鑽石舞台

點擊關注，發現海量口譯練習

語言方向：E-C

生詞提醒：

particulate matter 顆粒物質、懸浮顆粒

準備好就拿出紙筆開始練習吧！

請根據自己的水平一次性or手動暫停分段完成帶筆記交替傳譯

練習完畢再往下拉，不要偷看哦~

The environmental factors that affect our health outcomes are what we are calling the environmental determinants of health. We can divide these determinants into two major categories: the ones related to our natural environment, and the ones related to our built environment. Our natural environment is all that non-human-made stuff around us, like forests and mountains. On the other hand, our built environment is the environment we tend to think of as 「human-made,」 like our homes, streets.

When thinking about our environment, public health experts generally consider how our built and natural environments come together to influence a population’s overall health. For example, while we know that the air we breathe and the water we drink aren’t human-made, we can recognize that they are human-influenced! Like, if we take a deep breath of air, we’re mostly breathing in nitrogen and oxygen; but not only those things.

A closer look reveals there’s a whole bunch of other stuff in that breath, too. Air pollution is the stuff in the air that is harmful to the health of both humans and the planet. One major airborne pollutant on our public health radar is particulate matter, or PM. These are particles like dust or smoke that are too small to be seen with the naked eye, and can come from things like car exhausts and construction sites. This is small enough to work its way into our lungs or even infiltrate our bloodstream. The smallest of these particles can be 30 times thinner than a strand of human hair.