| 歌曲 | Solar Plant Raises Environment Concerns |
| 歌手 | 英语听力 |
| 专辑 | VOA慢速英语：科技报道 |
| [00:00.100] | From VOA Learning English, |
| [00:02.270] | this is the Technology Report. |
| [00:05.330] | The world's largest solar thermal plant |
| [00:08.790] | is set to begin producing power |
| [00:10.990] | in the United States by the end of the year. |
| [00:15.250] | Wind and energy from the sun |
| [00:17.940] | are generally considered clean, |
| [00:20.040] | unlike energy from coal-burning power stations. |
| [00:24.270] | However, environmentalists now worry |
| [00:28.070] | that to much solar power development |
| [00:31.040] | could harm the local environment. |
| [00:34.510] | A California company -- BrightSource Energy |
| [00:38.810] | is building a huge solar power plant |
| [00:43.030] | in the Mojave desert, |
| [00:45.090] | about 60 kilometers southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| [00:50.350] | The plant is known as the Ivanpah |
| [00:53.850] | Solar Electric Generating System. |
| [00:57.020] | Joe Desmond works for the company. |
| [01:00.220] | "This is actually one of the highest concentrations |
| [01:03.580] | of sunlight in the world, |
| [01:05.030] | out here in Ivanpah," explained Desmond. |
| [01:06.480] | BrightSource Energy will deploy 170,000 specially designed mirrors |
| [01:13.050] | to direct solar energy towards boilers on top of three power towers. |
| [01:20.120] | The steam produced in the boilers |
| [01:22.830] | will drive turbines to make electricity. |
| [01:26.250] | Joe Desmond says the steam can reach temperatures |
| [01:30.260] | of more than 260 degrees Celsius. |
| [01:34.260] | "We can store the sun's thermal energy |
| [01:36.670] | in the form of molten salt, |
| [01:37.730] | so we can produce electricity even when the sun goes down. |
| [01:40.490] | There is a lot of interest in concentrating solar power |
| [01:43.510] | around the globe in environments where you have lots of sun, |
| [01:45.920] | such as China, South Africa, the Middle East, |
| [01:49.280] | North Africa," explained Desmond. |
| [01:50.080] | Environmentalists generally support the idea of solar power, |
| [01:55.130] | however, many are concerned about the effect of power plants |
| [01:59.890] | on sensitive environment. |
| [02:02.090] | Lisa Belenky is a lawyer with the Center for Biological Diversity, |
| [02:08.510] | a private group. |
| [02:10.470] | She says environmentalists are specifically worried |
| [02:15.420] | about the effect of the Ivanpah Solar Project |
| [02:19.180] | on the sensitive plant and animal life in that part of Mojave desert. |
| [02:25.080] | "Even though the desert seems big, |
| [02:27.030] | when you start cutting it up, |
| [02:29.050] | it can really affect how the species and the animals |
| [02:32.750] | and the plants are able to survive in the long run," said Lisa Belenky. |
| [02:35.550] | BrightSource Energy has already spent more than $50 million |
| [02:41.060] | to move endangered desert tortoises away from the power plant, |
| [02:46.370] | but Lisa Belenky says this is not the answer. |
| [02:50.370] | "We should be reusing areas that have already been disturbed, |
| [02:53.680][like] | old mining sites, for example... |
| [02:56.340] | either on homes, on businesses, parking lots," said Belenky. |
| [03:00.290] | There have also been reports of birds dying |
| [03:03.600] | at the Ivanpah Plant and others like it. |
| [03:07.210] | Some birds die after colliding with solar equipment |
| [03:10.920] | which the animals mistake for water. |
| [03:13.660] | Other birds were killed or suffered burns |
| [03:17.960] | after flying through the intense heat at the solar thermal plant. |
| [03:22.620] | As solar projects increase, environmentalists and developers |
| [03:27.930] | are considering what to do to reduce bird death. |
| [03:32.690] | And that is the Technology Report from VOA Learning English. |
| [00:00.100] | měi guó zhī yīn màn sù yīng yǔ, |
| [00:02.270] | zhè shì jì shù bào gào. |
| [00:05.330] | shì jiè shang zuì dà de tài yáng néng rè diàn chǎng |
| [00:08.790] | kāi shǐ fā diàn |
| [00:10.990] | zài měi guó nián dǐ |
| [00:15.250] | tài yáng de fēng yǔ néng liàng |
| [00:17.940] | tōng cháng bèi rèn wéi shì gān jìng de, |
| [00:20.040] | yǔ rán méi fā diàn chǎng de néng yuán bù tóng. |
| [00:24.270] | rán ér, huán bǎo zhǔ yì zhě xiàn zài yōu xīn chōng chōng |
| [00:28.070] | tài yáng néng fā diàn de fā zhǎn |
| [00:31.040] | kě néng wēi hài dāng dì huán jìng. |
| [00:34.510] | yī jiā jiā lì fú ní yà gōng sī BristEnergy néng yuán gōng sī |
| [00:38.810] | zhèng zài jiàn zào yī zuò jù dà de tài yáng néng fā diàn chǎng |
| [00:43.030] | zài mò hā wéi shā mò, |
| [00:45.090] | zài nèi huá dá zhōu lā sī wéi jiā sī xī nán yuē 60 gōng lǐ chù. |
| [00:50.350] | zhè zhòng zhí wù bèi chēng wéi Ivanpah. |
| [00:53.850] | tài yáng néng fā diàn xì tǒng. |
| [00:57.020] | Joe Desmond wèi gōng sī gōng zuò. |
| [01:00.220] | " zhè shí jì shang shì zuì gāo nóng dù zhī yī. |
| [01:03.580] | yáng guāng xià de shì jiè, |
| [01:05.030] | " zài Ivanpah," dé sī méng dé jiě shì shuō. |
| [01:06.480] | Brand SealEnergy jiāng bù shǔ 170000 gè tè shū shè jì de jìng zi |
| [01:13.050] | jiāng tài yáng néng yǐn dǎo dào sān ge fā diàn tǎ dǐng bù de guō lú shàng. |
| [01:20.120] | guō lú chǎn shēng de zhēng qì |
| [01:22.830] | jiāng qū dòng wō lún jī fā diàn. |
| [01:26.250] | Joe Desmond shuō zhēng qì kě yǐ dá dào wēn dù |
| [01:30.260] | chāo guò 260 shè shì dù. |
| [01:34.260] | " wǒ men kě yǐ chǔ cún tài yáng de rè néng. |
| [01:36.670] | yǐ róng yán de xíng shì, |
| [01:37.730] | suǒ yǐ jí shǐ tài yáng xià shān, wǒ men yě néng fā diàn |
| [01:40.490] | jù guāng tài yáng néng yǒu hěn dà de xìng qù. |
| [01:43.510] | zài dì qiú shàng yǒu hěn duō yáng guāng de dì fāng, |
| [01:45.920] | bǐ rú zhōng guó nán fēi zhōng dōng, |
| [01:49.280] | " běi fēi," dé sī méng dé jiě shì shuō. |
| [01:50.080] | huán bǎo zhǔ yì zhě pǔ biàn zhī chí tài yáng néng fā diàn de gài niàn, |
| [01:55.130] | rán ér, xǔ duō rén dān xīn fā diàn chǎng de yǐng xiǎng. |
| [01:59.890] | mǐn gǎn huán jìng. |
| [02:02.090] | Lisa Belenky shì shēng wù duō yàng xìng zhōng xīn de lǜ shī, |
| [02:08.510] | sī rén tuán tǐ |
| [02:10.470] | tā shuō huán bǎo zhǔ yì zhě tè bié dān xīn. |
| [02:15.420] | guān yú yī wàn pà tài yáng néng xiàng mù dì yǐng xiǎng |
| [02:19.180] | guān yú mò hā wéi shā mò de mǐn gǎn zhí wù hé dòng wù shēng huó. |
| [02:25.080] | " jí shǐ shā mò kàn qǐ lái hěn dà, |
| [02:27.030] | dāng nǐ kāi shǐ qiē gē tā shí, |
| [02:29.050] | tā zhēn de néng yǐng xiǎng wù zhǒng hé dòng wù. |
| [02:32.750] | Lisa Belenky shuō, zhèi xiē zhí wù cóng cháng yuǎn lái kàn shì néng gòu shēng cún xià lái de. |
| [02:35.550] | BrEnergyEnergy yǐ jīng huā fèi chāo guò 5000 wàn měi yuán. |
| [02:41.060] | bǎ bīn wēi de shā mò guī yí lí fā diàn chǎng, |
| [02:46.370] | dàn Lisa Belenky shuō zhè bú shì dá àn. |
| [02:50.370] | " wǒ men yīng gāi chóng xīn lì yòng nèi xiē yǐ jīng shòu dào gān rǎo de dì qū, |
| [02:53.680] | bǐ rú lǎo kuàng qū |
| [02:56.340] | " wú lùn shì zài jiā lǐ, zài shāng diàn, tíng chē chǎng," Belenky shuō. |
| [03:00.290] | yě yǒu niǎo lèi sǐ wáng de bào dào. |
| [03:03.600] | zài yī wàn pà gōng chǎng hé qí tā lèi sì de gōng chǎng. |
| [03:07.210] | yī xiē niǎo lèi zài yǔ tài yáng néng shè bèi xiāng zhuàng hòu sǐ wáng |
| [03:10.920] | zhèi xiē dòng wù wù rèn wéi shì shuǐ. |
| [03:13.660] | qí tā niǎo lèi sǐ wáng huò shāo shāng. |
| [03:17.960] | zài jīng guò tài yáng néng rè gōng chǎng de gāo wēn hòu fēi xíng. |
| [03:22.620] | suí zhe tài yáng néng xiàng mù dì zēng jiā, huán bǎo rén shì hé kāi fā rén yuán |
| [03:27.930] | zhèng zài kǎo lǜ rú hé jiǎn shǎo niǎo lèi sǐ wáng. |
| [03:32.690] | zhè jiù shì měi guó zhī yīn màn sù yīng yǔ kē jì bào dào. |