The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison.

相比之下人类燃烧煤、石油等活动所释放的二氧化碳的量是少的。

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Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article.

克里斯在熬夜赶完他的文章后，睡着了。

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One morning you wave goodbye, and that very evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy.

早晨你和孩子道别，而晚上则心疼地看孩子点灯熬夜做作业。

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Many so-called greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, come from burning fossil fuel such as oil or coal.

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And in buses on the U.S.' West Coast, we're testing hydrogen fuel-cell engines, designed to replace today's oil-burning engines.

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His oil-burning boiler was destroyed, along with many other possessions.

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Dr Alamaro wants to use a gas-burning, rather than a coal- or oil-burning plant, because the exhaust produced by burning natural gas is free from sulphur dioxide, which plants hate.

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