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高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选印度小伙让雾霾“落地成砖”，能改善空气污染吗？治理雾霾，除了减少排放还有什么方法？最近，一位印度企业家提供了新思路：将雾霾做成地砖。印度雾霾的“元凶”主要是冬天农作物焚烧形成的烟雾、建筑灰尘与汽车排放物等烟尘，这其中含有大量的碳成分可用于地砖制作。这位企业家为何想到将雾霾变成地砖？这个方法具体是如何实施的？How India's air pollution is being turned into floor tiles By Isabelle GerretsenAs a 10-year-old living in Mumbai, Angad Daryani often struggled to breathe during football matches because of the thick smog surrounding the Indian megacity.India has the world's worst air pollution. Home to 22 of the world's 30 most polluted cities, India's toxic air kills more than one million people each year.Fired by his own experience of the effects of air pollution on his health, Daryani is one of a growing number of entrepreneurs hoping to clean up India's skies. His solution is to capture the soot and other polluting particles in containers so it can be turned into something useful. For Daryani, there is no time to spare India must urgently reduce pollution to protect people's health. His solution to the problem is a beguilingly simple one develop a low-cost system that can capture the pollution so it can be turned into something else. The device sucks in the polluting particles and collects them in a container, leaving clean air in its place.The collection chamber needs emptying every two to six months, depending on how polluted the outdoor air is. But rather than just throwing away the captured pollutants, Daryani and his team decided to make use of them. Instead, the carbon captured in the containers is used to create stylish, handcrafted decorative flooring tiles.【全文翻译】印度的空气污染是如何变成地砖的安加德·达里亚尼10岁时住在孟买，由于笼罩在这个印度大都市周围的浓厚雾霾，他曾经常在足球比赛时呼吸困难。印度是世界上空气污染最严重的国家。全球30个污染最严重的城市有22个都在印度。每一年，印度有毒的空气都会导致100多万人死亡。受空气污染对自身健康影响的经历启发，达里亚尼成为了越来越多希望净化印度天空的企业家之一。他的解决方案是将烟尘和其他污染微粒收集到容器中，这样它们就可以变成有用的东西。对达里亚尼而言，这件事刻不容缓为保护民众的健康，印度必须立即减少污染。他对这个问题的解决方案简单得让人难以置信开发一个低成本的系统来搜集污染物，这样就能将其转化为其他东西。该设备吸入污染颗粒，并将其收集在一个容器中，将干净的空气留在原地。基于室外空气的污染程度，采集器需每两到六个月清空一次。但是，达里亚尼和他的团队没有丢掉那些收集起来的污染物，相反地，他们决定好好利用它们，用容器中所搜集的碳纤维来制造时尚的、手工制作的装饰地砖。1.smog sm n. a special type of fog, a mixture of smoke, gases, and chemicals, especially in cities, which makes the atmosphere difficult to breathe and harmful for health2.megacity mesti n. a very large city, especially one with more than 10 million people living in it3.fire fa v. to cause a strong emotion in someone (not common to use in this way)4.no time to sparemust hurry/must do something quickly 5.beguilingly balli adv. charming or attracting, often in a deceptive way or dishonest way 6.stylish stal adj. something of a high quality in appearance, design, or behaviour 7.handcrafted hændkrftd adj. the product or piece was crafted by hand and not by a machine8.decorative dekrtv adj. something is made to look attractive 学科网（北京）股份有限公司