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公司总裁Tim召集部门经理开会，讨论公司可以采取哪些节能环保的措施。

Tim: Good morning folks, thanks for joining us. In light of the recent economic downturn, we thought we should pow-wow some ways we can conserve energy. This is Henry Peterson, a consultant with GreenOffices Inc.

Henry: Hi everyone. As Tim mentioned, not only is sing energy good for the environment, its also a good way to keep costs down...and thats a win-win situation for everyone. Im sure some of you he suggestions for ways we could bee greener. Anyone?

总裁Tim说，今天召集大家开会，商量如何节省能源开支。参加会议的还有节能专家Henry Peterson. Henry说，节能既环保，又能减少开支，是双赢之举，a win-win situation，办公室节能有哪些措施呢？

Faith: I think we could easily cut down on vampire power. Our puters and other electronic devices actually continue to suck power, even when they are switched off.

H: Good one! The online encyclopedia claims that vampire power or standby power is responsible for using as much as 10% of electricity consumption.

Dana: We could unplug the equipment or put in power strips that can pletely turn off power.

T: Just imagine...we could se 10 or 15 % on our energy bill just by unplugging our puters!

Faith提议削减vampire power吸血鬼功率，又称standby power，因为即使电脑关机，只要电源不拔，电脑就会继续耗电，Dana建议拔掉电源或是采用可以切断电源的接线板Power strip。

H: And thats just the beginning! You see these lights above us? These use LED bulbs that are 10 times more efficient than the bulbs you are using in the rest of the office.

F: But theyre pretty pricey, arent they?

H: Yes, they cost more, but youll find that they pay for themselves.

Henry承认，LED灯泡价格确实要贵一些，但是, they pay for themselves非常划算。

D: Ive got one that will require a bit of sacrifice. We really dont need to use bottled water for meetings. We could also get rid of paper cups for the water cooler and everyone could use their own mug instead.

F: Ahhh.... I love bottled water.... but I agree, Danas idea is certainly more environmentally friendly.

H: Yep. Sometimes going green does require that we change our mindset. Its funny how many of us are very conscientious at home. We recycle and reuse, but when we get to the office, we sometimes bee very wasteful.

Dana建议公司取消瓶装水，不用纸杯子，得到大家的认可。 Henry指出，工作场所节能需要改变思维，change our mindset。

T: Ive recently noticed how much paper I use on a daily basis and Ive been trying to cut down. Ive found that I very rarely actually need to print emails. Also, by utilizing my fax-modem, I dont ever need to print a hardcopy for faxing.

H: Thats gonna add up! In the end youll find it makes a huge positive difference!

D: But you know, even with all these good ideas and strategies, I feel like it counts for nothing when you factor in air trel. Our people make a lot of international trips each year and flying puts tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

总裁Tim说，他最近一直注意节省纸张。节能专家Henry表示，Thats gonna add up! 日积月累，一定会有成效。

Dana提出，尽管这些想法很好，但是如果考虑到出差坐飞行释放的二氧化碳，那么这些措施都无异于杯水车薪。

H: Ah! Good point! Well, for starters, with teleconferencing and instant email one would hope business trel could be reduced. Did you know an economy class flight from Baltimore to Taipei makes you responsible for just over four tons of CO2? If you fly business class the number jumps to 12 tons.

Henry说，从巴尔的摩到台北一张economy class经济舱机票相当于释放四吨二氧化碳，business class商务舱更可怕，相当于排放12吨二氧化碳。

T: But sometimes theres just no alternative. We he to check out factories, locations and in some countries, you really he to look the person in the eye and physically shake their hand.

H: This is true. So Id like you all to consider buying carbon credits.

总裁Tim提出，有些时候，除了出差，没有其他办法。 Henry因此建议大家考虑购买carbon credits碳信用额。

F: Ah, Ive heard about that. You can actually calculate how much carbon your trip is likely to put into the environment and you can offset that by paying to plant some trees.

H: Thats right! There are web sites such as CarbonPla.. They can help you work out our carbon debt, and then direct you to where you can buy carbon credits that go toward planting new trees.

D: That would make me feel a lot less guilty.

H: Well, its great that you are all so willing to do your part to make a difference. Lets get back together in two weeks for another brainstorming session.

碳信用额就是把飞行里程折合成对环境的伤害，然后出钱种树，作为补偿。大家决定两周后，he another brainstorming session再开会，继续集思广益。