9新世纪研究生英语听说教程原文答案(5)

vehicles. So will this new campaign help Arnold’s image?

Unidentified Expert Analyst: Well, I mean, clearly California is our largest state. It’s the sixth or

seventh largest economy in the world. New York is our largest city; it’s the financial capital of the world. The symbolic effect of the two of them getting together and saying this is a real issue and we’re going to show some leadership because Washington isn’t…

Unidentified CNN Correspondent: Administration officials say the White House is addressing

global warming through increased research and incentives to businesses to cut emissions. Exercise 1 Listening for Specific Information

1) B 2) C 3) D

Exercise 2 Listening for Details

1) It’s another Republican revolt. This time the battle is on this year, and it’s up to him, say California political 3) They may also remember his 2003 campaign for governor, driving around in a a

4) Administration officials say the White House is addressing global warming through increased

Additional Listening

From the Toilet to the Tap

CNN’s Kara Finnstrom reports on Orange County, California’s latest source for water.

Clean, clear water, it is in short supply here in Orange County, so any new source, like this one, is warmly welcomed. That is, if you can get password where this water comes from.

That’s right—what’s now destined to become Orange County’s drinking water started out as sewer water, brown wastewater from toilets, dishwashers, bathtubs, you name it.

“We’ve explained from the beginning, this is actually sewer water that’s been treated by the sanitation district and then purified even more by us, till it’s really uh, almost distilled water.”

To do that, Orange County launched a first of its kind facility, a nearly half billion dollar reclamation plant that can turn 70 million gallons of treated sewage into drinking water every day.

“It’s gonna become a model for the entire world, uh, Singapore has already built a smaller version of our exact plant, and there are several others around the United States that are being planned.”

The plant runs sewage that would have been discharged to the sea through a three-step purification process. First, it heads through micro-filters to sift out solid matter.

“Any solid particle, larger than, 1/300th the size of a human hair would remain on the outside.”

Then it runs through another filter to remove any viruses or pharmaceuticals. And, finally, the water gets a purging bake in high intensity light—breaking down anything that’s left. The result?

“Yeah, it tastes.”

“How does it taste?”

“It tastes like distilled water.”

“How long ago was that sewage?”

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