“十三五”期间我国生态环境质量总体改善 8项指标已提前完成

China will be able to meet all of its nine pollution control targets during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period as scheduled. "The environmental improvements in the country after 2015 have been bigger than those in each of the other five-year plan periods," said Zhao Yingmin, vice-minister of ecology and environment, at the news conference.

生态环境部副部长赵英民在发布会上表示，“十三五”时期是迄今为止生态环境质量改善成效最大的五年，我国将如期完成“十三五”规划纲要确定的9项污染防治指标。

【单词讲解】

这里的as scheduled是一个固定搭配，表示“按时、如期”，比如：The train will be leaving as scheduled.(火车会按时发车)。Schedule这个词，我们并不陌生，可以用作动词或名词表示“安排日程;日程”，比如，I have a hectic schedule this week(我这周要忙死了)。My English lesson is scheduled for 2 pm.(我的英语课安排在下午2点)。值得注意的是，这个词在英式英语和美式英语中的发音很不一样，在英式英语中读作[ˈʃedʒ.uːl]，在美式英语中读作[ˈskedʒ.uːl]，大家不要记混了哦。

从具体指标看，与2015年相比，

2019年全国地表水质量达到或好于Ⅲ类水体(the proportion of surface water with a water quality rating of Grade III or higher)比例上升8.9个百分点，达到74.9%，

地表水质量劣Ⅴ类水体比例(the proportion of water with quality below Grade V)下降6.3个百分点，达到3.4%;

细颗粒物(PM2.5)未达标地级及以上城市浓度(density of PM 2.5 in prefecture-level cities with low air quality standards)下降23.1%，

全国337个地级及以上城市空气质量优良天数比率(the proportion of days with good air quality in 337 prefecture-level cities)达到82%;

化学需氧量、氨氮、二氧化硫、氮氧化物排放总量(discharge of chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, and oxynitride)累计分别下降11.5%、11.9%、22.5%、16.3%;

单位GDP二氧化碳排放(carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP)累计降低18.2%。

除地级及以上城市空气质量优良天数比率这一项指标外，其余8项约束性指标均已完成“十三五”规划纲要确定的目标。

针对尚未完成的这一项指标，赵英民介绍，

From January to September, the proportion of days with fairly good air quality in those cities reached 87.2 percent, 5.7 percentage points higher than that of the same period in 2019. The country is expected to meet its ninth goal of at least 84.5 percent of days with good air quality in the 337 monitored cities by year's end.

今年1至9月，地级及以上城市空气质量优良天数比率为87.2%，同比上升5.7个百分点。预计能够顺利完成“十三五”规划纲要确定的“全国337个地级及以上城市空气质量优良天数比率达到84.5%以上”这个目标。

【相关词汇】

空气污染防控督查

air pollution control inspections

可吸入颗粒物

inhalable particulate

污染物排放

pollutant emission

空气质量指数

air quality index

沙尘天气

sand and dust weather

可吸入颗粒物 PM10

可入肺颗粒物 PM2.5