41 According to this passage, what does the word “haze” mean?
(A) Rain.
(B) Fire.
(C) Mist.
(D) Smoke.

Forest fires continue to burn in several parts of Indonesia.

森林大火繼續在印度尼西亞的一些地方燃燒。

Luckily, a brief rain storm helped break up smoke from some of the fires on Wednesday.

幸運的是，週三的一場短暫的暴雨幫助打破了部分火災的煙霧。

The President said rainfall cleared away much of the smoke in Sumatra.

總統說降雨清除了蘇門答臘島的大部分煙霧。

He said the haze was reduced to a level where commercial airline companies could operate again.

他說陰霾已經降低到商業航空公司可以再次運營的水平。

But another official told reporters that much more rain is needed to help put out the fires.

但另一位官員告訴記者，需要更多的雨來幫助撲滅火災。

Luhut Panjaitan is Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law and Security. “This week we have rain. If we have intensive rain for four straight days and our water bombings continue, I hope we would be back to normal next week.

盧胡特潘賈坦是印度尼西亞的政治，法律和安全協調部長。 “這個星期我們有雨。如果我們連續四天發生密集的降雨並繼續進行水上爆炸，我希望下週我們能恢復正常。

That’s our hope, but again it all depends on how much rain we have,” he said.

這是我們的希望，但這一切都取決於我們有多少下雨，“他說。

The official added that he has asked government agencies to consider the possibility of creating artificial rain.

該官員補充說，他已經要求政府機構考慮造成人造雨的可能性。

Indonesia has come under heavy pressure from neighboring countries and environmental groups to put out the fires.

印度尼西亞受到鄰國和環保組織的巨大壓力，以撲滅火災。

Every year, some companies set forest fires on purpose. They do this to clear land and make way for palm oil plantations.

每年有一些公司故意實施森林大火。他們這樣做是為了清理土地並為棕櫚油種植園讓路。Thousands of people have developed breathing problems because of the smoke.

數千人由於菸霧而出現呼吸問題。

Some non-governmental organizations plan to take legal action against the government. They say Indonesian officials have ignored the well-being of communities affected by the smoke. The government has deployed more than 22,000 police officers and armed forces members to fight the forest fires. There are more than 1,600 fires burning in at least six provinces.

一些非政府組織計劃對政府採取法律行動。他們說印尼官員忽視了受煙霧影響社區的福祉。政府已經部署了22,000多名警察和武裝部隊成員來對抗森林大火。至少在六個省份有超過1,600起火災發生。

He said the haze was reduced to a level where commercial airline companies could operate again. 

(D) smoke 煙

煙霧減少到一般商業航空可以再度起降的程度

haze是指霧或霾,在本文中應是指森林大火造成的煙霧

rainfall  /r'enf,ɔl/  降雨,降雨量

clear away ph.收拾；散開

haze  /h'ez/  薄霧,陰霾,疑惑(vt.)使變朦朧,使變糊塗,使勞累(vi.)變朦朧,變糊塗

commercial  /kəm'ɚʃəl/   (a.)商業的,商用的,商品化的廣告節目 

Coordinating /ko'ɔrdən,etɪŋ/  協調

Minister /m'ɪnəstɚ/   部長,牧師,公使(vi.)服侍,救助,主持聖事

Politic  /p'ɑlət,ɪk/  (a.)精明的,圓滑的,慎重的,策略的 

 intensive  /ɪnt'ɛnsɪv/    (a.)加強的,集中的加強器 

straight  /str'et/   (a.)直的,挺直的;正直的,直率的;整齊的,有條理的(ad.)筆直地,對直地;正直地;[俚]習俗的,正統的,持正統習俗觀念的,異性愛的;不吸毒品者

artificial /,ɑrtəf'ɪʃəl/  (a.)人工的,人造的;矯揉造作的,不自然的

purpose /p'ɚpəs/  目的,意向,決心,效果,意義,論題(vt.)意欲,企圖,計劃 

plantation /pl,ænt'eʃən/  耕地,森林,殖民

legal  /l'igəl/  (a.)法律的,合法的,法定的,正當的 

deploy /dɪpl'ɔɪ/   (vt.)(vi.)展開,配置 

force /f'ɔrs/ 力量,武力,勢力,影響力,軍隊,力,效力(vt.)強迫,強奪,推動,加壓力,提高 

province  /pr'ɑvəns/省;地方;本分,職權