ALL+互動英語 09月號/2020 第190期

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Natural World Thrives under Corona Lockdown
全球封鎖讓自然界因禍得福
－Helen Gamble

Early in 2020, the city of Wuhan, China, became the first place to order its citizens to stay home due to the COVID-19 outbreak. One after the other, cities around the world followed suit and “lockdown” became the new normal. Such measures to stop the spread of the disease posed serious problems to the global economy. However, they also had unexpected benefits for the natural world and the planet as a whole.

One of the first positive effects of the lockdown was a significant fall in air pollution. As transportation and industrial activities came almost to a complete stop, lower levels of pollution could be seen in satellite images of Europe and Asia. Soon, these improvements became more than obvious on Earth too, as skies turned blue, rivers became clearer, and people rediscovered the luxury of breathing clean air. The Indian capital, New Delhi, for example, saw a 60-percent reduction in air pollution during India’s lockdown—an amazing feat for a place that is often named as the world’s most polluted city. Other cities, including New York, Seoul, and London, also experienced dramatic improvements in air quality.

二○二○年年初，由於新冠肺炎疫情爆發，中國武漢市成為第一個下令市民待在家裡的地方。世界各地的城市接二連三跟進，封鎖成為新的常態。這樣阻止疾病傳播的措施對全球經濟造成嚴重的問題。然而，它們對自然界和整個地球卻也帶來意想不到的好處。

封鎖首先的正面效應之一就是空氣汙染顯著減少。由於運輸和工業活動幾乎完全停擺，在歐洲和亞洲的人造衛星影像上都能看見汙染程度下降。不久，隨著天空變藍，河川變得更清澈，以及人們重新發現呼吸乾淨空氣的奢侈，這些改善在地球上也變得非常明顯。舉例來說，印度首都新德里在鎖國期間見證了空氣汙染減少百分之六十——這對一個經常被稱為全世界汙染最嚴重的城市來說是一項驚人的成就。其他城市包括紐約、首爾和倫敦的空氣品質也有大幅的改善。

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