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英语短文之我们的世界(MP3+中英字幕) 第28期:环境运动的勇士

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A Top Gun for the Environmental Movement
环境运动的勇士

Wilma Subra had no intention of becoming a public speaker.
威尔玛·苏夫拉原来没有想过要成为一名公共演说家。

After graduating from college with degress in chemistry and microbiology, she went to work at Gulf South Research Institute in Louisiana.
她大学毕业拿到了化学和微生物学学位后，就职于路易斯安那州南海湾研究所。

As part of her job, she conducted field research on toxic substances in the environment, often in minority communities located near large industrial pollutrs.
作为工作职责的一部分，她从事环境有害物质方面的土地研究，调研地区经常是大型工业污染源附近的少数族裔社区。

She found many families were being exposed to high, sometimes deadly levels of chemicals and other toxic substances.
她发现许多家庭暴露于高度的，甚至是致命的化学物和其他有害物质中。

But she was not allowed to make her information public.
但是她无权将她的信息公之于众。

Frustrated by these restrictions,Subra left her job in 1981,created her own company and has devoted the past two decades to helping people fight back against giant industrial polluters.
受困于这些制约，苏夫拉在1981年离开了她的工作，创立了自己的公司，并且在过去的20年中帮助人们与大型工业污染源抗争。

She works with families and community groups to conduct environmental tests and hybrid test results, and organize for change.
她与居民家庭和社区团体一起努力进行环境测试，混合测试结果，组织活动以改变环境。

Because of her efforts, dozens of toxic sites across the counry have been cleaned up.
因为她的努力，遍及全国的大量有害地区被清理干净了。

And one chemical industry spokesperson calls her "a top gun" for the environmental movement.
一家化工企业的发言人称她是环境运动的“勇士”。

How has Subra achieved all this? Partly through her scientific training, partly through her commitment to environmental justice.
苏夫拉是怎样做到这一切的呢？部分原因是她科学的训练，部分是因为她追求环境公平的奉献精神。

But just as important is her ability to communicate with people through public speaking. "Public speaking," she says, "is the primary vehicle I use for reaching people."
但是，同样重要的原因还有她借助公共演说与他人交流的能力。“公共演说，”她谈到，“是我与人们沟通的主要工具。”

If you had asked Subra before 1981, do you see yourself as a major public speaker? She would have laughed at the idea.
如果在1981年之前，我问苏夫拉，你认为自己是一位重要的公共演说家吗？她可能会对此一笑置之。

Yet today she gives more than one hundred presentations a year.
然而，在今天，她每年要进行100多场演讲。

Along the way, she's lectured at Harvard, testified before congress, and addressed audiences in 40 states, as well as in Mexico, Canada, and Japan.
她一直坚持这条路，她在哈佛大学发表演说，在国会发表声明，向来自于美国40个州，以及墨西哥、加拿大和日本的观众进行演说。

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1.public speaker 公共演说家；发言人

例句：Faith in yourself, your topic, and your general sanity is a must if you are to be a better public speaker.
要对你自己和你的主题有信心。如果你要做一个更好的公众演讲者你必须保持清醒的头脑。

2.conducted 从事；引导；负责；管理

例句：You must choose what best suits the operation being conducted.
您必须选择好什么时候最适合进行操作。
3.toxic substances 有害物质；有毒物质

例句：Avoid placing water containers in areas where toxic substances, such as gasoline and pesticides, are present.
避免将食水的容器存放在靠近有毒物质的区域内，如汽油和杀虫剂。

4.clean up 清除；打扫；收拾干净

例句：Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
迫于公众的压力，许多地区政府治理了海滩污染。

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