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n. 木材,木头,木料22 次
The UK is facing a future construction crisis because of a failure to plant trees to produce wood, Confor has warned.
英国林业协会Confor警告说,由于未能植树产材,英国未来将面临建筑危机。
The forestry and wood trade body has called for urgent action to reduce the country’s reliance on timber imports and provide a stable supply of wood for future generations.
这个林业和木材行业组织呼吁采取紧急行动,减少英国对进口木材的依赖,并为子孙后代提供稳定的木材供应。
The forestry and wood trade body has called for urgent action to reduce the country’s reliance on timber imports and provide a stable supply of wood for future generations.
这个林业和木材行业组织呼吁采取紧急行动,减少英国对进口木材的依赖,并为子孙后代提供稳定的木材供应。
Currently only 20 percent of the UK’s wood requirement is home-grown while it remains the second-largest net importer of timber in the world.
目前英国只有20%的木材需求由本国生产,同时它仍是世界第二大木材净进口国。
“Not only are we facing a carbon crisis now, but we will also be facing a future construction crisis because of a failure to plant trees to produce wood,” said Stuart Goodall, chief executive of Confor.
Confor首席执行官斯图尔特·古德尔说:“我们现在不仅面临碳危机,而且由于未能植树产材,未来还将面临建筑危机。”
“For decades we have not taken responsibility for investing in our domestic wood supply, leaving us exposed to fluctuating prices and fighting for future supplies of wood as global demand rises and our own supplies fall.”
“几十年来,我们一直没有承担起投资国内木材供应的责任,导致我们在全球需求上升、自身供应下降之际,暴露于价格波动之中,并不得不争夺未来的木材供应。”
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“For decades we have not taken responsibility for investing in our domestic wood supply, leaving us exposed to fluctuating prices and fighting for future supplies of wood as global demand rises and our own supplies fall.”
“几十年来,我们一直没有承担起投资国内木材供应的责任,导致我们在全球需求上升、自身供应下降之际,暴露于价格波动之中,并不得不争夺未来的木材供应。”
The UK has ideal conditions for growing wood to build low-carbon homes and is a global leader in certifying that its forests are sustainably managed, Confor says.
Confor表示,英国拥有种植木材以建造低碳住宅的理想条件,并且在认证森林可持续管理方面处于全球领先地位。
While around three quarters of Scottish homes are built from Scottish timber, the use of home-grown wood in England is only around 25 percent.
苏格兰约四分之三的住宅是用苏格兰木材建造的,而英格兰本土木材的使用率只有25%左右。
Goodall added: “While food production and biodiversity health are clearly of critical importance, we need our land to also provide secure supplies of wood for construction, manufacturing and contribute to net-zero.”
古德尔补充说:“虽然粮食生产和生物多样性健康显然至关重要,但我们也需要土地为建筑业、制造业提供可靠的木材供应,并为净零排放作出贡献。”
Confor is now calling for much greater impetus behind those aspirations to ensure we have enough wood to meet increasing demand.”
Confor现在呼吁为这些愿景注入更大的推动力,以确保我们有足够的木材来满足日益增长的需求。”
increase its domestic wood supply.
增加国内木材供应。
lower its wood production costs.
降低木材生产成本。
The UK’s exposure to fluctuating wood prices is a result of ____
英国受到木材价格波动的影响是由于____
inadequate investment in growing wood.
对木材种植投资不足。
wood producers’ motive to maximise profits.
木材生产商追求利润最大化的动机。
Which of the following causes the shortage of wood supply in the UK?
下列哪一项导致了英国木材供应短缺?
Unfavourable conditions for growing wood.
种植木材的条件不利。
Outdated technologies of the wood industry.
木材行业技术落后。
Almost all of the interior detail is of cast iron or plaster; the use of wood was minimized to insure fire safety.
几乎所有的内部细节都是铸铁或石膏制成的;木材的使用被减到最少,以确保防火安全。
Completed in 1875, the State Department’s south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library (completed in 1876), Diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary’s office decorated with carved wood, oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns. The Navy Department moved into the east wing in 1879, where elaborate wall and ceiling stenciling and marquetry floors decorated the office of the Secretary.
国务院所在的南翼于1875年竣工,最先投入使用,其中有优雅的四层图书馆(1876年完工)、外交接待室以及用木雕、东方地毯和模板印花墙饰装饰的国务卿办公室。海军部于1879年迁入东翼,那里的部长办公室装饰着精美的墙面与天花板模板印花以及镶嵌地板。
Like other modern architects, he employed metal, glass and laminated wood — materials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.
和其他现代建筑师一样,他采用金属、玻璃和层压木材——这些材料我们今天习以为常,但在20世纪40年代却象征着未来。
n. [pl.]森林,林地3 次
[Few] of us just walk straight into the woods without a phone.
我们当中很少有人会不带手机就直接走进树林。
[For example], even in dense forest, you should be able to [spot] gaps in the tree line due to roads, train tracks, and other paths people carve [through] the woods.
例如,即使在茂密的森林中,你也应该能发现林木线上的缺口,这些缺口是由道路、铁轨以及人们在树林中开辟的其他小径造成的。
The colonists’ first glimpse of the new land was a sight of dense woods.
殖民者第一眼看到的新大陆是一片茂密的森林。