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原句
Rather than drink from clean streams, or from faucets that once brought us good municipal water, we buy single-use plastic that will take at least 400 years to break down in any significant way.
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原文翻译
我们不再饮用清澈的溪水,也不再从水龙头里汲取优质的自来水,我们现在使用一次性塑料制品,这些塑料制品无论用什么方式都需要至少400年才会降解。
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生词+例句
Stream:noun [C] (SMALL RIVER) UK /stri?m/ US /stri?m/
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ground level 小河,溪流
a mountain stream
山涧
underground streams
地下溪流
例句:
There's a bubbling stream that flows through their property.
一条汩汩的小溪流过他家的土地。
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生词+例句
Faucet :noun [ C ] US UK /?f??.s?t/ US /?fɑ?.s?t/
(UK tap)
a device that controls the flow of liquid, especially water, from a pipe (水)龙头,阀门
the hot/cold faucet
热水/冷水龙头
例句:
Turn the faucet on/off.
打开/关掉水龙头。
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生词+例句
Municipal:adjective UK /mju??n?s.?.p?l/ US /mju??n?s.?.p?l/
C1 of or belonging to a town or city 市政的;市立的
municipal authorities
市政当局
延伸用法:
Municipal water is what many people refer to as tap water. Municipal water即是自来水。
single-use adjective UK /?s??.ɡ?l?ju?s/ US /?s??.ɡ?l?ju?s/
used to refer to a product that can be used once and is then thrown away
(产品)一次性使用的
例句:
Awareness of environmental damage from single-use bags is growing.
人们越来越关注一次性袋子对环境的破坏。
同意词:
Disposable adjective UK /d??sp??.z?.b?l/ US /d??spo?.z?.b?l/C2
A disposable product is intended to be thrown away after use.
一次性的,用后可扔掉的
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生词+例句
Disposable:noun [ C usually plural ] UK /d??sp??.z?.b?l/ US /d??spo?.z?.b?l/
a disposable product 一次性产品
paper/plastic/medical disposables
一次性纸质/塑料/医用产品
例句:
Do you use disposables or washable nappies?
你用一次性尿布还是可洗涤尿布?
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生词+例句
Plastic:noun (SUBSTANCE) UK /?pl?s.t?k/ US /?pl?s.t?k/
A2 [ C or U ]
an artificial substance that can be shaped when soft into many different forms and has many different uses 塑料
例句:
Those flowers aren't real - they're made of plastic.
那些花不是真的——是塑料做的。
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难点
本文选自《卫报》- Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down – and we keep making more
细节-1:
rather than B1
instead of; used especially when you prefer one thing to another
宁愿,更喜欢;而不是
例句:
I think I'd like to stay at home this evening rather than go out.
我觉得我今晚更想呆在家里,而不是出去玩儿
细节-2:
drink from clean streams, or from faucets … 这里的or在连接两个介词短语时,若前后使用的是相同的介词,那么后面一个介词通常可以省略,可以改成 drink from clean streams, or faucets …
or 延伸用法:
当or连接两个介词短语时,如果前后使用的是不同的介词,后面的介词不能省略,因为省略后意思就不对了。
如:
Shall we go by car or on foot? 我们是坐车还是走路去?
Will you pay in cash or by credit card? 您是付现金还是刷卡?
但是,如果前后使用的是相同的介词,那后面一个介词可以省略吗?比如下面句子中
细节-3:
break down 原意为(机器或车辆)出故障,或(系统或关系)崩溃,瓦解;(讨论)失败,但在这个语境的意思是降解,同样的表达比较常见的还有degrade或biodegrade
Degrade:verb (CHANGE STRUCTURE)
[ I ] CHEMISTRY specialized
(of a substance) to change into a more simple chemical structure
降解,自然分解
例句:
These chemicals quickly degrade into harmless compounds.
这些化学制品能很快降解为无害化合物。
Biodegrade:verb [ I ] UK /?ba?.??.d??ɡre?d/ US /?ba?.o?.d??ɡre?d/
to decay naturally and in a way that is not harmful
生物降解,生物分解
例句:
Some plastics are designed to biodegrade when their useful life is over.
有些塑料被设计为过了有效使用期就可以生物降解。
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