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skyalan

顶上去，同意楼上 建议斑竹把本贴加入GWD阅读讨论汇总！！

GWD阅读找起来很麻烦，不过我还是找到此帖了，不然又会重新发帖，斑竹快加入吧，呵呵

philikittist

我觉得选项C是不是有问题呀：

C. Although these outputs are environmentally hazardous, some plants still generate them as waste products despite the high compliance costs they impose.

1 一个句子里，前面although一下，后面despite一下，翻译看看是不是逻辑不通？完全可以直接说although A and B, ~~~.

2 impose的主语：这个they按语法看应该是和them一致的，也就是outputs，就算把他理解成这个句子的另一个名词plants，都是说不通的。原文impose的主语是regulation，这个符合逻辑，新的环境法规，导致很高的遵从成本。impose的主语就是政府也是说得通的。污染物本身是不能impose costs的，他们早就存在，只有新的法规限制了他们的排放，才能造成costs。就算不管这个，把它就看成high compliance costs，但是despite：

3 despite：

“尽管有很高遵从成本，但这些老企业继续违规排放”？？

“尽管冬天吃冰棍很凉，我就不吃了”？？？？

这里应该是因果关系吧。

因为为了遵守法规而进行技术改造的成本很高，所以这些老企业仍旧违规排放。

但是其他选项更不着边际，应该选C. 斗胆怀疑这题的C是不是GWD抄错了。请大家指正。

juningw

第10题应该是A。

older production
technologies often
continue to generate toxic wastes
that were not regulated when the
(30) technology was first adopted.

从这句话，可以推出Older production technologies cannot be adapted so as to reduce production of these outputs as waste products.。

之后作者继续写道：

New regulations have imposed
extensive compliance costs on
companies still using older
industrial coal-fired burners that
(35) generate high sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide outputs, for
example, whereas new facilities
generally avoid processes that
would create such waste pro-
(40) ducts.

这段话的意思是老的要多交钱，但是新的工厂可以避免。不容易改造，否则直接改造就得了。后面接着写的就是工厂的环境经理们可以提前预防之类的如何如何。

选A也和文章的主旨一致。

而C，从文中推不出。文中只说：older production
technologies often
continue to generate toxic wastes
that were not regulated when the
(30) technology was first adopted.

而没有说some plants still generate
them as waste products despite the high compliance costs they impose.（C选项）

请NN们讨论！

总体来看，gwd里面的阅读是非常具有迷惑性的。难啊！！！！

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-3-30 21:38:38编辑过]

skidals

以下是引用juningw在2005-3-30 21:37:00的发言：

第10题应该是A。

older production
technologies often
continue to generate toxic wastes
that were not regulated when the
(30) technology was first adopted.

从这句话，可以推出Older production technologies cannot be adapted so as to reduce production of these outputs as waste products.。

看不出often continue to generate如何能推出older production cannot be adapted。。。

这道题的定位应该是

New regulations have imposed extensive compliance costs on companies still using older industrial coal-fired burners that generate high sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide outputs, for example, whereas new facilities generally avoid processes that would create such waste products.

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-4-24 21:52:15编辑过]

leisure1221

New regulations have imposed
extensive compliance costs on
companies still using older
industrial coal-fired burners that
(35) generate high sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide outputs, for
example, whereas new facilities
generally avoid processes that
would create such waste pro-
(40) ducts

这段话已经告诉我们 答案c 与原文没有违背的地方

选a是根据原文的一个想当然的推理，带入了我们的主观思维，这是做ets 的大忌

TakeItEasy1

我觉得１０应该是Ａ

Ｃ中说，some plants still generate them as waste products despite the high compliance costs they impose. 意思是，尽管costs高，他们还是继续这样做

而文中想要表达的意思是，他们只能这样做（因为older production technologies，是出于无奈），所以才导致了costs高，

Ｃ扭曲了文中原意．

欢迎指正｀｀

chase_xia

Absolutely A

tomorrow2046

为什么第10题不选B,我觉得不能推出A,因为并没说不能改造以减少生产废物，充其量不能改造成完全没有废物

xinfaxian

According to the passage, which of the following statements about sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide outputs is true?

A. Older production technologies cannot be adapted so as to reduce production of these outputs as waste products. (adapt(原文用的是adopt)是关键，accomodate, adjust。偶是这样理解的：新facilities不能或因代价太大不愿意adapt older technologies，目的呢，还是一个，减少污染，不管是被迫的，还是主动地；而对老facilites 用older technologies却没有办法，因为在它出台的时候没有什么regulations去限制它。)

B. Under the most recent environmental regulations, industrial plants are no longer permitted to produce these outputs. (this is not true, there are plants still doing so...)

C. Although these outputs are environmentally hazardous, some plants still generate them as waste products despite the high compliance costs they impose. (this is not true, please refer below)

.......for

example, whereas new facilities

generally avoid processes that

would create such waste ......

why avoid? because it is so costly......generally, no companies are willing to pay for producing toxins, right?

D. Many older plants have developed innovative technological processes that reduce the amounts of these outputs generated as waste products.

E. Since the production processes that generate these outputs are less costly than alternative processes, these less expensive processes are sometimes adopted

my 2 cents, 请指点！

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-6-6 2:24:16编辑过]

marylou

我认为应是A。

文章一开始说 environmental regulation 对企业不公平，对有些有利、对有些不利。后面举例说明。注意后面的例子是围绕前面这个主题的。

Finally, older production

technologies often

continue to generate toxic wastes

that were not regulated when the

(30 )  technology was first adopted.

New regulations have imposed

extensive compliance costs on

companies still using older

industrial coal-fired burners that

(35)   generate high sulfur dioxide and

nitrogen oxide outputs, for

example, whereas new facilities

generally avoid processes that

would create such waste pro-

(40)   ducts.

这段话表明，新法规对新企业有利--因为它可以从一开始就使用新技术，从而避免高额的费用。whereas new facilities   generally avoid processes that  would create such waste pro40)   ducts.

而对已采用旧的生产技术的企业不利---因为他们的技术不适合改造---因此不得不交高额的费用。如果adapted so as to reduce production of these outputs as waste products，他们早就这么做了去避免高费用。