四級(jí)閱讀：日本核幅射或蔓延

　　An American nuclear expert says radiation from Japan could spread across the Pacific and reach the United States if a complete meltdown occurs at a Japanese nuclear facility damaged as a result of last weeks earthquake and subsequent tsunami.　　美國一位核能專家說，如果在上星期地震以及事后的海嘯中遭到破壞的一個(gè)日本核設(shè)施徹底銷毀，來自日本的核輻射可能在跨越太平洋波及美國。

　　Nuclear expert Joseph Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund says Japans nuclear crisis is in a critical phase.

　　犁頭基金會(huì)的核能專家奇林喬內(nèi)說，日本的核危機(jī)正處于緊急階段。

　　One of the reactors has had half the core exposed already. This is the one they are now flooding with seawater in a desperate effort to prevent a complete meltdown.

　　奇林喬內(nèi)說：日本的一個(gè)反應(yīng)堆的爐芯已經(jīng)有一半暴露在外。他們正在不顧一切地用海水沖淹這個(gè)反應(yīng)堆，以阻止它徹底熔毀。

　　Cirincione spoke on the Fox News Sunday television program. He said the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Japans northeast coast is one of at least three nuclear facilities at risk.

　　奇林喬內(nèi)在福克斯電視節(jié)目的星期天資訊上發(fā)表了講話。他說福島第一核電站設(shè)在日本的東北海岸線上，是至少三個(gè)處于險(xiǎn)境的核設(shè)施之一。

　　Japan has evacuated civilians from areas surrounding the troubled plant, but Cirincione says radiation could spread far beyond Japan if efforts to contain the crisis fail.

　　日本已經(jīng)疏散了處于險(xiǎn)境的核電站周邊的平民百姓，但是奇林喬內(nèi)說，如果局限這次危機(jī)的努力失敗，核輻射可能蔓延到遠(yuǎn)離日本的地區(qū)。

　　The worst-case scenario is that the fuel rods fuse together - temperatures get so hot that melt together into a radioactive molten mass that busts through the containment mechanisms. So they spew radioactivity into the ground, into the air, into the water. Some of that radioactivity could carry in the atmosphere to the west coast of the United States.

　　奇林喬內(nèi)說：最壞的可能性是燃料棒熔合在一起，極其高熱的溫度使得它們?nèi)酆铣删叻派湫缘娜蹓K，沖破攔截機(jī)制。于是它們向海陸空輻射放射物質(zhì)。某些核輻射可能通過空氣傳播到美國西海岸。

　　Japans ambassador in Washington, Ichiro Fujisaki, acknowledged potential dangers, but said no complete nuclear meltdown appears imminent.

　　日本駐華盛頓大使藤崎一郎承認(rèn)有潛在危險(xiǎn)，但是他說，目前看來核反應(yīng)爐還不至于完全熔毀。

　　It is true that part of fuel rod may have been deformed or melting. But it is not a situation where core reactor, the substantial part of reactor, is melting down.

　　藤崎一郎說： 的確某些燃料棒可能已經(jīng)變形或者熔化。但是情況還沒有發(fā)展到反應(yīng)堆爐芯，即反應(yīng)堆的實(shí)質(zhì)部分正在熔化的地步。

　　The ambassador spoke on NBCs Meet the Press. Also appearing on the program was the head of the U.S. Nuclear Energy Institute, Marvin Furtel, who praised Japans response to the nuclear crisis. Furtel said a meltdown at a nuclear power plant does not always result in a massive release of radiation, as Americas own history shows.

　　這位大使在全國廣播公司的面對(duì)媒體節(jié)目上發(fā)表了談話。同在這個(gè)節(jié)目上露面的是美國核能研究所主管馬文.費(fèi)泰爾，他贊揚(yáng)了日本對(duì)這次核危機(jī)所作出的反應(yīng)。費(fèi)泰爾說，根據(jù)美國自身的歷史經(jīng)驗(yàn)， 一個(gè)核電站的熔毀并不一定會(huì)導(dǎo)致大量核幅射。

　　At Three Mile Island , which was the worst accident we ever had, about half of the core melted, so about 50 percent. It resulted in no releases off-site that threatened anybody. So, you can have fuel melt, and if the rest of your safety systems, your containment, works and you manage to keep the reactor under control, the dangers for public health and safety are really minimal.

　　費(fèi)泰爾說：在我們有史以來最嚴(yán)重的核事故發(fā)生地：賓州的三哩島，核反應(yīng)爐爐芯熔了差不多一半，也就是百分之五十。這次事故卻并沒有在周邊地區(qū)導(dǎo)致危及任何人的核幅射。所以要是可能發(fā)生燃料棒熔化的話，如果你的安全系統(tǒng)、你的攔截機(jī)制有效，而你成功地控制了這個(gè)反應(yīng)堆，那么對(duì)公眾健康和安全的影響的確是微乎其微的。

　　Some U.S. legislators are suggesting heightened scrutiny of Americas nuclear energy program in the wake of Japans crisis. Independent Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman says new nuclear facility construction should be placed on hold pending a full assessment of potential risks. But the Senates top Republican, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, says it would be a mistake to make domestic energy decisions based on fears surrounding a tragedy in another nation.

　　美國國會(huì)一些議員在日本的危機(jī)發(fā)生后，建議更為嚴(yán)格地檢查美國的核能項(xiàng)目。自稱為獨(dú)立民主派的參議員利伯曼說，應(yīng)當(dāng)在全面評(píng)估潛在風(fēng)險(xiǎn)完成之前，暫緩進(jìn)行新的核設(shè)施建設(shè)工程。但是參議院少數(shù)黨共和黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人麥康奈爾參議員說，根據(jù)另一個(gè)國家的悲劇而導(dǎo)致的恐慌來對(duì)本國的能源項(xiàng)目作出決定是錯(cuò)誤的。

四級(jí)閱讀：日本核幅射或蔓延

　　An American nuclear expert says radiation from Japan could spread across the Pacific and reach the United States if a complete meltdown occurs at a Japanese nuclear facility damaged as a result of last weeks earthquake and subsequent tsunami.　　美國一位核能專家說，如果在上星期地震以及事后的海嘯中遭到破壞的一個(gè)日本核設(shè)施徹底銷毀，來自日本的核輻射可能在跨越太平洋波及美國。

　　Nuclear expert Joseph Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund says Japans nuclear crisis is in a critical phase.

　　犁頭基金會(huì)的核能專家奇林喬內(nèi)說，日本的核危機(jī)正處于緊急階段。

　　One of the reactors has had half the core exposed already. This is the one they are now flooding with seawater in a desperate effort to prevent a complete meltdown.

　　奇林喬內(nèi)說：日本的一個(gè)反應(yīng)堆的爐芯已經(jīng)有一半暴露在外。他們正在不顧一切地用海水沖淹這個(gè)反應(yīng)堆，以阻止它徹底熔毀。

　　Cirincione spoke on the Fox News Sunday television program. He said the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Japans northeast coast is one of at least three nuclear facilities at risk.

　　奇林喬內(nèi)在福克斯電視節(jié)目的星期天資訊上發(fā)表了講話。他說福島第一核電站設(shè)在日本的東北海岸線上，是至少三個(gè)處于險(xiǎn)境的核設(shè)施之一。

　　Japan has evacuated civilians from areas surrounding the troubled plant, but Cirincione says radiation could spread far beyond Japan if efforts to contain the crisis fail.

　　日本已經(jīng)疏散了處于險(xiǎn)境的核電站周邊的平民百姓，但是奇林喬內(nèi)說，如果局限這次危機(jī)的努力失敗，核輻射可能蔓延到遠(yuǎn)離日本的地區(qū)。

　　The worst-case scenario is that the fuel rods fuse together - temperatures get so hot that melt together into a radioactive molten mass that busts through the containment mechanisms. So they spew radioactivity into the ground, into the air, into the water. Some of that radioactivity could carry in the atmosphere to the west coast of the United States.

　　奇林喬內(nèi)說：最壞的可能性是燃料棒熔合在一起，極其高熱的溫度使得它們?nèi)酆铣删叻派湫缘娜蹓K，沖破攔截機(jī)制。于是它們向海陸空輻射放射物質(zhì)。某些核輻射可能通過空氣傳播到美國西海岸。

　　Japans ambassador in Washington, Ichiro Fujisaki, acknowledged potential dangers, but said no complete nuclear meltdown appears imminent.

　　日本駐華盛頓大使藤崎一郎承認(rèn)有潛在危險(xiǎn)，但是他說，目前看來核反應(yīng)爐還不至于完全熔毀。

　　It is true that part of fuel rod may have been deformed or melting. But it is not a situation where core reactor, the substantial part of reactor, is melting down.

　　藤崎一郎說： 的確某些燃料棒可能已經(jīng)變形或者熔化。但是情況還沒有發(fā)展到反應(yīng)堆爐芯，即反應(yīng)堆的實(shí)質(zhì)部分正在熔化的地步。

　　The ambassador spoke on NBCs Meet the Press. Also appearing on the program was the head of the U.S. Nuclear Energy Institute, Marvin Furtel, who praised Japans response to the nuclear crisis. Furtel said a meltdown at a nuclear power plant does not always result in a massive release of radiation, as Americas own history shows.

　　這位大使在全國廣播公司的面對(duì)媒體節(jié)目上發(fā)表了談話。同在這個(gè)節(jié)目上露面的是美國核能研究所主管馬文.費(fèi)泰爾，他贊揚(yáng)了日本對(duì)這次核危機(jī)所作出的反應(yīng)。費(fèi)泰爾說，根據(jù)美國自身的歷史經(jīng)驗(yàn)， 一個(gè)核電站的熔毀并不一定會(huì)導(dǎo)致大量核幅射。

　　At Three Mile Island , which was the worst accident we ever had, about half of the core melted, so about 50 percent. It resulted in no releases off-site that threatened anybody. So, you can have fuel melt, and if the rest of your safety systems, your containment, works and you manage to keep the reactor under control, the dangers for public health and safety are really minimal.

　　費(fèi)泰爾說：在我們有史以來最嚴(yán)重的核事故發(fā)生地：賓州的三哩島，核反應(yīng)爐爐芯熔了差不多一半，也就是百分之五十。這次事故卻并沒有在周邊地區(qū)導(dǎo)致危及任何人的核幅射。所以要是可能發(fā)生燃料棒熔化的話，如果你的安全系統(tǒng)、你的攔截機(jī)制有效，而你成功地控制了這個(gè)反應(yīng)堆，那么對(duì)公眾健康和安全的影響的確是微乎其微的。

　　Some U.S. legislators are suggesting heightened scrutiny of Americas nuclear energy program in the wake of Japans crisis. Independent Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman says new nuclear facility construction should be placed on hold pending a full assessment of potential risks. But the Senates top Republican, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, says it would be a mistake to make domestic energy decisions based on fears surrounding a tragedy in another nation.

　　美國國會(huì)一些議員在日本的危機(jī)發(fā)生后，建議更為嚴(yán)格地檢查美國的核能項(xiàng)目。自稱為獨(dú)立民主派的參議員利伯曼說，應(yīng)當(dāng)在全面評(píng)估潛在風(fēng)險(xiǎn)完成之前，暫緩進(jìn)行新的核設(shè)施建設(shè)工程。但是參議院少數(shù)黨共和黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人麥康奈爾參議員說，根據(jù)另一個(gè)國家的悲劇而導(dǎo)致的恐慌來對(duì)本國的能源項(xiàng)目作出決定是錯(cuò)誤的。