VOA慢速英语 Development Report - Seven Activists Honored For Imp

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

Seven activists¹ from around the world have received the Goldman Environmental Prize for two thousand nine. Former Vice² President Al Gore³ presented the prizes in San Francisco, California last week.
　
Former Vice President Al Gore, right, greets Marc Ona Essangui

Marc Ona Essangui of Libreville, Gabon, won from Africa. Mister Ona heads two environmental organizations in Gabon. He has worked to make known the unlawful agreements behind a huge Chinese mining project. The project threatens Gabon's rainforests. Mister Ona has faced threats of arrest and prison for his efforts.

Maria Gunnoe of the Appalachian area of West Virginia in the United States won from North America. Miz Gunnoe works with a coalition⁴ to organize neighborhood groups to fight environmentally harmful activities by coal companies. She has had to take security measures to protect her family from threats.

Rizwana Hasan, the honoree from Asia, is an environmental lawyer from Bangladesh. Miz Hasan has worked to make the public aware of the dangers of the ship-breaking industry. Ships no longer in use contain dangerous materials which can be released into the environment when they are taken apart. Her efforts have led to stronger environmental rules governing the ship-breaking industry.
　
2009 Goldman Prize winners, from left, Olga Speranskaya, Hugo Jabini, Yuyun Ismawati, and Rizwana Hasan

Russian scientist Olga Speranskaya of Moscow won from Europe. Miz Speranskaya has led efforts against organic pollutants⁵ and the transport and burial of dangerous chemicals. She was honored for organizing a coalition of non-governmental groups and government agencies in eleven former Soviet⁶ states.

The winner for Islands and Island Nations is Yuyun Ismawati. She is an environmental engineer in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Yuyun Ismawati helps poor communities design safe waste management programs. She started her own non-governmental organization to expand her environmental management programs to other areas of Indonesia.

Hugo Jabini and Wanze Eduards won from South and Central America. They are from Suriname, in the Amazon Basin tropical forest. They organized their Saramaka people against tree-cutting by lumber⁷ companies on their traditional lands. The action led to a court ruling supporting all native peoples throughout the Americas.

And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. You can find transcripts⁸, MP3s and podcasts of our reports at voaspecialenglish.com.

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 pollutants   

污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
• The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

7 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

8 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句