Natural resources and energy: advanced 自然资源与能源：高级

页岩气会不会影响地下水？

Yèyánqì huì búhuì yǐngxiǎng dìxiàshuǐ?

Could shale gas extraction affect groundwater?

页岩气开采会用掉很多水。

Yèyánqì kāicǎi huì yòng diào hěn duō shuǐ.

Extracting shale gas uses up a lot of water.

海底发现了大量的可燃冰。

Hǎidǐ fāxiànle dàliàng de kěránbīng.

A large amount of methane hydrate has been found on the seabed.

可燃冰看起来像冰，却能点着火。

Kěránbīng kànqǐlai xiàng bīng, què néng diǎnzháo huǒ.

Methane hydrate looks like ice, but it can be set on fire.

核电站需要用铀做燃料。

Hédiànzhàn xūyào yòng yóu zuò ránliào.

Nuclear power plants need uranium for fuel.

地下的铀是怎么开采出来的？

Dìxià de yóu shì zěnme kāicǎi chūlái de?

How is uranium mined from underground?

手机电池里一般都含有锂。

Shǒujī diànchí lǐ yìbān dōu hányǒu lǐ.

Phone batteries generally contain lithium.

锂是一种很轻的金属，对吗？

Lǐ shì yìzhǒng hěn qīng de jīnshǔ, duì ma?

Lithium is a very light metal, isn't it?

潮汐能是一种干净的能源。

Cháoxīnéng shì yìzhǒng gānjìng de néngyuán.

Tidal energy is a clean source of energy.

海边的小镇打算利用潮汐能发电。

Hǎibiān de xiǎozhèn dǎsuàn lìyòng cháoxīnéng fādiàn.

The seaside town plans to use tidal power to generate electricity.

太阳能发电需要好的储能技术。

Tàiyángnéng fādiàn xūyào hǎo de chǔnéng jìshù.

Solar power generation needs good energy storage technology.

工程师正在研究怎样储能更便宜。

Gōngchéngshī zhèngzài yánjiū zěnyàng chǔnéng gèng piányi.

The engineers are studying how to store energy more cheaply.

退耕还林后，山绿了。

Tuìgēnghuánlín hòu, shān lǜle.

After the farmland was returned to forest, the mountain turned green.

退耕还林后，农民改种果树。

Tuìgēnghuánlín hòu, nóngmín gǎi zhǒng guǒshù.

After returning farmland to forest, the farmers switched to growing fruit trees.

多种树可以减缓荒漠化。

Duōzhǒng shù kěyǐ jiǎnhuǎn huāngmòhuà.

Planting more trees can slow down desertification.

荒漠化让很多农民失去了土地。

Huāngmòhuà ràng hěn duō nóngmín shīqùle tǔdì.

Desertification has caused many farmers to lose their land.

他家屋顶装了太阳能板。

Tājiā wūdǐng zhuāngle tàiyángnéngbǎn.

He had solar panels installed on his roof.

雪后要把太阳能板扫干净。

Xuě hòu yào bǎ tàiyángnéngbǎn sǎo gānjìng.

After snow, you need to sweep the solar panels clean.

生物燃料比汽油更环保吗？

Shēngwùránliào bǐ qìyóu gèng huánbǎo ma?

Is biofuel more environmentally friendly than gasoline?

这辆卡车用的是生物燃料。

Zhè liàng kǎchē yòng de shì shēngwùránliào.

This truck runs on biofuel.