Bavarian
adj.
1.巴伐利亚的
2.巴伐利亚人的
3.巴伐利亚方言的
n.
1.巴伐利亚人
2.巴伐利亚方言
Photovoltaic光电的 solar panel
Biogas 沼气
biogas digester 沼气池
Biergarten 酒馆
Handsomely 慷慨地，相当大地rewarded for their greenness
sb has a point 有道理
Anathema
N-UNCOUNT If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it. 令人非常厌恶的事
Perennial
1.ADJ You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or that seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties. 不断出现的; 长期存在的 (问题、困难)
例：...the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness.
…城市长期存在的毒品和无家可归的问题。
2.ADJ A perennial plant lives for several years and has flowers each year. (植物) 多年生的
例：...a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers.
…一种开黄绿色花的多年生草本植物。
3.N-COUNT Perennial is also a noun. 多年生植物
例：...a low-growing perennial.
…一种长不高的多年生植物。
Glut
1.N-COUNT If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used. 供应过剩
例：Exports have become increasingly important to wineries as they battle a global wine glut.
出口对于各葡萄酒厂来说已变得日益重要, 因为他们得应对全球性的葡萄酒供应过剩问题。
2.V-T If a market is glutted with something, there is a glut of that thing. 供过于求
例：The region is glutted with hospitals.
该地区的医院供过于求
Shale gas revolution
世界上对页岩气资源的研究和勘探开发最早始于美国。依靠成熟的开发生产技术以及完善的管网设施,美国的页岩气成本仅仅略高于常规气,这使得美国成为世界上唯一实现页岩气大规模商业性开采的国家。数据显示,2010年美国页岩气产量已经超过了1000亿立方米。在过去的5年里,美国页岩气产量增长超过20倍——从2006年仅为其天然气总产量的1%,到2010年增长至美国天然气总产量的20%。有关专家指出,依靠页岩气的开发利用,在未来的10年里,美国不仅可以一改天然气大举进口的局面,实现全面的自给自足,还有望成为液化天然气出口国。
美国的“页岩气革命”已经动摇了世界液化天然气市场格局,并且这一影响还将愈发显著,进而改变世界能源格局。得益于非常规天然气尤其是页岩气开发技术的突破,2009年美国以6240亿立方米的产量首次超过俄罗斯成为世界第一天然气生产国。产量地位的更替使美国天然气消费长期依赖进口的局面发生逆转。美国专家兴奋地认为,有了页岩气,美国100年无后顾之忧。
页岩气的开发,特别是美国页岩气产量的急剧增加,使这个大多数人还十分陌生的能源话题成为热门。悄然降临的“页岩气革命”开始对全球天然气供需关系变化和价格走势产生重大影响,并引起天然气生产和消费大国关注。页岩气的开发利用,成为低碳经济战略发展机遇的推动力,成为世界油气地缘政治格局发生结构性调整的催化剂。
Starkly
1.完全，十足，全然
2.明显地，突出地
3.无修饰地，质朴地
4.无掩饰地
A megawatt-hour 每兆瓦时
At first blush
1.乍一看；乍一想；经初步考虑；据初步印象
2.事先无准备地，即席地
Intermittent 间歇的，断断续续的
Doldrum 赤道无风带
Cling on to 坚持
Diesel generator 柴油发电机
Incipient
ADJ An incipient situation or quality is one that is starting to happen or develop. 开始发生的; 正在发展的
例：...an incipient economic recovery.
...一种初期的经济复苏。
Precipitous
1.ADJ A precipitous slope or drop is very steep and often dangerous. 险峻的; 陡峭的
例：The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.
该镇坐落在一个陡峭的悬崖边上。
2.ADV
例：
The ground beyond the road fell away precipitously.
该路外面的地面陡然下降。
precipitously
3.ADJ A precipitous change is sudden and unpleasant. (变化)突然的; 急剧的
例：The stock market's precipitous drop frightened foreign investors.
该股市价格猛跌让外国投资者恐惧。
4.ADV
例：The company has seen its profits fall precipitously over the past few years.
该公司的利润过去几年急剧下降。
5.ADJ A precipitous action happens very quickly and often without being planned. 轻率的; 仓猝的
例：...a precipitous decision.
...一个仓猝的决定。
Lucrative 有利可图的，获利丰厚的
Solar Kit 太阳能装备
Upheaval
N-COUNT An upheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry. 动乱，巨变
Nibble away 蚕食V
nibbling N
Insight
Never before that I ' ve known the clean energy could bring so many side effects that are no less than its advantages. But the ultimate decision that we made, putting renewables first, is based on the fact that it's the only way to survive. The balance between Economic development and environment seems to be a corney conflict. Now it comes the time when we have no choice but invest more on clean energy despite that it will disrupt the market and lower electricity prices .
According to the Economist , two ways may help fix the problem: one is new technology,including digitalization,smart meters智能电表 and batteries ，enables companies and households to do some energy-intensive work at night. The other is to redesign power markets to reflect the new need for flexible supply and demand, which means a high fixed price was given to prevent blackouts at times of extreme scarcity as a reward for those who generate more of it.
More importantly, the cause of this turmoil in the electricity market is not renewable energy,but the out -of -date system of electricity pricing.
Solution
Even though in the Economist ,the author gives us two feasible ways yet I couldn't agree.because it's too vague to carry down-to-earth measures for each different country.The intensive demand for electricity cannot be compensated by batteries or put off till night. So I feel that maybe there is no ultimate solution for us,what we are doing is to measure the losses and gains between the interest groups ,and till one day the environmental problems are so serious that we ,all of us,need to give up our economic development .
