外刊精读 PART2

The decision — made after years of public consultations and wrangling by expert committees — risked reviving some of the trauma of the nuclear accident and worsening its legacy of pollution.

But Japanese authorities argued that there was no practical alternative to releasing the water as storage space ran out. They add there was no risk to human health and that operating nuclear plants around the world release similar water every day.

“In decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi, we cannot avoid the wastewater issue”. 

第三，学习wrangle的用法。

这个词作不及物动词，表示to argue with someone angrily for a long time，（长时间地）吵架、争论，其后常接介词over/about。

例句：They are still wrangling over ownership of the house. 他们仍就房子的所有权问题争吵不休。这里是动名词结构。

外刊精读 PART3

“Therefore, based on an approach that clearly exceeds safety standards and a thorough plan to avoid reputational damage, we have judged it is pragmatic to release water to the ocean.” 

The Fukushima reactors melted in March 2011 after a devastating tsunami knocked out their cooling systems. Water subsequently used to cool the reactors, along with groundwater flowing into the site, became contaminated with radioactive nuclides.

，学习pragmatic /præɡˈmætɪk/的用法。

这个词作形容词，表示dealing with problems in a sensible practical way instead of strictly following a set of ideas，讲求实际的、务实的、重实效的。

例句：Williams took a more pragmatic approach to management problems.

威廉斯在管理问题上采用的是一种更务实的做法。

第二，学习knock something ↔ out的用法。

这个动词短语表示to damage something so that it does not work，摧毁、破坏。

例句：The air raids were planned to knock out communications on the ground.

计划中空袭是为了摧毁地面通信。

外刊精读 PART4

The contaminated water has been treated with an elaborate filtration system to remove most of the radioactive material. However, there is no practical way to filter out tritium.

Tritium has a half-life of 12.3 years, the time needed for half of the initial radioactivity to decay. Radiation can be dangerous to health but everybody is exposed to a certain amount of background radiation, with higher doses when taking a long-distance flight or receiving an X-ray.

Japan’s government claims that the radiation dose from Fukushima water would be no more than 1/1,000th of the natural exposure, even if it were all released in a single year.

第三，学习filter something ↔ out的用法。

这个动词短语有两个含义：

✔其一，to remove something, using a filter，（用过滤器）滤掉、滤除、

例句：The pump filters out mud.

这台泵滤掉泥浆。

✔其二，to remove words, information etc that you do not need or want，滤除（不需要的单词、信息等）。

例句：Net users can filter out unwanted emails with software.

网络用户可以使用软件过滤掉不想收到的电子邮件。

外刊精读 PART5

“This decision is extremely regrettable and we do not accept it at all,” said Hiroshi Kishi, chair of the National Federation of Fisheries co-operatives. “We hereby register our strong objections.”

Environmentalists said Japan had ignored the option of storing the water indefinitely and had chosen the cheapest approach of dumping it in the ocean.

South Korea expressed its “strong regret” but the US cautiously endorsed Japan’s approach.

“Japan has weighed the options and effects, has been transparent about its decision, and appears to have adopted an approach in accordance with globally accepted nuclear safety standards,” said the US state department.

，学习register的熟词僻义。

这个词作及物动词，用于正式场合，表示to officially state your opinion about something so that everyone knows what you think or feel，正式表达、说明。

例句：The delegation registered a formal protest with US embassy officials Wednesday.

代表团在星期三向美国大使馆官员提出了正式抗议。

第二，学习weigh的用法。

这个词作及物动词，也可写作weigh up，可表示to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it，认真考虑、权衡（某事），常用搭配为weigh something against something。

例句：We have to weigh the benefits of the scheme against the costs.

我们必须把这个方案的好处和费用放在一起进行权衡。