奥运考验受污染的北京(英文)

Olympic Trials for Polluted Beijing

Less than a decade ago, this city was an industrial wasteland1. The sky could be seen from Beijing's ancient monuments less than a third of the year. Nearby lakes were so contaminated2 that they couldn't be used to water crops. And children were warned not to play outside in the noxious3 air. So when China applied to host

Less than a decade ago, this city was an industrial wasteland. The sky could be seen from Beijing＇sancient monuments less than a third of the year. Nearby lakes were so contaminated that they couldn＇t be used to water crops. And children were warned not to play outside in the noxious air.