文章大意:这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了纽约正在使用噪音摄像头作为一种新工具,来对抗街道上的过度噪音水平。不过,这些摄像头是否能有效降低噪音污染和是否具有风险是个问题。
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Honking cars, blasting stereos and babbling neighbors are 1 (whole) affecting people’s daily life: consider it all part of the symphony that plays daily on New York City streets. Everyone knows the city is loud, and a losing war against noise 2 (wage) for a long time. Now they have a new weapon 3 (invite) to many citizens: noise cameras.
The cameras 4 (pair) with a sound meter to detect noise of at least 85 decibels (分贝) from a source 50 ft or more away have recently been fixed on certain streets in Manhattan’s wealthy Upper West Side. It’s part of a program run by the city’s department of environmental protection.
However, Erica Walker, who studies the joint 5 community noise and health, believes most noise comes from poor city planning rather than individual bad actions, and that noise cameras are merely Band -Aids for a more systemic issue. Actually, 6 (far) research still needs to be done on the economic effects of noise cameras. The public is supposed to zero in on the dangers and economic costs of noise pollution 7 can blight some proceeds and urge that appropriate actions 8 (carry) out.
On the other hand, 9 lecturer at Columbia University expressed concern about the surveillance (监视) capabilities of noise cameras. “It is being tried for the possibility 10 (leak) privacy still. Does this present a privacy risk for residents of the city? ” she held the question.