关于能源、低碳的英语生活对话

英语对话A：Hi，CandD,youalsocametolistentheenergyandthesustainabledevelopmentreport?C：Yes.DandIamdiscussingourviews.Whatareyourfeelingsaboutthisreport？B：IthinkIhavelotsofharvest.Asknowntoall，withthedevelopmentofsociety,alargeofenergysourceshavebeenused,suchascoal,petroleum,naturalgasandsoon.However,underthecircumstances,thequantityofenergysourceislimited.Unlimitedusageofenergysourceresultsinenergycrisis.D:Yes,youareright.Sincethefirstenergycrisisof1973-1974,ithasappearedseveraltimes.Someconcreteactionshaveeventakenplace.Theeconomiesofsomepetroleum-deficientdevelopingcountrieshavebeendevastated(破坏)byenergyprices.C:Fossilenergyresources,forexamplecoal,isunlikesunlight.They’renotpracticallyreproductiveduringhumanhistory.Onceconsumed,they’regoneforever.Inaddition,thehighpollutionproducedbycoalisalsoaissuethatshouldbetakenintoconsidered.A：So,obviously,solvingtheenergycrisisandkeepsustainabledevelopmentmakegoodsense.ManyschemeshavebeenproposedforconservingpresentenergyresourcesanddevelopingnewonesB:Yes,Ithinkdevelopingnewenergyisimperative.Suchaswindpower，solarenergy,waterpower,nuclearfusionpower,andhydrogengas.D：Itisalwayspossibletouselessenergyinanyprocess.Therefore,energyengineeriscreatedanddeveloped.Thefirstgoalofitistodeterminethemethodsbywhichenergyutilizationisreducedbuttheoutputremainsthesame,orevenincreases.Thesecondgoalistodeterminewhichmethodsofusinglessenergyarecosteffectively.A:So,wecanlivealow-carbonlife,Low-carbonhasbecomeahigh-frequencyandfashionablewordrecently.Low-carbonlifemeansakindoflifestyleinwhichpeopledotheirbesttoreduceenergyconsumptionandcarbongreenhousegasemissions.C:Yes,howcanwelivealow-carbonlife?Ithinkfirstly,weshouldrecognizethatlow-carbonlifeisnotonlyakindoflifestylebutalsolifeattitude.Eachofusisresponsibleforthegreenhousegasesweemitinourdailyactions.Secondly,weshoulddevelopgoodhabitsinourdailylives.B:Forexample,papercupsaremadefromcuttingforests.Weshouldtrynottousethem,orselectthesmalleroneswhenwedo.Weshoulduseefficientlightbulbs,andthelightsshouldbeturnedoffwhennotneeded.D:Yes,weknowthatallmotorizedtraveliscarbon-intensive.Busesandtrainsarebetterthancars,butwalkingorcyclingisbest.A:So,weshouldenhanceourprofessionalknowledge.Whatbooksareyoureadingrecently?B:I’mreadingEnergygeologynow,Ithinkprimaryknowledgeisveryimportant,Ishouldenhancemyprimaryknowledge,thenIcanimproverapidly.C:inrecently,Itrymybesttogathermaterialaboutgob_sideentryretainingandsearchforasinformationaboutthisfield,asyouknow,findingaobjectbothweloveandproperforusissodifficultthatweoughttoscannumerousarticlesandlongpapers.D:A:AndIamreadingthecoalminegeology.IhopeonedayIwillhaveachancetovisitthecoalminesbymyself.C：Ok，now,letusgobacktoprepareourstudies.