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1、Unit9SurvivalEnvironmentPartIVideoTimeTask1TranscriptBarackObama:EnergyandEnvironmentTheeyesoftheworldhavealwaysturnedtothisnationasthelastbestowaloftheearth.FromthemomentItakeofficeaspresident,Iwillcalltogetherscientistsandentrepreneurs;headsofindustryandlabor;Democrats,Rep
2、ublicansandAmericansfromallwalksoflifetohelpdevelopanddeploythenextgenerationofenergythatwillallowustobuildthenextgeneration’seconomy.Thedaysofthedebateaboutwhetherornottheglobeisgettingwarmerareover.Weknowthatglobalwarmingisreal,thatifwedon’tdoanythingaboutglobalclimatechan
3、ge,thatwecouldseecatastrophicresults.Rightnowwecouldincreasethefuelefficiencystandardtoourcarsto43milesagallon,ifweincreaseourfuelefficiencyto43milesagallon,thenwewillimportzerooilfromtheMiddleEast.That’ssomethingthatwecoulddorightnow.Wetakeanationallow-carbonfuelstandardand
4、increasefuelefficiencystandards.Wecouldtaketheequivalentof50millioncarsworthofpollutionofftheroadbytheyear2020.Thequestionisnotifarenewableenergyeconomywillthriveinthefuture,it’swhere.AndifwewantthatplacetobetheUnitedStatesofAmerica,wecannolongeraffordtowait.Yousay20%ofouren
5、ergywouldcomefromnewmoresourceslikewind,likesolar,likebiomass,liketidalenergy.Andbysettingthosehighstandards,suddenly,youstarttoseemoreinvestmentintheseareas,technologyimprovesandoverthelongrun,youstarttoseesignificantchanges.We’rejustuptounderstandwegetmoreobligationstothen
6、extgeneration,tomakesurethey’vegotaplanetwhichissustainableandadmirablethesamewayweinheritthesustainableandadmirableplanetfromourparents,andourgrandparents.AndIthinkyoungpeople,inparticular,recognizetheimportanceofthisissue,andinthelongday-to-daylives,theyaretryingtomakesure
7、theyarecarbonneutral,makesuretheyarenotwasteful,andalmostthingsaddup.Iwantourchildrenandourchildren’schildrentopointtothisgenerationandthismomentasthetimewhenAmericafounditswayagain.AsthetimewhenAmericaovercamethedivisionandthepoliticsandthepettinessofanearliererasothatanewg
8、enerationcouldcometogetherandtakeonthemosturgentchallengeofthisera.Iamrunni