韩国空气污染与中国无关

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Financial Times/金融时报：

South Korea joins ranks of world’s most polluted countries

Growing concern the root cause of toxic smog lies at home and not in China

South Korea has joined the ranks of the world’s most polluted countries, with air pollution in the first months of this year soaring to record levels.

读者评论：

petergeorge42

Send Trump over there to take a look and get a couple of lungfuls.

Day4night

I say this as a loving friend of Korea. The meme that Korea's bad air comes from China is nourished by the fruit of two deep-rooted, large old trees in the garden of Korean popular prejudice.

1. Chinese are dirty.

2. Korea is the helpless victim of foreign powers.

Leigh

Micro particulate flowing from China can actually check in satellite images and weather simulation on a real-time basis. There is a Korean meme of satellite images calling it cappuccino. Google is your friend, FT.

Sil

@Leigh FT did not say that no pollution is coming from China. Read again.

Gazebo88

I do a lot of early morning hiking in the mountains north of Seoul and the deterioration was noticeable long before anybody reported on it. The sun risings are ever more hazy and the dome of darkness over Seoul grows darker as the government-encouraged group think that it's all China's fault becomes more strident. Maybe a wall or a ban on migrating air would help.

join ranks of 成为…一员

root cause 根本原因

toxic 有毒的

smog 雾霾

soar 高飞；高涨

lungful 满满的一肺；深吸的一大口(空气或烟)

meme 弥母

nourish 滋养

deep-rooted 根深蒂固的

prejudice 偏见

power 强国

particulate 微粒

cappuccino 卡布奇诺咖啡

deterioration 退化

noticeable 显而易见的

hazy 朦胧的；雾蒙蒙的

dome 穹顶

group think 群体思维

strident 坚定的；强硬的