A do whatever they like for relaxation
B where you Can play a11 kinds of ball games
C than the world famous Broadway
D enjoy the colorful night life of the city
E where the wealthy people would go shopping
F for what seems to be a very small sum today
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第1篇
Air Pollution Cloud Measured on Both Sides of Pacific
Scientists watched closely last spring as a haze of pollution, which had been tracked by satellite as it crossed the Pacific Ocean,settled。over a large swath of North America from Calgary, Canada,into Arizona.Now it appears that,for the first time。researchers on both sides of the Pacific took detailed measurements of the same plume,a cloud that contained Gobi desert dust as well as hydrocarbons from industrial pollution.
Heather Price,a University of Washington doctoral student in chemistry, found that the amount of light reflected by the particles in the air was more than 550 percent greater than normal for that time of year.The mass of Asian air4 contained elevated levels of all pollutants measured.Price said,“but the only thing that came close to being alarming0 was the level of particulate matter.”
The haze that settled across the western part of the country was widely reported by the news media,and it was measured as far inland as the ski slopes of Aspen,Colo.
Readings on the western side of the Pacific came from the Aerosol Characterization Experiments, a project aimed at understanding how particles in the atmosphere affect Earth’s climate.Additional measurements were taken in the same region at the same time under a project sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration0.
Knowing the pollution was approaching Washington state,Price loaded sensing equipment aboard a rented Beechcraft on April 1 4 and flew to Neah Bay on the state’s Northwest coast.Taking samples at various levels from 15,000 feet to 20,000 feet in altitude,she monitored quantities of dust,ozone,carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.“From my copilot’s seat.the dust was thick enough to see with the naked eye.”Price said.