Carbon and the Economy- the link between economic growth and rising emissions has been broken.

Related words:

1. sever 切斷，中斷 e.g. More rich countries have severed the link between economic growth and rising emissions of greenhouse gases.
2. the fossil-fuel age 化石能源時代
3. hand in hand 密切相關(guān)
4. reduce the pace of improvements in prosperity 放緩經(jīng)濟(jì)增長速度
5. service sectors 服務(wù)業(yè)
6. the energy intensity of growth 經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的能源密度
7. decarbonize 減少碳排放 E.g. The?biggest?polluters?are going to have to decarbonise.
8. Carbon footprint 碳排放
9. renewables 可再生能源
10. scrimp and save 省吃儉用 e.g. I've been scrimping and?saving?all?year?to?pay?for?our?holiday.

Vocabulary:

1. pledge n.誓言，諾言 e.g. Thousands of?people?made?pledges?(=?promised?to give?money)?to the?charity?campaign. v. 發(fā)誓保證 e.g. I've been pledged?to?secrecy. 我承諾保守秘密
2. strikingly 異乎尋常的，引人注目的
3. complacency 自滿，自鳴得意 e.g. What?annoys?me about these?girls?is?their?complacency - they?seem?to have no?desire?to?expand?their?horizons.
4. timidity = the?quality?of being?shy?and?nervous 害羞緊張的品質(zhì) e.g. We could not?overcome?our?timidity to say that we?loved?each other.

Nice sentence:

1. （發(fā)達(dá)國家因為經(jīng)濟(jì)轉(zhuǎn)型切斷碳排放與經(jīng)濟(jì)同向變化的關(guān)系）More rich countries have severed the link between economic growth and rising emissions of greenhouse gases. They manage to increase their GDP while reducing their emissions. Because wealthy places are changing their economic structure, and expanding their service sectors, which use less energy than manufacturing. Take Britain-the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution-as an example, the vast majority of its output is now generated by accountants, shopping assistants and other service workers. That reduces the energy intensity of growth.
2. (為什么會提出不增長主義）Since the fossil-fuel age began, living standards and emissions have risen hand in hand. Coal, then oil, and natural gas, all brought prosperity while also raising global temperatures. This link has led a degrowth compaign-reducing the pace of improvements in overall prosperity, or reversing them altogether-would avoid the worst effects of climate change.
3. （發(fā)展新能源是另外一個解決之道）There are big gains to be had from making energy greener. Thanks to investment in renewables and greater electrification, such gains could soon be realised. That might boost long-term growth: an economy, which must scrimp and save to conserve energy, is less dynamic than one whose power is green, abundant and cheap.