花点时间来解释一下短语“carbon footprint”吧。
Then plan what to do about it.
然后计划一下我们可以为此做些什么。
Carbon dioxide is a gas that contributes to climate change.
“carbon dioxide”（二氧化碳）是一种导致气候变化的气体。
And your ‘carbon footprint’ is the amount of carbon dioxide you produce through your activities –
你的“碳足迹”是指一个人在日常活动中所引起的温室气体排放的总量，
things like how much electricity you use…
比如你用了多少电……
How much oil and gas you use…
用了多少油，多少气……
What you eat is another factor.
你的饮食也是一个因素。
And of course your trips by car, plane and so on…
当然还有你乘车、乘飞机旅行等等……
If you take a lot of flights, then you have a large carbon footprint! Like me.
如果你乘飞机次数越多，你的碳足迹就越大！就像我这样。
And me. And the people in these examples.
还有我。还有例句中的这些人。
I used the air conditioning non-stop all summer. My carbon footprint must be huge.
整个夏天我一直在用空调，都没停过。我的碳足迹一定很大。
Martina has the highest carbon footprint of all her colleagues. She drives everywhere, flies every weekend, and eats nothing but red meat.
玛蒂娜的碳足迹是她所有同事当中最大的。她开车去各种地方，每周都坐飞机，只吃红肉。
I downloaded an app to calculate my carbon footprint. The results are pretty shocking.
我下载了一个应用程序来计算我的碳足迹。结果真的让我大吃一惊。
You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English.
这里是BBC“地道英语”节目。
The expression we're looking at in this programme is 'carbon footprint'.
本期节目中我们正在讨论的短语是“carbon footprint”。
OK, we’ve heard the examples.
好的，我们已经听过例句了。
And Neil, I have a plan. It’s time to reduce my footprint.
尼尔，我有一个想法，是时候减小我的碳足迹了。
Great. That’s the verb we normally use: reduce.
太棒了，这个动词我们经常使用：reduce（减少，降低）。
We talk about reducing our carbon footprint, by changing the way we live.
我们正在讨论通过改变我们的生活方式来减小我们的碳足迹。
So, what’s the plan?
所以，是什么想法呢？
I’m going to cycle to work, use less heating in winter, and… I’ve got these new shoes.
我打算开始骑自行车来上班，冬天也要少开暖气，我还买了这双鞋……
Great. But, shoes?
很好，但是，鞋子？
They’re made of recycled plastic.
他们是用回收塑料制作的。
Fantastic, aren’t they?
特别棒，是不是？
Well, that’s one way to reduce your footprint!
好吧，这是减小你的碳足迹的一种方法！
I even brought you a pair – a little present from my trip LA.
我甚至也给你买了一双——也是我这有洛杉矶之行的小礼物。
You’re so kind.
你太好了。
I can wear them when I’m in Tokyo this weekend. And Paris next week. Oh, and Iceland tomorrow.
我可以周末去东京的时候穿，下周去巴黎的时候穿。哦，明天去冰岛穿。
Only kidding!
开玩笑啦！
Yes, I want to hear your plan to reduce your carbon footprint, Neil!
是的，我希望也可以听到你减小碳足迹的计划，尼尔！
Bye.
拜拜。