2022年12月六级第3套选词填空原文翻译及答案解析

American colleges and universities are using 64 percent less coal than they did a decade ago, burning 700,000 tons last year, down from 2 million tons in 2008, the U. S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report __26__ yesterday.

美国高校去年的煤炭使用量为70万吨，比2008年的200万吨有所下降，与十年前相比减少了64%。美国能源信息署（EIA）在昨天发布的一份报告中表示。

All 57 schools that were burning coal in 2008 are using less now, and 20 have __27__ coal completely, EIA found.

EIA发现，2008年所有57所使用煤炭的学校现在都减少了用量，其中20所已完全放弃使用煤炭。

Most universities have turned to natural gas as a __28__, with state funding backing the fuel switch.

大多数大学已转向使用天然气作为替代能源，州政府资助支持了这一燃料转换。

While academic institutions use less than 0.1 percent of U.S. coal burned for power, campus coal use has a history dating back to the 1800s when __29__ to power was scarce.

尽管学术机构使用的煤炭仅占美国用于发电的煤炭的不到0.1%，但校园煤炭使用的历史可追溯到19世纪，当时电力供应稀缺。

Many universities still operate their own power plants. The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 encouraged more electricity generation by allowing institutions to sell __30__ power to utilities.

许多大学仍运营自己的发电厂。1978年的《公用事业监管政策法案》通过允许机构将剩余电力出售给公用事业公司，鼓励了更多的电力生产。

But EIA noted many coal-fired universities have signed onto the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, which was launched in 2007.

但EIA指出，许多使用煤炭的大学已签署了2007年启动的“美国大学校长气候承诺”。

About 665 schools are part of the program, which aims to __31__ greenhouse gas emissions. Thirty percent of the participants have pledged to be carbon __32__ within 20 years.

大约665所学校参与了该计划，旨在大幅减少温室气体排放。30%的参与者承诺在20年内实现碳中和。

The Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, which also leads campaigns for universities to withdraw their __33__ in coal and other fossil fuels, lists 22 schools that have pledged to move "beyond coal," including Clemson University, Indiana University, Ohio University, Penn State University, the University of Louisville and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

塞拉俱乐部的“超越煤炭”运动还领导了要求大学撤回对煤炭和其他化石燃料投资的运动，列出了22所承诺“超越煤炭”的学校，包括克莱姆森大学、印第安纳大学、俄亥俄大学、宾夕法尼亚州立大学、路易斯维尔大学和田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校。

The largest coal use __34__ at colleges were in Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee and Indiana. Indiana's universities alone cut coal __35__ by 81 percent between 2008 and 2015.

大学煤炭使用量减少最多的州是密歇根州、密苏里州、田纳西州和印第安纳州。仅印第安纳州的大学在2008年至2015年间就将煤炭消耗量减少了81%。

During the same period, Michigan made an 80 percent cut and Tennessee cut back by 94 percent at state institutions.

同期，密歇根州减少了80%，田纳西州在州立机构中减少了94%。