英语日常会话：跟我讲讲你的实习 [含声频]

来自世界不同地方的六位学生在美国相遇。他们都是交换学生，到美国大学就读一个学期，学习英语，了解美国文化，同时修专业课程。英语“日常会话” (Everyday Conversations)系列围绕这六位学生在美国的经历展开。这套材料适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。

在这个对话中，一个学生 （Akinyi）向另一个学生（Lucía）谈到不同的烹饪炉灶及其利弊。

Lucía: Akinyi, do you wanna watch a movie tonight?

Akinyi: I’d love to, but I can’t. I have work to do for my virtual internship.

Lucía: Do you have a new project this week?

Akinyi: I do. I’m working with a company that helps provide access to clean energy.

Lucía: What kind of things do they do?

Akinyi: They create and donate clean cookstoves. I’m helping them with a marketing campaign. They want more people to understand the importance of clean energy, especially clean cookstoves.

Lucía: I guess I don’t really know the difference between a clean cookstove and a … dirty cookstove?

Akinyi: They’re usually called traditional cookstoves, but yeah, they’re definitely dirty. The smoke from them contains hazardous pollutants and causes health problems, especially for the people who use them. Plus, they are a source of black carbon emissions, which contributes to climate change.

Lucía: Lee has talked about black carbon before. I had no idea a simple stove could impact the environment so much. But people need to cook!

Akinyi: Exactly. You can’t tell people not to cook. And some people don’t have the money needed to buy a new stove. That’s the reason this company donates clean cookstoves.

让我们来学习一些词语（也可阅读英文解释）：

A virtual internship：虚拟实习 ，指实习生在远程而不是亲临工作现场获得工作体验的实习方式

Access：（接触/看到/使用某事或某物的）渠道或可能

Clean energy：清洁能源，即不污染环境的能源

A clean cookstove：清洁炉灶，即比传统炉灶燃烧效率更高、烟尘较少也较干净的炉灶

A marketing campaign：促销活动，即通过广告推销某一产品或服务

Hazardous pollutants：有害危险的污染物

Black carbon emissions: 黑碳排放物，即燃料中未得到充分燃烧的成分，可对人体和环境造成危害。

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