Skyscrapers Covered in Solar Panels
An office tower on Miller Stree in Manchester is completely covered in solar panels.
曼彻斯特米勒大街上的一座办公大楼完全被太阳能电池板覆盖。
They are used to create some of the energy used by the insurance company inside.
他们被用来制造大楼内部保险公司使用的部分能源。
When the tower was first constructed in 1962. it was covered with thin square stones.
当这座大楼在1962年首次建造时，外墙上覆盖着薄薄的方形石头。
These small square stones became a problem for the building and continued to fail off
the face for 40 years until a major renovation was undertaken.
这些方形石头成为大楼的一个问题，并在40年的时间里不断从表面脱落，直到进行一次重大的翻修。
During this renovation the building's owners, CIS, consulted the solar panel company, Solarcentury.
在翻修期间，大楼的所有者CIS咨询了太阳能电池板公司Solarcentury。
They agreed to cover the entire building in solar panels.
他们就太阳能板覆盖整栋建筑达成一致。
In 2004, the completed CIS tower became Europe's largest collection of vertical solar panels.
2004年，完工后的CIS大楼成为欧洲最大的垂直太阳能电池板群组。
A vertical solar project on such a large scale has never been repeated since.
如此大规模的垂直太阳能项目从那以后再也没有出现过。
Covering a skyscraper with solar panels had never been done before, and the CIS tower was
chosen as one of the "10 best green energy projects".
用太阳能电池板覆盖摩天大楼的工程从未有过，CIS大楼被选为“十大最佳绿色能源项目“之一。
For a long time after this renovation project, it was the tallest building in the United Kingdom,
but it was eventually overtaken by the Millbank Tower.
在这个翻修项目之后的很长一段时间里，它都是英国最高的建筑，但最终被米尔班克塔超过。
Green buildings like this aren't necessarily cost-efficient for the investor, but it does produce
much less pullution than that caused by energy production through fossil fuels.
像这样的绿色建筑对投资者来说不一定是成本效益高的，但它产生的污染确实比通过化石燃料生产能源产生的污染少。
As solar panels get cheaper, the world is likely to see more skyscrapers covered in solar
panels, collecting energy much like trees do.
随着太阳能电池板越来越便宜，世界上可能会看到更多的摩天大楼被太阳能电池板覆盖，像树木一样收集能源。
Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of height, but rather
one to collect the most solar energy.
想象在这样一个世界里，建筑最高的摩天大楼不是一场关于高度的竞争，而是一场关于收集最多的太阳能的竞赛。
2018年6月CET4真题
解析：
1、be covered with / in、、、：覆盖着、、、
例：What have you been doing outside? Why are your shirts covered in dirt?
你们在外面干嘛？为什么衣服上都是土？
2、fall of 跌落；减少；落下
3、undertake
carry something out 从事；承担
undertake a renovation;
undertake a project;
undertake a task;
engage in;
take in;
launch into;
4、consult
ask advice / seek information from someone. 咨询
consult with someone : 和某人商量
counsel : give advice to someone n/v.建议
5、on a large scale 大规模的
scale :规模的（extent）
6、overtake
become higher or more successful than 超过
overtake 突然侵袭
7、cost-efficient / cost-effective 划算的；合算的；有最佳利润的
energy-efficient 节能的
| 单词 | 释意 | 单词 | 释意 |
| completely | adv.完整地；彻底地 | insurance company | 保险公司 |
| energy | n.能量；能源 | constructed | v.组成；构成 |
| renovation | n.修理；恢复 | major | adj.主要的；较多的；严重的 |
| eventually | adv.终于；最后 | necessarily | adv.必然；必定 |
| investor | n.投资者 |