3、 大卫艾斯凯尔森是电力公司的发言人。他说:“三年来,我们一直在不断地努力改善,尝试各种合规策略。经过调查,这些策略 都不能满足政府的要求。” 近年来,政府的环境保护条例愈加苛刻,人们用电的需求量逐渐下滑,加之公共事业公司打算向天然 气转型,美国境内已经有数家燃煤电厂被迫关闭。

参参考考答答案案：： “We had been working for the better part of three years, testing compliance strategies,” said David Eskelsen, a spokesman for the utility. “None of the ones we investigated really would produce the results that would meet the requirements.” For the last several years, coal plants have been shutting down across the country, driven by tougher environmental regulations, flattening electricity demand and a move by utilities toward natural gas.