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分別是sample test 2 section3 和 test 6 section 2?
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This?is?Scientific?American?— 60-Second?Science.?I'm?Christopher?Intagliata.
China?is?notorious?for?its?heavy?smog. "It's?incredibly?bad."?Denise?Mauzerall,?an?atmospheric?scientist?at?Princeton. "The?air?pollution?in?eastern?China?can?be?so?bad?you?can't?clearly?see?across?the?street.?It?can?feel?like?you're?walking?through?a?heavy?fog?that's?burning?your?lungs."
But?smog?has?other?damaging?effects?too.?Mauzerall?and?her?team?have?found?that?in?winter?months?the?smog?in?China's?northeastern?provinces?is?so?severe?it?blocks?more?than?20?percent?of?sunlight?from?reaching?the?region's?solar?panels.
The?findings,?based?on?satellite?data?and?photovoltaic?performance?models,?are?in?theProceedings?of?the?National?Academy?of?Sciences.?One?solution?to?the?problem?might?be?installing?even?more?solar. "There's?this?virtuous?cycle—whereas?if?you?use?more?solar?electricity,?you?can?reduce?your?use?of?coal.?And?that?will?reduce?the?air?pollution?levels,?and?that?will?then?allow?you?to?generate?more?solar?electricity."
China?hopes?to?harvest?10?percent?of?its?electricity?from?solar?by?2030.?They'll?need?400?gigawatts?to?get?there,?or?about?10?times?what?we?have?installed?in?the?U.S.?today.?It's?an?optimistic?forecast?for?solar...?and?hopefully,?for?China's?air?quality,?too.
Thanks?for?listening?for?Scientific?American?— 60 -Second?Science?Science.?I'm?ChristopherIntagliata.