申論題內容
Section II:
Translations Instruction: Translate the following passage into Chinese. (20 pts)
Using technology to suck carbon dioxide out of the sky has long been dismissed as an impractical way to fight cimate change - physically possible, but far too expensive to be of much use.
But as global warming accelerates and society continues to emit greenhouse gases at a dangerous rate, the idea is gaining support from a surprising source: large companies facing pressure to act on climate. A growing number of corporations are po ouring money into so-called engineered carbon removal - for exa ample, using giant fans to pull carbon d dioxide from the air and trap it. The companies say these techniques, by offsetting emissions they can't otherwise cut, may be the only way to fulfill lofty "net zero" pledges.
Occidental Petroleuns and United Airlines are investing in a large "direct air capture" plant in Texas that wil use fans and chemical agents to scrub carbon dioxide from the sky and inject it und erground. Stripe and Shopify, two e-commerce companies, have each begun spending at least $i million per year on start-up ps working on carbon removal techniques, such as sequestering the gas in concrete for buildings.