| A | B |
| 环境 environment | huán jìng |
| 总 always | zǒng |
| 化学 chemistry | huà xué |
| 项 measure word for projects, tasks, etc. | xiàng |
| 工业 industry | gōng yè |
| 废气 waste gas or steam | fèi qì |
| 废水 waste water | fèi shuǐ |
| 废渣 waste residue; solid waste | fèi zhā |
| 分析 to analyze | fēn xi |
| 实验室 laboratory | shí yàn shì |
| 影子 shadow | yǐng zi |
| 接电话 to answer (the phone) | jiē diàn huà |
| 三废 three types of waste | sān fèi |
| 化工 chemical engineering; chemical industry | huà gōng |
| 排出 to discharge; to emit | pái chū |
| 造成 to cause; to lead to | zào chéng |
| 污染 to pollute | wū rǎn |
| 联邦 federation | lián bāng |
| 能力 ability; capacity | néng lì |
| 成本 cost | chéng běn |
| 笔an amount of money or money related | bǐ |
| 委托 to commission; to entrust | wěi tuō |
| 原来如此 so that's the reason, so that's how it is | yuán lái rú cǐ |
| 怪不得 no wonder | guài bù dé |
| 松树林 pine grove/forest | sōng shù lín |
| 害虫 harmful insect | hài chóng |
| 湖 lake | hú |
| 毒 toxin, poison; to poison | dú |
| 环保 environmental protection | huán bǎo |
| 难办 hard to handle | nán bàn |
| 治理 to bring under control; to manage | zhì lǐ |
| 有时 sometimes | yǒu shí |
| 失业 be out of work; to lose one's job | shī yè |
| 臭氧层 ozone layer; ozonosphere | chòu yǎng céng |
| 酸雨 acid rain | suān yǔ |
| 后果 consequence; aftermath | hòu guǒ |
| 不堪设想 (too) dreadful to contemplate | bù kān shè xiǎng |
| 能源 energy resources | néng yuán |
| 煤 coal | méi |
| 产量 output | chǎn liàng |
| 居 to occupy (a certain position) | jū |
| 石油 petroleum | shí yóu |
| 核电站 nuclear power plant | hé diàn zhàn |
| 造价 manufacturing cost | zào jiào |
| 周期 cycle | zhōu qī |
| 发电厂 power plant | fā diàn chǎng |
| 大多 mostly | dà duō |
| 排放 to discharge; to emit | pái fàng |
| 大量 in large quantity | dà liàng |
| 二氧化硫 sulfur dioxide | èr yǎng huà liú |
| 污染源 source of pollution | wū rǎn yuán |
| 居民 resident | jū mín |
| 使用 to use | shǐ yòng |
| 煤炉 coal stove | méi lú |
| 人体 human body | rén tǐ |
| 危害 to harm | wēi hài |
| 加快 to quicken, speed up | jiā kuài |
| 需求量 volume of demand | xū qiú liàng |
| 与日俱增 to grow with each passing day | yǔ rì jù zēng |
| 有效 effective | yǒu xiào |
| 空气 air | kōng qì |
| 将 will; shall | jiāng |
| 日益加剧 to become more aggravated day by day | rì yì jiā jù |
| 人民 the people | rén mín |