SAT双语阅读 — 特普朗叫停奥巴马？

BBC News with Julie Candler.

Donald Trump has signed an executive orderoverturning measures put in place by Barack Obamato curb global warming in a move the president described as ending the war on coal. The new measures include lifting restrictions on green-house gas emissions by coal-fired power stations.The mining industry has welcomed the move.

The Colombian government says it will overrule the result of a referendum held on Sunday,where almost all the town’s residents voted against a new gold mining project, which they fearwill damage the environment and pollute water sources. The mining minister said thereferendum had no power to change the law.

The Scottish parliament has voted in favour of making a formal request to the government inLondon to hold a new independence referendum. Scotland voted in 2014 to remain part of the United Kingdom, but Scotland’s first minister said circumstances have changed now that Britainis leaving the European Union.

A Japanese man in his 60s has become the first person to undergo a groundbreaking surgeryaimed at saving his sight. A new kind of stem cell created from mature donor cells were usedto treat a degenerative condition in the patient’s eyes.

BBC News.

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唐纳德·特朗普已经签署了一项政令，该推翻了奥巴马总统遏制全球变暖的一系列举措。特普朗称这样政令旨在终结煤炭战争。新的举措包含取消煤炭发电厂关于温室气体排放的限制。采煤行业对此表示欢迎。

哥伦比亚政府表示将否认周日举行的公投的结果。几乎所有居民投票反对新的金矿工程，因为他们担心会破坏环境，污染水源。矿业部长表示，公投无权改变法律。

苏格兰议会投票支持向伦敦政府提出正式请求，举行新的独立公投。苏格兰曾在2014年投票，决定继续留在联合王国，但是苏格兰第一部长表示，现在形势已经发生变化，因为英国已经脱离欧盟。

为了挽救视力，一名60多岁的日本男子即将成为接受突破性的手术的第一例病人。医生将使用成熟的供体细胞培养的新型干细胞来治疗病人眼睛的病变。

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