▍原文

Thousands of new jobs could be created?

by investing in clean?hydrogen?fuel

to power vehicles and heat homes, the British government says.

Ministers?have unveiled a strategy for?kick-starting?a hydrogen industry, which they say could attract billions of pounds in investment.

Using hydrogen gas as a fuel

produces only water as a?by-product,?

rather than greenhouse gases such as CO2,?

which are harmful for the climate.

▍語言點?

1. hydrogen /?ha?dr?d??n/ n. 氫氣

· 構詞：詞根hydro-水， gen-生成

· generate /?d?en?re?t/ v. 產(chǎn)生，引起?

2. minister /?m?n?st?r/ n. 部長，大臣

· finance minister 財政大臣

3. kick-start /?k?kstɑ?rt/ v./n. 迅速啟動，開始?

· 構詞：kick-踢，start-開始

· Billions in aid helped kick-start the economy.

數(shù)十億美元的援助，幫助啟動經(jīng)濟。

4. by-product /?ba??prɑ?d?kt/ n. 附帶產(chǎn)生的結果；副產(chǎn)品

· Language proficiency is a by-product of your hard work.?

語言熟練是你努力之后附帶產(chǎn)生的結果。