Our topic was environmental pollution and protection.

环境污染与环境保护。

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

上述问题的答案是关键，电动车和混合动力车也许根本就不能对减污染起到重要作用。

The air pollution is so serious here.

这儿的污染太严重了。

The people are starving and drink contaminated water.

饿殍遍野，水质污染。

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的污染。

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

我们的质量一直受到汽车排放污染物的影响。

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

火，交通，工厂都加重了污染。

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.

我们需要终止污染企业以自由市场经济的名义得到便利，他们不值得花我们纳税的钱，只配得到我们的监督，因为如果环境崩溃，经济必死。

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

室内污染的源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.

类污染了大和海洋，破坏了许多独特的栖息地。

They also want polluters held accountable, they say.

他们还希望污染者承担责任。

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

科学家将这片无污染区域为“真正的原始”。

Firms that pollute beyond their quota must buy credits.

而那些污染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的污染被排放到河流之中。

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污染有关。

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

正如看到的那样，电动车从烧煤变为用电驱动，可是会比燃行驶很多公里数的车造成的污染更多。

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、浪费氧的形污染物、达尔文奖得主、自私的懦夫。

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

然而我们每天都在糟蹋海洋， 开采，污染，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，将出现由机器主持的电视谈话节目以及装有污染监控器的汽车，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雾蒙蒙的污染？