Vatican’s Solar Energy Ambitions
梵蒂冈的太阳能愿景
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【新闻关键字】
1. Vatican: n. 梵蒂冈
2. sweeping: adj. 连绵的
3. wavy : adj. 波浪状的
4. photovoltaic: adj. 光生电压式
5. Cardinal : n. 主教
6. acres : n. 英亩
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And then there was light – and it was powered by the sun. The Vatican activates a new solar energy system and announces a plan that could allow the smallest country in the world to export energy to Italy. Here’s more.
新闻主播：‘上帝说：要有光！然后有了光！’－而且是太阳能发电的。梵蒂冈启动了一座新的太阳能系统，并且宣布了一项计划，要让这个全世界最小的国家输出能源到意大利。请看更多报导。
STORY: The Vatican activated a new solar energy system on Wednesday, November 26 and announced an ambitious idea that could some day make it an alternative energy exporter.
新闻内容：梵蒂冈在十一月二十六日星期三，启动了一座新的太阳能系统，并且宣布了一个颇具野心的构想：要让梵蒂冈将来成为替代能源的输出国。
The massive sweeping wavy roof of the “Nervi Hall” has been covered with 2,400 photovoltaic panels to provide energy for lighting, heat and air conditioning. The system on the 5,000 square meter roof will produce 300 kilowatt hours of clean energy a year for the audience hall and surrounding buildings. Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, the governor of Vatican City, says they won’t stop at that.
“诺维厅”上面大量绵延的波浪状屋顶，已覆盖两千四百片太阳光电板，供给照明、冷热空调之用。诺维厅五千平方公尺屋顶上的太阳能系统，每年生产300 千瓦时（MWh）的洁净能源，可供给诺维厅及其周边数栋建筑全年所需。梵蒂冈城国管理委员会主席拉佐罗枢机表示，他们将一直做下去。
[Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, Governor of Vatican City]: “I would like to remind you we are thinking of other and even more ambitious projects or should we say dreams, among other things a solar energy system on 741 acres at the Santa Maria di Galleria site.”
[梵蒂冈城国管理委员会主席拉佐罗枢机]：
“容我提醒各位，我们其实是考虑其它更有挑战性的计划—–或者说是梦想吧，特别是还有在加勒里亚〔Santa Maria di Galeria〕地方 建造741英亩的太阳能系统的计划。”
The Nervi Hall project will cut carbon dioxide emissions by about 225 tons and save the equivalent of 80 tons of oil each year. The Santa Maria di Galleria project would make the Vatican an exporter of alternative energy. Officials say the Vatican plans to install enough renewable energy sources to provide 20 percent of its needs by 2020, broadly in line with a proposal by the European Union.
诺维厅计划将会减低大约225吨的二氧化碳排放量，每年可节省相当于八十吨的石油。加勒里亚计划可能让梵蒂冈成为替代能源的输出国。官方表示，梵蒂冈打算在2020年前设置足够的再生能源设备，提供其所需的20％使用，以符合欧盟的要求。
【新闻关键字】
7. among other things: ph. 特别是、尤其是
8. carbon dioxide : n. 二氧化碳
9. emissions: n. 排放
10. equivalent : adj. 等量的
11. renewable : adj. 可再生的
12. in line with : ph. 与…一致
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