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Great London Smog 伦敦大雾霾

Translated by Jasmine

Over 4,000 deaths were attributable to the Great London Smog of December 1952

超过4000人的死亡是由1952年12月的伦敦大雾霾引起的

During the 19th century, the increase in industrialisation in the major cities of Britain gave rise to a dramatic increase in air pollution. Throughout the autumn months, during periods of calm, smoke particles from industrial plumes would mix with fog giving it a yellow-black colour. Such smogs, as they became known, often settled over cities for many days. Wind speeds would be low at these times causing the smog to stagnate, with pollution levels increasing near ground level. London became quite famous for its smogs, and many visitors came to see the capital in the fog.

在19世纪，工业化在英国大城市的增长引起了空气污染的急剧增多。整个秋季的平静时期，从工业烟雾云当中而来的烟雾颗粒和雾气混合起来，呈现出黄黑色。这种雾霾后来被人们所熟知会在城市上空停留很多天。风速在这个时期会比较慢，造成雾霾的沉滞，伴随着污染水平的增长接近地表水平。伦敦因为它的雾霾变得非常有名，很多游客都来看这个雾都。

During the first part of the 20th century, tighter industrial controls and the declining importance of coal as a domestic fuel led to a reduction in smog pollution in urban areas. However, on December 4th 1952, an anticyclone settled over London. The wind dropped and the air grew damp; a thick fog began to form. The Great London Smog lasted for five days and led to around four thousand more deaths than usual. The deaths were attributed to the dramatic increase in air pollution during the period, with levels of sulphur dioxide increasing 7-fold, and levels of smoke increasing 3-fold. The peak in the number of deaths coincided with the peak in both smoke and sulphur dioxide pollution levels.

在20世纪的初，更严格的工业控制和下降的煤作为民用能源的重要性带来了城市地区雾霾污染的减少。然而，在1952年12月4日，一股高压反气旋笼罩伦敦。风速下降，空气变得潮湿；厚重的雾气开始行形成。伦敦大雾霾持续了5天，导致了比正常水平高大约四千的死亡人数。这些死亡是由这期间急剧增长的空气污染导致的，二氧化硫水平增长了7倍，烟雾水平增长了3倍。死亡数量的**峰和烟雾以及二氧化硫的水平高峰一致。

In response to the Great London Smog, the Government passed its first Clean Air Act in 1956, which aimed to control domestic sources of smoke pollution by introducing smokeless zones. In addition, the introduction of cleaner coals led to a reduction in sulphur dioxide pollution.

作为对伦敦大雾霾的回应，政府在1956年**次通过了**个清洁空气法案，目的在于通过引入无烟区来控制国内烟雾污染源。另外，更干净的煤炭的引进使得二氧化硫污染下降。

阅读词汇积累：

smog   雾霾

industrialization  工业化

gave rise to 导致；使…上升

stagnate  (v.)沉滞；淤塞

domestic fuel   民用燃料

anticyclone  反气旋，高气压

be attributed to 是由…导致的

sulphur dioxide  二氧化硫

dramatic increase  急剧增长

7-fold 七倍

peak  **峰，定点

coincide with   与…一致

in response to  对…的回答/相应

aim to   目标在于

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