VOA标准英语2012--Earth-Conscious Hotel Guests Re-Use Towels
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(一月)
Earth-Conscious Hotel Guests Re-Use Towels
You - yes, you - can save the planet.
That message is being spread across America - not by environmental activists 1 but by ordinary business men and women, families on vacation, truckers and salespeople 2 who would never think of carrying a picket 3 sign.
Their venues 4 for this grass-roots movement are the motel bathrooms where travelers shower and the hotel beds where they lay their heads at night.
In more than 17,000 U.S. hotels and motels, travelers who are staying longer than one night are agreeing to forgo 5 a change of towels, washcloths, and bed sheets in the name of conservation. This is quite a variance 6 from the usual custom of enjoying clean linens 7 each night.
According to Project Planet - a company that grew out of the Inter-Continental Hotel chain’s efforts to save energy costs - this skip-the-clean-towels program in a 100-room hotel keeps 2,300 liters of dirty water and 150 liters of detergent 8 out of the ecosystem 9 - each month.
Labor 10 costs drop, too, since housekeepers 11 can finish cleaning a room faster when they don’t have to change linens and towels.
The Holiday Inn Express chain leaves little Project Planet placards in rooms that read, “Yes, I’ll help!” Other motels instruct guests to drop towels in the tub if they want them washed; otherwise, the cleaning staff won’t bother.
Not everybody likes this idea. Some patrons, particularly at upscale hotels, grouse 12 that they’re paying plenty for a room and want to be pampered 13 with fresh linens - “and don’t forget the mint on the pillowcase.”
But as many as 95 percent of guests at other hotels are going along with the program - buying into the idea that they’re saving the planet, one washcloth at a time.
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The shop usually employs additional salespeople for the Christmas toy trade. 这家商店通常雇一些临时售货员来做圣诞节玩具生意。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Under our new system, salespeople sit down with each of our dealers. 根据新的制度，销售人员应逐个地同承销商洽商。 来自辞典例句
- They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
- Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
- The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
- Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
- Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。
- She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵，她愿意放弃生日宴请。
- The question of woman suffrage sets them at variance. 妇女参政的问题使他们发生争执。
- It is unnatural for brothers to be at variance. 兄弟之间不睦是不近人情的。
- All linens and towels are provided. 提供全套日用织品和毛巾。 来自辞典例句
- Linen, Table Linens, Chair Covers, Bed and Bath Linens. Linen. 采购产品亚麻布，亚麻布，椅子套子，床和沭浴亚麻布。 来自互联网
- He recommended a new detergent to me.他向我推荐一种新的洗涤剂。
- This detergent can remove stubborn stains.这种去污剂能去除难洗的污渍。
- This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
- We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- Can you send up one of your housekeepers to make bed? 请你派个女服务员来整理床铺好吗？ 来自互联网
- They work as gas station attendants, firemen, housekeepers,and security personnel. 本句翻译：机器人也能够作为煤气站的服务员，救火队员等保安作用。 来自互联网
- They're shooting grouse up on the moors.他们在荒野射猎松鸡。
- If you don't agree with me,please forget my grouse.如果你的看法不同，请不必介意我的牢骚之言。