外国人最想和你聊的时事话题：光污染

     Further methods to prevent light pollution will be developed.
     积极探索并加强光污染防治。
     David L. Crawford, a retired astronomer who heads the International Dark-Sky Association, said recent studies suggest about 70 percent of the people in the United States cannot see the Milky Way because of light pollution.
     国际黑暗天空协会的负责人、已经退休的天文学家戴维-克劳福德说，最新研究表明，70％的美国人因为光污染而无法看见银河系。
     The optic pollution has been becoming an important urban issue.
     光污染问题已经成为城市发展中的主要问题。
     Colloquium on Light Pollution, Radio Interference and Space Debris was held yesterday.
     光污染、射频干扰和空间残块问题座谈会于昨天召开。
     Being different from the forms of other environment destructions, the effect of light pollution can be easily alleviated, even turned to be positive.
     和其他形式的环境破坏不一样的是，光污染的影响是可以轻易被减轻，甚至被转变为好的。
     The light pollution includes visible light, infrared ray and ultraviolet ray pollution.
     光污染包括可见光、红外线和紫外线造成的污染。
     In summer, the strong reflected light of glass curtain wall enters into the nearby residents' house, which increases the inner temperature and influence normal life.
     夏天，玻璃幕墙强烈的反射光进入附近居民楼房内，增加了室内温度，影响正常的生活。
     The head lamp of cars and irrational illuminating equipments of workshops will both lead to dazzle.
     汽车夜间行驶时照明用的头灯，厂房中不合理的照明布置等都会造成眩光。
     Artificial daylight is not only harmful to human beings, but also to the birds and insects.
     人工白昼不仅对人体有害，还会伤害鸟类和昆虫。
     According to astronomy statistics, in the night sky free from light pollution, you can see about 7,000 stars, while in the big cities full of street lights, background lights and landscape lights, you can only see about 20 to 60 stars.
     据天文学统计，在夜晚天空不受光污染的情况下，可以看到的星星约为7000个，而在路灯、背景灯、景观灯乱射的大城市里，只能看到大约20到60个星星。
     Laser pollution is also a special form of light pollution.
     激光污染也是光污染的一种特殊形式。
     Excessive lighting is a waste by the meaningless use of energy.
     过度照明是对能源的无意义使用所造成的浪费。
     Mix of different types of light sources will seriously affect the passive recipients, and even cause accidents.
     不同种类的光源混杂在一起，将严重影响被动接受者，并且可能导致车祸。
     Light in the dark will make pedestrian or the driver of transient"visual loss", and cause traffic accidents.
     黑暗中的强光会使行人或者驾驶员短暂性"视觉丧失"，从而引发交通事故。
     The sky blow will seriously affect human astronomers work, and lead to the ecological environment destruction.
     人为白昼将严重影响天文学家的工作，并且对生态环境产生破坏。
     In Europe, America and Japan, the problem of light pollution has long been concerned.
     在欧美和日本，光污染的问题早已引起人们的关注。
     People know the harm of water pollution, air pollution and noise pollution on human health, but did not find a potential threat around uslight pollution, which is a serious damaging to people's eyes.
     人们都知道水污染、大气污染、噪声污染对人类健康的危害，却没有发觉身边潜在的威胁--光污染，正严重损害着人们的眼睛。
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     Tom: Tyler, why are you late?
     汤姆：泰勒，你怎么迟到了？
     Tyler: I just come back from the maintenance station.
     泰勒：我刚刚从维修站过来。
     Tom: What's happening?
     汤姆：发生什么事情了？
     Tyler: I came across a traffic accident on the way.
     泰勒：我在来的路上发生车祸了。
     Tom: God, you always cautious in driving, who could it happen?
     汤姆：天啊，你开车一向很谨慎的，怎么会发生车祸呢？
     Tyler: It's that blamed glass wall.
     泰勒：都是那该死的墙面玻璃。
     Tom: Do you mean the glass wall of the buildings?
     汤姆：你是说建筑物上的墙面玻璃吗？
     Tyler: Yes. I was driving on the road, and suddenly a strong light flashed in front of my eyes, which make me not to see the front car clearly and crashed with it.
     泰勒：是的。我正在路上开车，忽然有一道强光从我眼前闪过，导致我没有看清楚前面的车，结果就和它撞上了。
     Tom: There are many high-rise buildings with that glass window now. Although it seems pretty, it contains potential danger to the transportation.
     汤姆：现在很多高楼大厦都装有这种玻璃墙。尽管看上去很好看，但是却给交通带来了隐患。
     Tyler: It is very dangerous especially when the sunlight is strong.
     泰勒：尤其是光照强的时候，非常危险。
     Tom: Absolutely, I've almost suffered an accident also because of this reason.
     汤姆：没错，我曾经也因为这个原因差点发生交通事故。
     Tyler: This is so-called light pollution, isn't it?
     泰勒：这就是所谓的光污染吧？
     Tom: Yes. The lights that can influence the natural environment, bring negative effects on people's normal life, work, rest and entertainment, damage people's capability of observation, make people feel uncomfortable and damage their health all belong to light pollution.
     汤姆：对。只要是影响自然环境，对人类正常生活、工作、休息和娱乐带来不利影响，损害人们观察物体的能力，引起人体不舒适感和损害人体健康的各种光都属于光污染。
     Tyler: There is a construction site near my home, which always work in the evening and illuminate the whole site light day time, so I have to wear eyeshade to sleep.
     泰勒：我家附近有个施工工地，每天晚上也不停，而且还用很亮的灯光照明，我不得不戴上眼罩睡觉。
     Tom: You could make a consultation with them and ask them to stop working during night.
     汤姆：你们可以和他们进行协商，要求他们夜间停止施工。
     Tyler: It's useless, and they said they have to finish the project in limited time.
     泰勒：没有用，他们说要赶工程。
     Tom: What a pity.
     汤姆：我真的很同情你。