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Footage of buildings being flattened in a noisy demolition may be a popular feature of local TV news reports, but architects say such structures should be protected - to fight climate change.

They say property owners should be incentivised to upgrade draughty buildings, not just knock them down.

That is because so much carbon is emitted by creating the steel, cement and bricks for new buildings.

语言点

footage n. 片段

· 词根foot-表“英尺”

flatten vt. 夷平

demolition n. 拆除

· 词根de-表“向下，彻底离开”，词根-mol-表“堆”

· demolish v. 拆除，摧毁（knock down）

fight climate change 应对气候变化

property owners 业主

incentivise vt. 激励

· incentive n. 激励

· How should a company incentivize its employees?

一家公司该怎么激励员工呢？

upgrade vt. 升级

n. 升级

· upgrade the software 升级系统

· upgrade you to business class 升舱

· upgrade your skills 升级技能

draughty adj. 漏风的（US drafty）

· old draughty buildings: 经年失修漏风的老房子

knock down 拆除，拆毁（demolish）

emit vt. 排放

· Do you think it's better to build new public buildings than repair old ones?

你认为修建新的公共建筑比修复旧的更好吗？

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