(单词翻译:单击)
Good day, ladies and gentlemen. I have been asked today to talk to you about the urban landscape.
女士们,先生们,大家好。今天的演讲是关于城市景观。
There are two major areas that I will focus on in my talk:
我的演讲主要针对两点。
how vegetation can have a significant effect on urban climate,
植被是如何对城市气候产生重大影响的。
and how we can better plan our cities using trees to provide a more comfortable environment for us to live in.
如何利用树木更好地规划更加舒适的城市居住环境。
Trees can have a significant impact on our cities.
树木对我们城市的影响是巨大的。
They can make a city, as a whole, a bit less windy or a bit more windy, if that's what you want.
他们能使城市成为一个整体,少些风或者需要的话,多些风。
They can make it a bit cooler if it’s a hot summer day in an Australian city, or they can make it a bit more humid if it's a dry inland city.
如果是澳洲市区炎热的夏天,树木能使天气凉快一点,又或者如果是干燥的内陆城市,树木能使空气湿润些。
On the local scale - that is, in particular areas within the city - trees can make the local area more shady, cooler, more humid and much less windy.
在本地区域,尤其是城市内某些区域,树木能使该区域更多树荫,更凉快,更湿润,也同时大大减少风力。