Our topic was environmental pollution and protection.

环境污与环境保护。

Depending on the answers, electric vehicles and hybrids might not reduce air pollution at all.

上述问题答案是关键，电动车和混合动力车也许根本就不能对减少空气污起到重要作用。

The air pollution is so serious here.

这儿空气污太严重了。

The people are starving and drink contaminated water.

饿殍遍野，水质污。

And today the whole Pacific Ocean has traces of contamination of cesium-137.

今天，整个太平洋都 受到了铯-137污。

Our air quality now suffers from the effects of pollutants emitted directly from our cars.

我们空气质量一直受到汽车排放污物影响。

Fires, traffic, dust, industries, they all contribute.

火，交通，工厂都加重了污。

We need to end the free ride that industrial polluters have been given in the name of a free-market economy.They don't deserve our tax dollars.They deserve our scrutiny. For the economy itself will die if our eco-systems collapse.

我们需要终止污企业以自由市场经济名义得到便利，他们不值得花我们纳税人钱，只配得到我们监督，因为如果环境崩溃，经济必死。

It's caused by volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.

室内空气污头是挥发性有机化合物（简称为VOCs）。

We have polluted our atmosphere and our oceans and destroyed many unique habitats.

人类污了大气和海洋，破坏了许多独特栖息地。

They also want polluters held accountable, they say.

他们还希望污者承担责任。

The scientists called this pollution-free area, " truly pristine" .

科学家将这片无污区域为“真正原始”。

Firms that pollute beyond their quota must buy credits.

而那些污物排放量大于所定标准得企业不得不购买这些分配额度。

That's not necessarily a problem, except it means more and more pollutants are discharged into the rivers.

那并不一定是个问题，不过那意味着越来越多污被排放到河流之中。

Chronic diseases such as asthma, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes are linked to air pollution.

哮喘、冠心病、糖尿病等慢性疾病都与空气污有关。

As it stands, battery cars that run on electricity from burning coal can be more polluting than cars that get good mileage on gas.

正如看到那样，电动车从烧煤变为用电驱动，可是会比燃气行驶很多公里数车造成污更多。

The collective “we” are dumbfounded that people still drive drunk, so I’ll sum it up like this. If you drive drunk, you — simply put — are a shortsighted, utterly useless, oxygen-wasting human form of pollution, a Darwin award-deserving, selfish coward.

我们都觉得很震惊，至今仍有人会酒驾。所以我来总结一下。如果你酒驾，那么简而言之，你就是个目光短浅、毫无用处、浪费氧气人形污物、达尔文奖得主、自私懦夫。

Yet every day we dredge, pollute and overfish our oceans.

然而我们每天都在糟蹋海洋， 开采，污，过度捕捞。

There will be television chat shows hosted by robots, and cars with pollution monitors that will disable them when they offend.

届时，将出现由机器人主持电视谈话节目以及装有污监控器汽车，一旦这些汽车排污超标 (违规)，监控器就会使其停驶。

That layer of hazy air pollution above big cities?

那层笼罩在大城市上空雾蒙蒙污？