Trump suggests axing 'ridiculous' Paris climate accord after more rioting in France
在法国爆发暴乱时，特朗普建议消减荒唐的巴黎气候协定
axe n.斧头v.消减，用斧头砍
ridiculous a.荒谬的，可笑的
Paris climate accord巴黎气候协定
rioting n.暴乱
'The Paris Agreement isn't working out so well for Paris,' he says
他说:巴黎气候协定对巴黎来说效果不是很好
ByValerie Richardson- The Washington Times - Saturday, December 8, 2018
President. Trumpsuggested Saturday dissolving the “ridiculous”Parisclimate agreement after another weekend of rioting inFrance, chaos sparked by the Macron government’s attempt to reduce emissions by hiking fuel taxes.
dissolve v.溶解，解散
chaos n.混乱
emission n.排放，排放物
hike n./v.徒步旅行，提高
“Very sad day & night inParis,”Mr. Trumptweeted. “Maybe it’s time to end the ridiculous and extremely expensive Paris Agreement and return money back to the people in the form of lower taxes? The U.S. was way ahead of the curve on that and the only major country where emissions went down last year!”
Mr. Trump’s comment came after Paris policedeployedtear gas, armored vehicles and water cannons to control the massive, sometimes violent “yellow vest” demonstrators who flooded the streets Saturday for a fourth straight weekend of protests.
armored a.装甲的
French Interior Minister Christophe CastanersaidSaturday that 135 people were injured, including 17 police officers, as 125,000 protesters took to the streets nationwide, including 10,000 inParis. About 1,000 people were taken into custody using “exceptional” security measures.
custody n.拘留
The demonstrations continued despite French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision last week to scrap the proposed tax increase on gasoline and diesel in response to the protests, which have since ballooned into a working-class revolt against the high cost of living and perceived elitist government.
demonstration n.证明，示威
scrap n.废弃物v.废弃，拆毁，吵架a.废弃的
diesel柴油 gasoline汽油
balloon n.气球，v.激增
revolt n.叛乱，起义
“These past weeks have produced a monster that its creators no longer control,” Mr. Castaner said Friday.
Some protesters shouted “Macron resign,” while one sign said, “No climate justice without fiscal and social justice,” according to wire-service reports.
fiscal a.财政的，会计的
Mr. Trumpplaced the blame squarely on the 2015Parisagreement, the nonbinding U.N.-sponsored accord that calls for nations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in order to limit the increase in global temperatures to under 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels.
squarely ad.直截了当的
Mr. Trumpsaid last year that he will pull the United States out of the accord, citing the “draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country.”
In another Saturday tweet,Mr. Trumpsaid, “The Paris Agreement isn’t working out so well forParis.”
draconian a.非常严厉的
“People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting ‘We WantTrump!’ Love France,” he tweeted.
Whether French protesters have actually done so is a matter of dispute. Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk tweeted Tuesday that ” ‘We wantTrump‘ being chanted through the streets ofParis,” which has been challenged by several media outlets, including CNN and Le Monde.
chant v.唱，歌颂，高喊
outlet n.卖点
“Neither Associated Press journalists covering protests in the city nor any French television networks have shown evidence that supporters were chanting any slogans in support ofTrump,” said the AP in a Saturdayreport.
Conservative radio talk-show host Rush LimbaughsaidMonday that friends of his inParishave heard the chants.
“You know what’s been overheard in some of the cheering over there? I kid you not. I know friends who are there. There are some people wearing the yellow vests chanting, ‘We wantTrump‘ among the rioters inParis,” Mr. Limbaugh said.
U.S. carbon emissions fell by 2.7 percent in 2017, continuing a decade-long decline attributed in part to power plants replacing coal with natural gas.
This report was based in part on wire service reports.
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