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Deck

Deck，甲板。現如今，郵輪是不少朋友的心頭好。但是想坐著郵輪去感受大海清新的空氣，這絕對是個夢。近日英國媒體調查發現，郵輪deck，甲板上的空氣污染超過了世界上污染最嚴重的城市。一艘游輪排放的顆粒物竟然相當於一百萬台汽車一天的排放量。在甲板上緊挨著煙囪的位置，是污染最為嚴重的地方。按英國學者的話說，這種污染只有在新德里那樣的城市才會看到。而遊客聚集在deck，甲板上曬太陽的時候，很可能就在吸入一些超細顆粒物。個人猜想，此報道一出，不少郵輪公司的股價會上躥下跳吧。

來看英國《獨立報》部分報道：

Levels of pollution on some cruise ships decks are worse than in the world s most polluted cities, an investigation by Channel 4 Dispatches has found.

英國第四頻道《深入報道》節目調查發現，郵輪甲板上的空氣污染程度超過了世界上污染最嚴重的城市。

The undercover investigation on Britain s biggest crew operator P&O Cruises aimed to find out how clean the air holidaymakers breathe when on a ship is.

這項秘密調查針對英國最大的郵輪機構P&O郵輪公司進行，他們的目的是弄清楚度假的人們在游輪上呼吸的空氣有多新鮮。

But while passengers hope to escape the dirty air of cities for some fresh sea air, the investigation found cruise ships are having a negative impact on the environment. One cruise ship can emit as much particulate matter as a million cars in a day.

游輪乘客們都希望遠離空氣污濁的城市感受大海清新的空氣，可是調查卻顯示郵輪對環境有害。一艘游輪排放的顆粒物竟然相當於一百萬台汽車一天的排放量。

Meanwhile cruise ships are becoming more popular with around two million people from the UK travelling on one every year.

然而隨著郵輪越來越受人歡迎，每年都會有大約兩百萬英國人乘坐郵輪旅行。

While the deck is popular with sun-bathers, passengers are likely to be breathing some of these particulates, which are harmful for health and the environment.

遊客們聚集在甲板上曬太陽的時候，很可能就在吸入一些超細顆粒，而這些顆粒對健康和環境都有害。

Looking at the results, Dr Loxham also said the findings suggested the majority of the particulates were coming directly from the ship s funnels.

羅斯漢姆博士說，調查結果還顯示出絕大多數的微粒都是從郵輪的煙囪中排放出來的。

Dr Loxham added that crew members working on the ship and who experienced repeated exposure could experience symptoms "that we are just starting to understand".

羅斯漢姆博士還說，那些游輪上的工作人員和經常暴露在污染氣體中的人，也會有呼吸道癥狀，而「我們才知道這是怎麼回事。」

John Maggs, president of the Clean Shipping Coalition, also told Dispatches: 「Most large ships burn heavy fuel oil. It』s a residual product from the refining industry, so after the refiners have produced the petrol and diesel we put in our cars, they』re left with what is essentially a waste product. It』s called residual fuel, or heavy fuel oil.

清潔航運聯盟負責人約翰·馬格斯也和節目組說：「大多數郵輪都燒重燃油，那是煉油產業的殘餘產物。煉油機產出汽車用的汽油和柴油之後，剩下的基本都是廢料產物。這些廢料產物就叫剩餘燃油或者重燃油。」

"From an environmental point of view, it』s bad because of the air pollution caused by the very high sulphur content. The shipping industry, however, has traditionally liked it because it』s much cheaper than other fuels.」

「重燃油由於硫含量很高，污染環境，所以從環保角度來說這種油不好。但是因為重燃油比其他燃料便宜，所以航運產業一直偏愛它。」

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