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Pigeons are monitoring the air quality in London. Yes, pigeons.
鸽子在伦敦监测空气质量。没错，就是鸽子。
Ten of the birds, dubbed the Pigeon Air Patrol, were equipped with tiny pollution-detecting backpacks.
十只鸽子，被称为“空中巡逻鸽”，背上配备微污染检测器。
And those backpacks check for nitrogen dioxide created by diesel cars, buses and trucks.
背上的监测器可以检测柴油车、公共汽车和卡车产生的二氧化氮。
The pigeons' findings are being live-tweeted as they map pollution levels at different points around the city.
鸽子的发现被实时推特直播，它们在城市的不同点绘制污染水平图。
As of Tuesday morning, most of the city seemed to be at a "moderate" level of pollution.
截至星期二上午，城市的大部分地方似乎在“中等”污染水平。
The companies behind Pigeon Patrol aren't hoping to deploy an army of backpacked-equipped pigeons to monitor the world's air quality but instead want to raise awareness about London's pollution problem.
鸽子巡逻背后的公司不希望部署装有设备的鸽子来监控全球的空气质量，而是希望提高伦敦污染问题的意识。
For the past five years, the U.K. exceeded the EU's air-pollution limits; London surpassed its yearly pollution limit in the first week of 2016.
在过去的五年里，英国超过了欧盟的空气污染限制，伦敦在2016年的第一周就超过了它的年度污染限额。
And despite plans to decrease pollution, nitrogen dioxide levels in London and several other cities are expected to exceed limits for another five years.
尽管有计划减少污染，伦敦和其他几个城市的二氧化氮水平有望再五年超过限制。
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词汇解析
1、exceed
超过，超出（某数量、数字等）
Its research budget exceeds $700 million a year.
其研究预算每年超过7亿美元。
The demand for places at some schools exceeds the supply.
某些学校的入学申请人数超过了招生。
超出，超越（限制、规定等）
He accepts he was exceeding the speed limit.
他承认自己超速了。
I would be exceeding my powers if I ordered the march to be halted.
如果我命令停止游行，我就越权了。
2、expect
预期;预料;期待
a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.
预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人
They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.
他们不再期待公司利润会增长。
要求；认为应当得到;指望
He wasn't expecting our hospitality.
他没有指望我们会盛情款待。
I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.
我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。
你还想指望什么；那有什么大惊小怪的
It tastes artificial, but at that price what can you expect?
尝起来像是假的，但是就这个价格你还想指望什么？
If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect?
如果一个人打猎而且还有自己的枪，你还想指望什么？
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